In an emotional encounter, two 100-year-old Holocaust survivors met last week in London, retracing their harrowing journeys through life.
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To coincide with the Olympic Games, International March of the Living, Maccabi World Union and the Maccabiah are launching a global campaign to combat the exponential rise of antisemitism around the world.
On November 9, 1938, a two-day pogrom began during which the Nazis burned more than 1,400 synagogues and Jewish institutions in Germany and Austria on ‘Kristallnacht’ (The Night of Broken Glass), a critical moment in the chain of events that led to the Holocaust.
Alex Traiman: Knowing that the enemies of the Jewish people did not distinguish between Jews—affiliated or assimilated, religious or secular, citizen or immigrant—will give pause to those searching to expose cultural or political distinctions today.
“From this place, I call on world leaders to fight rampant antisemitism erupting around the world, especially the shocking and dramatic rise of hate crimes in Europe, Latin America [and] the United States,” said Isaac Herzog, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
In response to the torrent of antisemitic events and growing global trend of hate crimes against Jews, the March of the Living will host the first-ever “Emerging Leadership Conference” in Krakow for hundreds of youth from around the world who have been impacted by antisemitism.
