JTA – Deborah Lipstadt, President Joe Biden’s antisemitism envoy, says parts of the Trump administration’s crackdown on campus antisemitism have “gone way too far”. In an interview, she declined to comment on specific cases that have unfolded since the White House began cracking down on pro-Palestinian student activists. But she denounced the conditions under which The post Deborah Lipstadt says Trump’s campus antisemitism crackdown has ‘gone way too far’ appeared first on Jewish Report.

JTA – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the USC Shoah Foundation announced that they would partner to collect 10 000 testimonies from Jews about global antisemitism since World War II. The collaboration will be part of the foundation’s Contemporary Antisemitism Collection, and seeks to showcase the various ways antisemitism has manifested since the Holocaust. The post AJC, USC Shoah Foundation announce partnership to document antisemitism since World War II appeared first on Jewish Report.

JTA – A probe into a Latvian officer who led mass killings of Jews during World War II has been dropped – for a third time. Herbert Cukurs had a senior position in the Arajs Kommando, a Nazi death squad in German-occupied Latvia. In late 1941, he personally took part in mass murder at the The post Latvia again closes case against ‘Butcher of Riga,’ tied to mass murder of Jews appeared first on Jewish Report.

JTA – At Auschwitz for the annual March of the Living, Maggie Megidish and her daughter, Ori, a released hostage, stood among a delegation of survivors of both the Holocaust and 7 October. The visit stirred memories of their own ordeal. When a Holocaust survivor spoke of the hunger she endured in the camp, Maggie The post Survivors of the Holocaust and 7 October embrace at Auschwitz, marking annual March of the Living appeared first on Jewish Report.

As South Africa marks another Freedom Day, we must confront an uncomfortable truth: liberation remains incomplete for millions of South African citizens, especially our youth. While we celebrate the dismantling of apartheid and our democratic journey, we have yet to extend freedom’s promise fully to those living with disabilities. Three decades into democracy, too many The post Freedom Day – a lesson in the power of inclusion appeared first on Jewish Report.

I recently participated in the March of the Living, a journey of remembrance and reflection that takes thousands of Jews and others on the walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau. Marching alongside survivors, rabbis, teenagers, and dignitaries, I expected grief and outrage. I found those emotions, but I also encountered deeper, more unsettling realisations – about The post March of the Living exposes some hard truths appeared first on Jewish Report.

The Holocaust stands alone in the scale and systematisation of its cruelty, Gary Nowosenetz, the chairperson of the Pretoria Council, told a crowd of diplomats, dignitaries, Christian friends, and community members at the annual Holocaust memorial ceremony at Pretoria Shul on Thursday, 24 April. The day reminds us of the enduring threat of hate, and The post Holocaust memorial ‘an ongoing campaign against hatred’ appeared first on Jewish Report.

A large delegation of Jewish community leaders joined the Indian consul general and diplomatic officials at the Indian consulate on Friday, 25 April, for a memorial service for the victims of Islamic jihadist terror in Kashmir, India. The consul general expressed appreciation for their attendance, and spoke of the bonds between our communities. Rabbi Aaron The post Communal leaders pray for victims in Kashmir appeared first on Jewish Report.

It’s not every day that you meet a centenarian like Peggy Katzenellenbogen. From receiving news in 1939 that World War II had broken out while being a girl guide, to being in Jerusalem in 1946 when the King David Hotel was bombed, to surviving South African’s strongest ever earthquake in 1969 when it struck Tulbagh, The post Katzenellenbogen celebrates 100 extraordinary years appeared first on Jewish Report.