The federal government is putting an additional $10 million into a program aimed at helping community groups counter violent extremism and antisemitism.
From influential platforms, Mr. Turski, an Auschwitz survivor from Poland, warned the world of rising antisemitism and the perils of indifference to it.
New England Patriots owner Robert K. Kraft said he believes Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 “personally is committed to eradicating antisemitism from this campus” in a keynote speech at the annual Harvard Business School Shabbat Dinner on Friday.
The Protestant Reformation (1517–1648) was a religious revolution that challenged the authority of the Catholic Church. Martin Luther, a German monk, played a central role in this movement by rejecting Catholic doctrines such as indulgences, papal supremacy, and the authority of Church tradition.
By the 19th and 20th centuries, antisemitism had become deeply ingrained in European culture, fueled by Christian theology, nationalist movements, and economic scapegoating. These factors played a direct role in Nazi ideology and the Holocaust, where centuries of religious prejudice were transformed into racial extermination policies.
Poland once again launched air defenses after Russia fired long-range strikes across Ukraine, hitting near the shared border with Poland just hours after leaders met in Kyiv to pledge more support.