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Let's hear it for Bearlarus!

stuffed animal contest

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Oy/They.

a nonbinary Jewish person call that an oy / vey

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So I've been on neopets again for a few months and

Explanation.

AND ALSO

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Wow, holy yikes! "If I had the courage" Well you had the courage to say out loud that you're a racist pos! That enough for you?

Wow he really just said the quiet part out loud instead of hiding behind the "Democratic Establishment (TM)" dogwhistle.

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Reblogging so I can find it if I need it. I don't know Talmud so well, but yeah, let's just make up names of tractates and the content.

There's a clear effort by malicious actors to paint Judaism and its teachings as something evil or bigoted in an effort to demonize it. If you've ever encountered such a person or are just willing to educate yourself a little, this one is for you.

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Deep heavy sigh.

Rapper Kanye West dropped an antisemitic song that has amassed millions of views on X as music streaming services Spotify and SoundCloud struggle to remove the hate-filled track.

West, who lost his lucrative Yeezy-brand contract with Adidas after a series of vile antisemitic rants, glorifies Adolf Hitler in his new song, titled “Heil Hitler.”

It was first shared on X (formerly Twitter), along with a companion track called “WW3,” on Thursday. As of Monday morning, a video for the song has amassed over 8.2 million views on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform.

The clip of West, who has changed his name to Ye, was widely amplified by a network of users and right-wing influencers, Some posts merged the song with archival footage of Hitler.

Meanwhile, a clip of controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate playing it in his car has garnered over 3 million views on X.

Despite the song’s overt references to the Nazi leader and the Holocaust, Ye’s posts remained active on X, which has scrapped its content moderation policies since Musk acquired the company in late 2022.

Ye’s X account is verified as an “organization,” potentially granting it monetization privileges. It remains unclear whether West is profiting from these posts.

The Post reached out to X, Spotify and SoundCloud for comment.

The track’s reach highlights the fragmented and inconsistent state of content moderation in today’s digital landscape.

While platforms like Spotify and SoundCloud initially hosted versions of the song, both appeared to remove it following public backlash.

Still, users found ways around those efforts — re-uploading cover versions or embedding the music within podcasts.

NBC News identified 27 alternate versions of the song on SoundCloud and noted that “WW3” remains available on Spotify as of Monday — despite its similarly inflammatory content.

On Reddit, versions of both songs were shared in subreddits devoted to Ye and other rappers.

A Reddit spokesperson told NBC News the platform is actively removing uploads and related posts, stating, “Hate and antisemitism have absolutely no place on Reddit. We have strict rules against hateful content… In line with our sitewide rules, we are removing the song and any celebration of its message.”

The Anti-Defamation League also intervened, launching a petition urging Spotify to remove the track.

“Spotify has been mostly radio silent to outreach from ADL for the majority of 2025, so we felt it was important to activate our volunteer base,” said Daniel Kelley, the ADL’s director of strategy and operations.

While Spotify did not respond, Kelley noted that the song appeared to have been taken down from the platform — though alternate uploads persist.

Platforms including Meta, TikTok and YouTube — all of which have policies prohibiting hate speech and the glorification of genocide — also saw reuploads of the track.

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“We removed the content and will continue to take down reuploads,” a YouTube spokesperson said, adding that Ye’s affiliated accounts are not eligible for monetization.

On Friday, Ye announced that the song had found a new home on an obscure music app called Scrybe, which promotes itself as a platform for indie artists.

The app now lists Ye’s music as “trending.”

Scrybe did not respond to requests for comment.

Since 2022, Ye has made a series of antisemitic remarks — triggering global backlash and the loss of major business partnerships.

His controversies began with threatening to go “death con 3 on Jewish people” on social media, followed by a series of interviews in which he praised Hitler and made conspiracy-laden claims about Jews controlling media and finance.

In 2023 and 2024, Ye continued posting antisemitic content, including memes and statements downplaying the Holocaust.

He was banned or restricted from several platforms but often returned or found alternative venues to share his views.

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Organically on my dash!

Tumblr is full of memes factoid is a statistical error. Legends on Tumblr are outliers adn

“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

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BARUCH HASHEM!!!

Everyone else next!

Welcome home, Edan ❤️🇺🇸🇮🇱

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CARP IN THE BATHTUB! I think my mom had that one, too. I still think of him when I eat gefilte fish...and Sammy the Spider. 🥺

Labels For Laibel and Yossi And Laibel Hot On The Trail

Apparently the same author??? Kind Little Rivka

Penny And The Four Questions

The Chanukkah Guest absolutely hilarious, old bubbe needs new glasses, thinks bear in scarf is the Rabbi, who she invited over for latkes. Natural beard.

The Adventures Of Hershel Of Ostropol, not younger kids' book, but it's going on here. I'm ninety percent certain this is still in my house.

I know there's more, but these are all I can think of.

American jewish culture is recognizing at least one of these books from preschool

book titles:

how the rosh hashana challah became round bagels from benny k'tonton in israel baxter, the pig who wanted to be kosher the book of jonah the carp in the bathtub can hens give milk chanukah in chelm the cats on ben yehuda street dinosaur goes to israel the golem's latkes goodnight bubbala shalom sesame lilly's purple plastic purse a mountain of blintzes no rules for michael rabbi benjamin's buttons sammy spider's first passover something from nothing tamar's sukkah it could always be worse

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Wince. Awful. They care about talking points until you tell them to care about [insert minorities they don't care about].

Saw a post that said "leftists love it when countries and communities decolonize and embrace their culture that was lost to colonization".

I want to ask, do they though?

They are furious at Israel, they still have a strangle hold on nearly every country they still have "governance" over. Leaving Indigenous people in reservations...

I'm a First Nations Indigenous person (and a Jew) and if you think they are letting us decolonize... I want to both kind of laugh and cry. Because they ain't going anywhere, but our culture seem to be disappearing though...

No, colonial countries do not want to let go of their strangleholds they have on their colonies.

Glad I could help.

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Tbh most scented stickers don't even have that strong a smell. Give me something that could wake up a dead man.

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It was a juvenile black crowned night heron.

i learned about a stupid looking bird today and i cant stop laughing

its called a crested satinbird (cnemophilus macgregorii)

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Thank you! Wonderful crops!

Everyone say thank you american indigenous people for cultivating corn, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, cacao, pumpkin, squash, and anything i missed. Makes life more meaningful globally

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Well, it's a good fandom! (People click the link, it's a good series, I love these characters.) Queer cast, including the DJ robot!

Proud owner of a fandom with at least FOUR fans (including myself)

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Settling In And Moving Forward chapter 3

Rock-A-Bye Danny, But Not On The Couch,

You Turn In Your Sleep, You'll Fall And Say Ouch.

Masterpost | Ao3

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Words: 1,936

Warnings: implied Jew Hatred (not from MCs), drinking/drunk, one (light-hearted) self-deprecating fat joke which then turns fat neutral.

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Of course, it took time. Everything did. As the service started re-establishing themselves, it got a little easier. People were still skittish, of course, some were only still learning the full scope of what the NWA had done, but bit by bit as they made appearances at store openings, or answering questions, and allowing people who were "different" to pass by in the street with no more than a friendly greeting, people relaxed a bit.

Which was the case when an old (well, young, really) friend of theirs (well, Nicholas's, really) made an appearance again.

"Hallo!" They had been passing by a line of houses, when they heard a door open from one that they'd passed. Nicholas had turned the second he heard the sound, of course, Danny a second later. A young, ginger boy with glasses peeked out from in between two people who were obviously his parents, he'd got his hair and freckles from his mum.

"Aaron, isn't it?" Nicholas smiled to him, giving a nod. "Aaron A. Aaronson?" The boy grinned back at him. "And these must be your parents," they both walked closer to them, carefully ignoring how his mum clutched his shoulder tighter.

"Moved into town about three years before you," Danny whispered to Nicholas. "Don't know much. Cousin's sister's husband's father's son used to live here as a lad." He was silent when they got to them, though.

"Hello..." His dad, brown hair, dressed respectably, nice hat, made a motion with his arm, like he wanted to shake hands, but thought better of it. Nicholas offered his hand like he hadn't seen anything.

"Inspector Nicholas Angel." He shook the man's hand.

"Adam Aaronson," he informed him, switching to shake Danny's hand.

"Hello, Adam. Alright?" Their hands dropped, they turned towards his mum, but she kept her own on Aaron's shoulders, so Nicholas dropped his.

"Alana," but she did at least smile at them.

"A pleasure to meet you both." Nicholas looked down. "How have you been, Aaron?" He looked up at Nicholas with wide eyes, grinning.

"Alright! Wanted to visit, but mum and dad said no." They both immediately looked in some state of panic, but Nicholas coolly paid them no mind.

"Glad to hear it." He gave a short hum, considering. "It's probably for the best that you haven't. The police station is still under construction. The safety issues in our temporary location aren't exactly up to date." Aaron rolled his eyes.

"I mean I wanted to visit the jail," he stated like Nicholas was an idiot, and then perked up again. "Wanted to see if that man still had the spike in his chin!" Danny hid a laugh behind his hand. Nicholas stared, mouth open, trying very hard not to look at his parents, who looked equally unsettled.

"Now, sweetie, that's no way to talk about a criminal who tried to hold you-"

"It'd be fine, mum, I could just bite him again like I did when he stabbed himself in the face!" He pointed his fingers up to his chin in imitation. "HWUH!"

"Yeaaah!" Danny couldn't help himself. He held out his hand and they high-fived over it. Nicholas cleared his throat, fist over his mouth. "What? Kid's right, it was cool!"

"Yes. Well. Even so." He looked as though he wanted to scarper.

"Actually. Inspector," Adam started. "We, wanted to thank you. For helping keep Aaron safe, back there." Alana nodded.

"Yes, it's been...difficult, but we can't tell you how much we appreciate you for helping our boy." And Nicholas relaxed, his work face back on.

"It wasn't any trouble, Mr. and Mrs. Aaronson. I was just doing my job." He looked down at Aaron again, smile cracking its way onto his face. "Besides, Aaron is quite the resourceful young boy. He hardly needed my help at all, he did it mostly by himself." Aaron grinned brightly.

"Well," Adam continued as they both smiled at him, then. "We sincerely appreciate it. And," he became more serious, "we're quite happy to see that you've got a rather...different approach to community than we've been used to." He lifted his hat quickly to Nicholas, whose eyes widened only slightly, before putting it back on his head.

"You're Jewish," he said, understanding something. Danny turned to him.

"How'd you know that?" He wondered aloud.

"He's got a kippah," Nicholas explained.

"A what?" Danny asked.

"A yarmulke."

"Huh?"

"A skullcap?"

"Nope."

"A beanie, surely."

"Uh-uh."

"A head covering."

"I can see his hat, Nicholas." Nicholas sighed and looked at Adam, pleadingly. He were still nervous-like, but he slowly raised his hat enough for Danny to see a little fabric circle on top of his head. "Oh, one of them!"

"So you do know what they are," Nicholas relaxed, relieved.

"Nope!" Danny reported, chipper. "Never seen one before in my life." He looked over at the Aaronsons, and they seemed amused, but a little something else, too. He thought about what he'd said before he showed Nicholas his...little hat. "Oh, but I know what Jews are! I mean, we never met them around here, well, except for you, I suppose. But there ain't anything wrong with you. Being here, I mean." They looked more relaxed, but he wasn't sure he were getting this right.

"Sergeant Butterman is correct," he put a hand on Danny's shoulder, effectively cutting him off. "You're just as much a part of this community as anyone else, and we'll ensure that you're all safely welcomed, no matter what. Just as he said." He patted his shoulder before taking it off, and he was still impressed at how Nicholas managed to...do that. Not only to blessedly take over for him and make everything sound all nice, but to also somehow manage to make it seem like that's exactly what Danny'd been saying all along. He just smiled at the family.

"That's very good to hear," Alana breathed out, clearly relieved. She let one of her hands off of Aaron's shoulders.

"Might I ask," Nicholas hesitated only briefly, "has anyone been giving you any sort of trouble?" Adam shook his head.

"Now that the reverend and the like are away, there's no one been pushing us about going to church." He rubbed at his chin in thought. "Never said anything to us directly, but we were vague about it."

"Well, if anyone does, do be sure to call us, or anyone else at the station. I'll make sure to let them know and," he glanced at Danny, "inform them on some of the basics."

"We're not the first you know?" Aaron piped up.

"Back in London, there were a lot of people of many different religions. Jewish people included."

"And, if there's anything you need help with, or want to know, you can come to us, too." Alana stated, smiling at the both of them.

"Well, I have been wondering..." He looked down at Aaron. "What's the A stand for?"

"His middle name?" Nicholas nodded. "Oh, we used his Hebrew name for it."

"And what's that, then?" Danny asked.

"Aharon!"

Nicholas's smile froze.

"I...see. How lovely." Danny, for his part, managed to hold in his laughter until they closed the door.

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Danny really should have learned to shut his mouth when he was drinking alone with Nicholas. Especially when he were feeling a certain way. But that would have involved limiting his time with him, which was completely out of the question.

"Nich'las," Danny started, definitely not slurring at all, "you've dated, yeah?" Nicholas looked over at him, beer in hand, and raised an eyebrow.

"Yes," he nodded once. "Why?"

"You'n'yer ex." Nicholas looked...not exactly relaxed, but not tense, neither. "Janine." He felt as though he should dislike her on principle, but they'd apparently been on good enough terms, even called him after the NWA fiasco had gone down, and he'd heard enough of Nicholas's part in their relationship falling apart, and he was so drunk, he couldn't muster up the desire to say her name with disdain. Nicholas nodded again.

"Did'jou love her?" And now he looked tense, taking a swig of his beer, staring off in a way that almost made him think he wasn't going to answer at all. But Nicholas always answered Danny.

"Probably, yes," he answered eventually, eyes flicking towards Danny. Seeing his confused expression, he went on. "I thought I did, certainly." Danny was staring at him, but he figured it was okay, because they were talking. "I didn't act like it, but..."

"You were engaged, yeah?" Nicholas exhaled.

"We talked about it. It wasn't official." And maybe Danny wasn't the only one who lost control of his mouth when drinking, because he went on, unprompted. "I thought," he hesitated. "I really thought it was the logical next step." Only Nicholas would think of something like getting engaged would be a decision with his brain, as opposed to with his heart. Danny snorted, and Nicholas quirked his mouth up at the sound. He continued on, some of the tension draining from him.

"But she wasn't happy," he got serious again. "I'm glad she's with Dave now. She deserves better than I gave her." He sighed, not unhappily. Danny nodded, he was getting a bit teary at the story, but he was still curious.

"Ever go with anyone b'fore her?"

"Some."

"A lot?"

"Enough." He huffed out a small laugh. "I wasn't exactly in high demand."

"Oh, come off'f'it," Danny protested, loud enough that Nicholas startled. "Ya must've had dozens of people after ya." Danny insisted. "Look at ya!" He gestured, bottle in hand at Nicholas's... everything, while he just stared back. "And here I am, just some fat, stupid-"

"You're not stupid, Danny." Nicholas said immediately and firmly.

"Not debatin' I'm fat are ya?" He countered with a laugh, slapping his gut. Nicholas shook his head and smiled.

"Maybe not, no. But listen. Fat or not, that's just another part of you. It's like..." He trailed off, eyes flicking around, and Danny had another drink from his bottle. "It's like your hair."

"I can't diet my hair, Nicholas."

"No, but you can cut it, grow it out, style it differently, hell, colour it bright pink." Danny chuckled, and Nicholas smiled. "But you know, it wouldn't change who you are one bit." Oh, there went his heart again, squeezing real hard, plus with his stomach flip-flopping in ways it hadn't before. Nicholas was staring at him oddly, like he were some type of puzzle or case file. He really wanted to touch him or snog him or-

Ooh. He hoped that queasy stomach feeling weren't an actual queasy stomach.

"Maybe I should stop for t'night." He put the bottle on the table. Nicholas sighed, stood up, and offered his hand to him.

"Come on, let's get you to bed." Danny had several responses to that, but instead he just belched and grabbed his hand to allow him to help pull him up.

It were also nice to be able to hold his hand like this. He wanted to keep onto it, even after he'd successfully stood up, but Nicholas let go right away. However, it seemed like it was only to put his arm around him as he walked, so he wasn't complaining too much. He leaned against him as they walked, and when Nicholas deposited him on the bed, sheets on top, he fell asleep almost instantly.

He thought he felt something whisper through his hair before the touch of something briefly laid on his forehead, but it must have just been in his dreams.

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That bit with the kippah made me laugh so hard as I wrote it. Also! Fic will basically wrap up next chapter, with a bonus afterwards!

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More good information on this. Been thinking about it a lot.

TWO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAYS

There are two main Holocaust remembrance days:

Yom HaShoah, the Jewish Holocaust remembrance day, was first commemorated in 1951. It is observed on the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nisan and falls on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day was not established by the international community until 2005 and falls on January 27, on the anniversary of the Soviet liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

These two separate commemoration days are emblematic of two very different approaches to Holocaust education: one which centers the experience of the primary victims of the Holocaust -- Jews -- and another which instead highlights the supposed saviors of the Jews.

HAS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION FAILED?

Holocaust denial, revisionism, inversion, and distortion are widespread today.

Recent surveys show deeply disturbing trends among Gen-Z; for example, a 2020 comprehensive survey by the Claims Conference found that 36% of respondents believe “less than 2 million” Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. In New York state, nearly 20% of millennials and Gen-Z believe that Jews caused the Holocaust.

Likewise, in 2023, the Claims Conference found that 23% of Dutch millennials and Gen-Z believe the Holocaust is a “myth” or “exaggerated.”

According to the latest Anti-Defamation League Global 100 survey of worldwide antisemitism (published in January of 2025), only 48% of people worldwide “recognize the Holocaust’s historical accuracy.” Among the 18-34-year-old demographic, the findings are even worse: only 39% recognize the historical accuracy of the Holocaust.

In the United States, most states do not have mandatory Holocaust education, but even when they do, there exists no standardized curriculum, which means the mandatory education often falls short.

THE PROBLEM

In the first few decades after the Holocaust, there was little interest in the Holocaust. Immediately following liberation, the world responded with shock and horror to the grotesque imagery coming out of the Nazi death camps. But then they moved on quickly, preoccupied by the Cold War and other issues.

Meanwhile, many Jewish Holocaust survivors were afraid to center -- or even talk about -- their experiences. There was great stigma and shame associated with being a Holocaust survivor, including in Israel. Many Israelis resented Holocaust survivors, (incorrectly) believing that the only way they could have possibly survived the Nazi genocide would be if they had collaborated with the Nazis (for example, as Kapos). Others (also incorrectly) resented the Jews in Europe for “not fighting back”). In Israel, this attitude only started to change after the 1961 Adolf Eichmann trial, when survivors spoke publicly of their experiences for the first time when they took the stand.

Some survivors, like famous Nazi-Hunter Simon Wiesenthal, felt that Jews should de-emphasize the intentionally antisemitic nature of the Holocaust in order to get the non-Jewish world to care. In fact, you might’ve heard that 11 million people — 6 million Jews and 5 million others — perished in the Holocaust. This is a fake figure. Frustrated by the non-Jewish world’s lack of interest in the Holocaust, Wiesenthal created a figure to de-emphasize its anti-Jewish nature, knowing that the world would likely be more interested in the plight of others. Historians who knew him say that he chose the figure carefully: 5 million was a large number, but not a number large enough to obscure the 6 million Jewish victims.

NOW, HOLOCAUST EDUCATION OFTEN UNIVERSALIZES THE HOLOCAUST

The Holocaust was the industrialized slaughter of 6 million Jews and over one million Roma and Sinti by the Nazis and their collaborators. While the Nazis targeted many groups, only Jews — and in some countries, Roma — were subject to extermination as per the policies of the Final Solution. The Holocaust destroyed 66 percent of Europe’s Jewish population over the span of less than six years.

Holocaust universalization is the tendency to treat the Holocaust as “public property,” stripping Jews of their unique experience. Instead, the Holocaust is treated as a tragedy that befell onto mankind, rather than a genocide that specifically and intentionally targeted Jews.

According to Holocaust historian Dr. Elana Heidenman, Holocaust universalization turns the Holocaust into “a joke, a mere moment in history that is no longer relevant unless through an exaggerated comparison, [and] terms of reference that have lost all depth and all substance.”

The universalization of the Holocaust erases Jews’ “right” to the memory and understanding of the Holocaust. The world largely treats the Holocaust as a “lesson to be learned,” rather than a genocide that decimated the Jewish community. How many people who invoke the Holocaust actually care about the plight of Holocaust survivors today? How many people who invoke the Holocaust are committed to unlearning their own antisemitic biases? Holocaust universalization almost inevitably always distorts basic facts about the Holocaust. It’s worth noting that Holocaust distortion is a form of Holocaust denial.

WHAT MAKES FOR EFFECTIVE HOLOCAUST EDUCATION?

(1) Effective Holocaust education must center the victims of the Holocaust. Beware of overemphasizing the experiences of saviors over the experiences of victims and survivors.

After all, arguably, for Jews, the most enduring memory of the Holocaust is that the world failed us: not just the Nazis and their collaborators, but international institutions like the Red Cross and the Vatican, our own neighbors and friends, the non-Jewish anti-Nazi resistance, and even the Allies, who ignored the urgency of our plight until it was too late.

(2) Effective Holocaust education must provide specificity and context; it’s important for students to understand the specific historic and social conditions that allowed the Holocaust to happen. Most notably, students cannot adequately comprehend the Holocaust if they do not learn about the 2000 years of systemic European antisemitism that preceded it.

(3) Beware of universalizing the Holocaust. While it’s true that he Holocaust can teach us many valuable universal lessons about issues such as intolerance, fascism, and bigotry, it shouldn’t be taught only as a moral lesson for humanity; instead, students should also learn the lesson of the dangers of unfettered antisemitism.

(4) Effective Holocaust education must prioritize primary sources over fictional accounts.

UNDERSTANDING THE CONDITIONS THAT MADE THE HOLOCAUST POSSIBLE

In order for Holocaust education to be effective, it must always strongly emphasize the antisemitism that led to the Holocaust.

You cannot divorce the Holocaust from the antisemitism that caused it. The Nazis persecuted Jews specifically based on antisemitic tropes and conspiracies that have been ingrained into the DNA of our societal institutions. The Holocaust wouldn’t have been possible without the 2000 years of antisemitism that preceded it.

The Holocaust was possible because the Nazis animated the previously-existing and sometimes dormant antisemitism of German society and the societies of the countries they conquered. There’s a reason many of the worst massacres during the Holocaust were perpetrated not by the Nazis, but by collaborators. The Jedwabne pogrom comes to mind. There’s a reason the institutions that were supposed to protect human beings — ahem, the Red Cross — chose to look away at best and collaborate at worst.

Again: without antisemitism, there wouldn’t have been a Holocaust. It’s imperative for Holocaust education to emphasize this point.

“NEVER AGAIN" MEANS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE END OF THE WAR DID NOT END ANTISEMITISM

Antisemitism did not end with World War II. In fact, after liberation, thousands of Jewish survivors were robbed and even murdered by their former neighbors in Eastern Europe when they attempted to reclaim their old homes. The first post-Holocaust pogrom was the Krakow pogrom, which took place in August of 1945. After that, pogroms spread to 11 other Polish cities.

The most infamous of these pogroms is the Kielce pogrom in 1946, when 42 Jewish refugees were murdered by a mob of Polish civilians following a blood libel. The refugees were horrifically beaten, shot, and even thrown out windows. A survivor of both the Holocaust and the Kielce pogrom later testified, “I would like to mention that as a former prisoner of concentration camps I have not gone through an experience like this. I have seen very little sadism and bestiality of this scale.”

Holocaust education that does not teach students to identify the persisting antisemitism in the world does an injustice to Holocaust victims, survivors, and the promise of “Never Again.” This includes recognizing how ancient antisemitic tropes, stereotypes, and conspiracies manifest today.

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How did perceptions of Jews shift after the Holocaust?

Perceptions didn’t change much directly after the Holocaust, as one might think. There was a surge in news coverage revealing the atrocities that occurred at concentration camps, but it didn't automatically translate into sympathy for Jews, whatsoever. In fact, there was a period of late Nazism in Central Europe that Y. Michal Bodemann, a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Toronto, suggests extended into the early 1950s.

So even after being liberated by the Allied Powers, Germany was still rampant with antisemitism, and in the early days after Allied troops had defeated the German forces, the killing of Jews continued. The United States Congress, for a few years, also remained opposed to allowing Holocaust survivors into the country.

It took a long time for the dust to settle before we saw international response and sympathy for survivors.

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"cat on gemara" uploaded to flickr 09/13/2013.