Simon Wiesenthal Center
How Pope Benedict XVI helped normalize relations between Catholics and Jews
By Eric J. Greenberg — December 31, 2022
(RNS) — Benedict did more than retrace John Paul's steps; in some ways, he walked even further.
Pope Francis puts Jews’ desperate wartime appeals to Pope Pius XII online
By Claire Giangravé — June 23, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The data, which will be available online for free, comprises more than 2,700 requests sent to the Vatican by Jews persecuted by the Nazi regime.
To define or not to define antisemitism? That’s a good question.
By Mark Silk — January 13, 2022
(RNS) — A 2016 definition has lent itself to a range of uses — some positive, others not so much.
Nick Cannon apologizes to Jewish community for hurtful words
By Luis Andres Henao — July 16, 2020
(AP) — In a podcast episode that aired last month that prompted the TV host's firing by ViacomCBS, Cannon and a guest contended that Black people are the true Hebrews and Jews have usurped that identity.
At Auschwitz, remembering the Holocaust after the passage of a contentious Polish law
By Lauren Markoe — April 11, 2018
KRAKOW, Poland (RNS) — Swirling around Thursday's annual march are questions about Poles' willingness to grapple with some of their forebears' participation in the Holocaust.
Mormons perform baptisms on Holocaust victims
By Yonat Shimron — December 21, 2017
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Printouts and screenshots from ex-Mormon Helen Radkey's latest research show that despite church rules in the past five years proxy baptisms were performed on at least 20 Holocaust victims.
Why are Jewish celebrities silent about Charlottesville?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 23, 2017
(RNS) — The Piano Man's yellow star was a good start. We need famous Jews to be activists against hate.
Religious leaders react to the violence in Charlottesville
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 15, 2017
(RNS) — Some religious leaders criticized President Trump's initial response denouncing hatred and violence 'on many sides,' while a few conservative evangelicals rushed to defend the president.
What should Rabbi Hier say at the inauguration?
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 6, 2017
Rabbi Hier: my prayer will have "a 21st century ring to it." We don't need 21st century. We need 8th century BCE -- Amos and Isaiah.
‘Denial’ is the movie for the election season
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 26, 2016
"Denial" is not only about the Holocaust. It is about frightening trends in America today.
Elie Wiesel’s death prompts outpouring of tributes
By Lauren Markoe — July 3, 2016
(RNS) Leaders from around the world and from different faiths join the Jewish world in mourning the Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and author.
Italian newspaper draws criticism with ‘Mein Kampf’ giveaway
By RNS staff — June 11, 2016
MILAN — Il Giornale, a center-right daily owned by the family of former premier Silvio Berlusconi, said the decision to distribute the edition aimed "to study what is evil to avoid its return."
Japanese ‘Schindler’ honored decades after WWII
By Kirk Spitzer — October 8, 2015
TOKYO -- Chiune Sugihara defied government orders and issued travel visas allowing thousands of Jewish refugees to escape Nazi persecution in 1940.
Thai university apologizes for banner featuring Adolf Hitler
By Richard S. Ehrlich — July 16, 2013
(RNS) The apology came three days after the Simon Wiesenthal Center published on its website a photograph of a female student in a university graduation gown posing in front of the larger-than-life banner with her arm outstretched in a Sieg Heil salute.
Tisha B’Av: An unloved Jewish holiday gets a makeover
By Lauren Markoe — July 12, 2013
(RNS) Tisha B’Av, many rabbis say, can be a hard holiday to sell, with its commemoration of the most depressing events of Jewish history. But many of those same rabbis are trying to revive interest in Tisha B'Av, with new rituals and practices to which modern, nontraditional Jews can better relate.
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