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Daily Briefing: YOM HASHOAH: NEVER FORGET

‘It’s Not That the Story Was Buried.’ What Americans in the 1930s Really Knew About What Was Happening in Germany:  Lily Rothman, Time, July 10, 2018Few are as aware that the news is the first draft of history as is the team behind a recently opened exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM).


Watch:  FDR, the Media, and the Holocaust: What Did They Know and When They Did Know It? Dr. Raphael Medoff, Emetonline, Apr. 27, 2022 Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust.


On Yom HaShoah, Remember America’s Flaws—and its Triumphs:  Hillary Miller, Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, Apr. 27, 2022

Joe Biden, FDR, and the Nazis:  Rafael Medoff, Algemeiner, Nov. 1, 2020

Johnson on Leff, ‘Buried by the Times: The Holocaust and America’s Most Important Newspaper’:  Owen V. Johnson, JHistory, July 2010

Diary Of No Despair:  Machla Abramovitz, Mishpacha Magazine, Feb. 1, 2017


For Further Reference:

PaleyImpact: Media’s Role in Helping Us Talk About the Holocaust:  The Paley Center for the Media, Jan. 27, 2022 — In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Paley Center will convene leaders from education, public policy, journalism, and culture to examine media’s vital role to enable conversations that confront the horrors of the Holocaust.

Ill-conceived Holocaust Memorial Halted:  Melanie Phillips, Substack, Apr. 8, 2022Wow! A London court today halted the Holocaust memorial that was to be constructed in a small park near the Houses of Parliament. 

Watch: Antisemitism: Assault on Human Rights and Our Common Humanity: Irwin Cotler, Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Feb. 13, 2022 — The Honorable Irwin Cotler is the Founder and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, member of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.

Orlando’s Holocaust Museum is Getting a Huge Expansion: Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA, Apr. 18, 2022 — Nestled in between the bright orange buildings that house the Jewish community center, the Jewish Federation and the Jewish Academy of Orlando lies a tiny, hidden gem of a Holocaust museum.

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