‘Never Again Means Now’: Trump Issues Proclamation Recognizing Holocaust Remembrance Day

‘Never Again Means Now’: Trump Issues Proclamation Recognizing Holocaust Remembrance Day

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, DC, March 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Wednesday night recognizing Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah, acknowledging the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II. “On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and durin…

Change of stance after 2021 when the term that angers Ankara was adopted - Protests from the Armenian National Committee in the US

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An Erev Pesach Omission It’s always difficult to make the transition from the festive atmosphere of Yom Tov and Chol Hamoed to the ordinary days of the summer. In Eretz Yisroel, the secular government decided to schedule a day of remembrance for the Holocaust at the end of the month of Nissan, at a […]

During Holocaust Remembrance Week, Donald Trump Denies a Genocide

Former President Joe Biden ended decades of silence on the Armenian genocide. Trump seems to be bringing the taboo back.

In its official announcement on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the White House did not include the term “genocide” in the English language.

The White House proceeded with the established announcement for the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day without including the term “genocide” in the English language. Instead, the announcement uses the Armenian term “Meds Yeghern” which means “great crime” in Armenian. American presidents had been using this term for decades, as the US government had not officially recognized the Armenian Genocide. However, the Biden administration began using the…