On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the loss of 6 million Jews and the more than 27,000 non-Jews, known as the Righteous Among the Nations, who risked their lives to save Jews from the Nazis and their collaborators.
On January 23, we stood together with united resolve in the face of history’s greatest horror, the Holocaust, at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp where more than 1 million Jews perished. Never Again. Not for Jews. Not for Muslims. Not for any of God’s children.
Esta semana tuvo lugar el Día Internacional de Conmemoración del Holocausto, fecha en la que se recuerda a los 6 millones de judíos asesinados durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Pero también es una ocasión para reconocer y honrar a los miles de no judíos que arriesgaron sus vidas para ayudar a salvar a las víctimas de la persecución y los crímenes por parte de los nazis y sus colaboradores.
American Jewish Committee (AJC), the leading global Jewish advocacy group, launched a groundbreaking Arabic-language online video series aimed at increasing understanding of the Jewish people in the Arab world. Read more in Arabic here.
Muslim World League (MWL) Secretary General Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa and American Jewish Committee (AJC) Former CEO David Harris led a groundbreaking joint visit of Muslims and Jews to Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi German death camp. Read more in Arabic here.