(JTA) — Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, will be recognized with a monument at a site in Lisbon that recognizes the country’s greatest figures. The parliament decreed the honor unanimously earlier this month at the National Assembly in Portugal’s… Read more »
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Young people are responsible for most of New York City’s anti-Semitic attacks. Will Holocaust education help?
New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza speaks at a news conference prior to a students' tour of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, Jan. 15, 2020. (Ben Sales)
NEW YORK (JTA) — Jyrell McGriff, an African-American eighth-grader who lives in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, doesn’t interact much with the many Orthodox Jews who share his neighborhood. He sees them on the street or on buses. He also has fond memories of a Jewish teacher from years… Read more »
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