Paul Packer

Paul Packer is the former Chairman United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.

 An American battalion arrives in Ostersund, Sweden after driving across the border from Norway, to attend the Defence exercise Aurora 23, April 17, 2023.

American strength lies in preservation of history, not in destruction - opinion

Memorial candels

Hamas did it because we are Jews - opinion

 THE AMERICAN Bar Association in Washington: The Bar should come out strongly in favor of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, says the writer.

No room for antisemites - opinion


The risk of forgetting the Holocaust has never been greater - opinion

This year, we have at least some cause for hope. Just weeks ago, the United Arab Emirates announced that it would begin teaching Holocaust education to primary and secondary school students.

 MARCHERS WRAPPED in Israeli flags attend the annual March of the Living at the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau death camp, near Oswiecim, Poland.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a cause for hope and call to action 

Why designate a holiday for remembrance of the Holocaust? Because in the bleak history of genocide, the Holocaust is singular in its evil.

 THE GATE to Auschwitz, photographed in January 2021, 76 years after the camp’s liberation: There are still countless Jews who say about the Shoah, ‘If this could happen, how can anyone still believe in God?’

Russian strike on Babyn Yar highlights need to guard heritage sites - opinion

Sacred sites such as these are a cornerstone of Jewish heritage and it is that memory that many have sought to erase and many others have fought to protect.

 VICTIMS OF BABYN YAR are remembered on the 80th anniversary of the massacre, in Kyiv last October.

We cannot forget the Holocaust

As the Jewish people and the world now face another challenge of frightening proportions, we will need every ounce of this inspiration to persevere.

Yad Vashem Security guard stnds at the empty Hall of Names in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum

The Aalst Carnival shows how quickly we forgot 'Never Again'

Sadly, the Aalst parade was not the only European Carnival celebration to feature offensive imagery this week.

Giant figures depicting Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel (C) and other politicians are seen during the 87th carnival parade of Aalst February 15, 2015. The Aalst Carnival, which is inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, often shows informal groups

President Trump deserves our thanks for combating antisemitism

BDS bills itself as “a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality,” yet it’s true aim is to displace Israelis,

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Sunrise, Florida, U.S., November 26, 2019

Time to rekindle the tradition of mutual support

These survivors were stunned to find a whole race of people treated as second-class citizens in the United States, the country that had ensured the survival of the Jewish people.

People gather at makeshift memorial a block from the scene the shooting last year of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.