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Menachem Z. Rosensaft

Menachem Z. Rosensaft

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The new face of Holocaust denial is harder to spot — and more dangerous

When I learned that Holocaust deniers had infiltrated a New Hampshire legislative meeting and tried to insert their view into the state’s Holocaust...

06.05.2026 10

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Menachem Z. Rosensaft

This Yom HaShoah is different from all others — and we’ve never needed it more

The formulaic question we should be adapting from the Passover seder and asking ourselves as we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust this year is,...

13.04.2026 10

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As a genocide law professor, I’d give the US brief supporting Israel at the ICJ a failing grade

More than five months after a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, a highly contentious legal proceeding arising out of that military conflict remains a...

16.03.2026 20

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German trains brought Jews to their death at Bergen-Belsen. They can’t be allowed to disturb the site.

A proposal by officials at Deutsche Bahn, the German federal railway system, is serving up a potential train wreck of gargantuan proportions when it...

28.01.2026 50

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Menachem Z. Rosensaft

What the US ambassador to Poland left out when he absolved Poland of Holocaust complicity

Lost in Thursday’s kerfuffle over whether the U.S. Coast Guard would no longer consider the swastika as a symbol of hate was a far more troubling...

23.11.2025 30

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Menachem Z. Rosensaft

I won’t vote for Democrats who backed Mamdani. I know I’m not the only one.

There must be consequences when politicians endorse and campaign for unpalatable candidates for public office in order to court that candidate’s...

31.10.2025 20

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Menachem Z. Rosensaft

The war in Gaza is over. The battle to stop Israel from becoming Sparta is just beginning.

Now that the war in Gaza appears to have come to an end and Hamas has returned the remaining 20 living hostages to their families, we can fully expect...

15.10.2025 10

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Menachem Z. Rosensaft

Why I’m choosing to teach genocide law at Columbia despite antisemitism on campus

05.03.2025 20

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Menachem Z. Rosensaft