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Sep 22, 2022, 11:22 AM
Who is the star on Rosh Hashanah; the pomegranate, apple or both?
With Rosh Hashanah coming many of us are stocking up on apples, figs, dates, and pomegranates and maybe some other deliciously sweet fruit. But do we know why on our tables whether the lead is taken by the apple or pomegranate or both? What it...
Apr 28, 2022, 12:44 PM
Jewish history must not be erased from our curriculum
Not that long ago, we were remembering our liberation from Egypt. Then, centuries later in Warsaw on the 19th of April 1943, the story of freedom wasn’t told but actioned yet again. On this very Erev Pesach, Mordechai Anielewicz led the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. As...
Jul 7, 2021, 11:06 AM
Holocaust denial and pro-Palestine discourse
Recent events around the Israel/Palestine conflict erupted with ‘’experts’’ who often deny the Holocaust and yet ironically use this discourse to revise the history of Palestine as a Muslim country. The Jewish history is 3000 years old, outliving empires including Babylonian, Roman, Ottoman and others...
Jun 18, 2021, 2:10 PM
How Poland’s Holocaust law infringes free expression
Poland with the highest number of Righteous Amongst the Nations, simultaneously had high number of Nazi collaborators, however under a 2018 Holocaust Law amendment, it is now illegal for anyone to mention about complicity of the Polish nation committing Holocaust crimes. A dark consequence has...
May 28, 2021, 4:04 PM
Austrian law on Holocaust denial
Austria: a democratic country where freedom of expression is protected under European Law. Yet Holocaust denial is a crime: “whoever denies, grossly plays down, approves or tries to excuse the National Socialist genocide or other National Socialist crimes against humanity in a print publication, in...
May 21, 2021, 11:23 AM
Tackling Holocaust denial: Free speech versus education
The recent Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill takes universities to the next level with legal responsibilities expanding to student unions. For example, a speaker such as revisionist David Irving’s event is cancelled due to pressure from opposition groups. This could expose the University to...
May 14, 2021, 4:54 PM
Should Holocaust denial be made a criminal offence?
It seems that talking of the Holocaust in the UK is a controversial topic amongst certain groups of people. As I am academically a lawyer and sociologist who is a granddaughter of a Shoah survivor and descendant of a family with many recorded as exterminated...
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Maddie is a Sociologist with a law degree, and a legal translation professional speaking many languages with an interest in international law and politics.
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