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Holocaust denial

Michael Shafir in a 2011 interview. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 24, 2022, 10:11 am
Michael Shafir, scholar who wrote ‘encyclopedia’ of Holocaust denial, dies at 78
Israeli-Romanian researcher, who played key role in Holocaust memory in the former Soviet country, is remembered for his straightforward, humorous presentation of difficult truths
By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ
Israeli's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Eitan Na'eh, right, and German Ambassador in UAE, Peter Fischer, second right, watch a candlelight ceremony at an exhibition commemorating the Holocaust, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 26, 2021. (Kamran Jebreili/AP)
November 22, 2022, 2:43 pm
Bucking regional denial, UAE to include Holocaust in school curricula
Working with Yad Vashem memorial and education monitor group IMPACT-se, Emirati ministries are building material for elementary and high schools
By TOI staff
French Holocaust denier Vincent Reynouard. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 15, 2022, 5:10 pm
Convicted French Holocaust denier arrested in Scotland after 2-year search
Vincent Reynouard seized near Edinburgh on behalf of French authorities; first conviction was 31 years ago for claiming gas chambers didn’t exist
By AP
Deborah Lipstadt, nominated to be the US special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, with the rank of ambassador, speaks during her Senate Foreign Relations nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
September 23, 2022, 2:47 pm
US envoy to query Poland over its demand for reparations for Jews killed by Poles
Lipstadt tells ToI she’s ‘disappointed’ with Warsaw’s stance. Also voices support for Iran protesters, says she monitors US antisemitism, not sure if Trump rally salutes echo Nazis
By Jacob Magid
A poster advertises an LGBTQ event at Yeshiva University, December 15, 2020. (Courtesy of Yeshiva University student organizers)
September 21, 2022, 2:24 pm
Daily Briefing Sept 21: Yeshiva U v. YU Pride Alliance; update on Poland reparations
Luke Tress reports from NY on secular studies in Jewish day schools and uproar over transgender yeshiva teacher; Diaspora correspondent Judah Ari Gross with an unusual TV debate
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Holocaust survivors chat at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center during an event in which they were thanked for speaking to groups about their experiences, on September 19, 2022. (Yad Vashem)
September 20, 2022, 3:05 pm
As Iran’s president doubts the Holocaust, its survivors gather at Yad Vashem
Dozens of survivors who regularly tell their stories at the museum meet in Jerusalem for a festive event ahead of Rosh Hashanah
By Judah Ari Gross
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during an interview with CBS at the presidential compound in Tehran on September 13, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 19, 2022, 6:53 am
‘Some signs’: Iran’s president casts doubt on Holocaust, calls Israel ‘false regime’
In 1st interview with Western media outlet, Ebrahim Raisi tells CBS he can’t trust Americans, brands US sanctions ‘tyrannical,’ as he heads to New York for United Nations gathering
By Michael Bachner
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)
August 17, 2022, 5:39 pm
Mahmoud Abbas’s lifelong falsification of Jewish history
The PA president’s remarks in Berlin reconfirm his abiding rejection of Jewish history – ancient and modern, in Israel and in exile. It’s why he has failed his people and ours
By David Horovitz
Emirati royal Hend bint Faisal Al-Qasimi, during an interview with Philadelphia Arabia, in 2013. (YouTube)
August 7, 2022, 11:43 pm
Comparing Muslim deaths to Holocaust, UAE royal suggests Jews are hung up on Shoah
Princess of Sharjah’s social media feed includes frequent anti-Israeli tirades, as well as examples of antisemitism
By Tobias Siegal
Left: Enes Kanter Freedom poses with students at Brooklyn Amity School when he visited on Monday, June 13 2022; Right: Kanter Freedom playing for the Portland Trailblazers in the NBA (Courtesy/ via JTA)
June 22, 2022, 2:02 am
NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom brings Holocaust education to Muslim school in Brooklyn
Raised in Turkey, the basketball center is outspoken about human rights violations in his home country and around the world, and believes knowledge of the genocide can unite people
By Jacob Henry
Eric Zemmour gestures as he takes part in the political show 'Elysee 2022' on French TV channel France 2, in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on March 17, 2022. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
May 17, 2022, 10:13 am
Zemmour acquitted of Holocaust denial for saying French Nazi collaborator saved Jews
Appeals court confirms earlier ruling that ex-presidential candidate didn’t deny crimes against humanity by saying Philippe Pétain sacrificed foreign Jews to save Jewish citizens
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Front page of Iran's state-run daily newspaper Kayhan on April 28, 2022. (Screenshot)
April 28, 2022, 9:46 pm
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran paper publishes antisemitic piece praising Hitler
Opinion piece in state-run Kayhan calls Jews ‘a people known for their stubbornness, objections and excuses,’ praising ‘the logic that Hitler showed by expelling them from Germany’
By Tobias Siegal
Meta/Facebook in Israel produced a series of Instagram Stories together with Holocaust survivors and Israeli celebrities and influencers ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) in Israel, April 2022. (Screenshots)
April 25, 2022, 7:08 pm
Facebook taps Holocaust survivors, Israeli celebrities for remembrance project
‘Sharing Memories’ initiative, now in 2nd year, brings together survivors and influencers for series of Instagram Stories geared toward younger audiences on Yom Hashoah
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: A Canadian Jewish pair comfort each other during a ceremony at the fomer Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau during the March of the Living Sunday May 4,1997. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
April 12, 2022, 5:06 am
Canada set to outlaw Holocaust denial
Move has support of both Liberals and Conservatives; officials say change is consistent with existing Canadian laws criminalizing incitement to hatred and promotion of genocide
By Ron Kampeas
Ursula Haverbeck, accused of hate speech, arrives in the court room of the District Court in Detmold for a appeal hearing, Germany, on November 23, 2017. (Bernd Thissen/dpa via AP, file)
April 1, 2022, 11:54 pm
Germany again jails 93-year-old woman for Holocaust denial
Ursula Haverbeck sentenced to 12 months in prison, with judges saying they couldn’t suspend sentence because she showed no remorse
By AP
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