Tomas D. Mojo

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Apr 27, 2022, 11:37 AM

Yom HaShoah: Learning from Jewish resistance

Generally we associate resistance to armed struggles or physical resistance. Yom HaShoah allows us not only to think about the history of the Jewish people, but of its heroes. Some anonymous, others more recognized, but they all have a...

Jan 22, 2022, 1:12 AM

Yom HaShoa 2022: 80 years of choices, 80 years learning.

Facing a new anniversary of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, this year we commemorate the 80th anniversary of numerous trascendental choices. Sometimes, history gives us the opportunity to compare processes that changed people’s lives. During 1942 different situations worldwide...

Jan 27, 2021, 7:17 PM

Auschwitz wasn’t built in a day

During these days, where decision-making is one of the most relevant issues worldwide due to the pandemic, we are remembering the 80th anniversary from the “fateful choices”, as Ian Kershaw defined it. The sequence of choices Hitler made in order...

Aug 19, 2020, 10:41 PM

Abraham Accord: building a peaceful Middle East

In the middle of a complex international situation due to Covid-19 and the conflicts it produced, a disruptive action changed many points of view, at least in the Middle East. The Abraham Accord –or the Israel – United Arab Emirates...

Jun 9, 2020, 7:30 PM

#BlackLivesMatter: Afro-Germans facing the Shoah

What happened in the United States with George Floyd can be explained with history: the history of exploitation, of social differences, of inequity, of discrimination. As it happened with different historical events, the Third Reich -and the history of...

Apr 20, 2020, 6:09 AM

Yom HaShoa 2020: Remembering makes you free

There is a premise on education that is educating in values. Educate in values implies the recognition of a core made of esencial rights that must be respected and assimilated as a duty. Protecting our life means, also, protecting...

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About Me

Tomas is a lawyer specialized in constitutional law and a professor specialized in human rights and Holocaust studies. He is a member of the Jewish Diplomatic Corps (World Jewish Congress) and Nuevas Generaciones (Latin American Jewish Congress).