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The Ninth Candle

Our mission is to end antisemitism by sharing knowledge. Our programs will always be free of charge.

We fulfill this mission through innovative educational programs for students and professional development programs for teachers.

01/27/2026

Check out a new article for International Holocaust Day 2026 - written by our founder, Dr. Luke Berryman, and selected by the as a featured post.

A link to the full article is here and in our bio 👉

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-need-to-rethink-holocaust-remembrance-day/

01/22/2026

“Resisting N**ism,” the debut book by our Founder, Dr. Luke Berryman, is now available in the United States!

A link to buy is in our bio - and you can also find it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, and at all major bookstores.

06/23/2025

What can the past teach us for the present? 🤔

Read the new article by our Founder, Dr. Luke Berryman, in to find out!

A link is in our bio 🗞️

02/27/2025

📣 New article in the by our Founder, Dr. Luke Berryman!

On the night of February 27, 1933, an arsonist attacked the Reichstag, Germany’s historic parliamentary building. It was a critical moment in the country’s collapse from democracy to dictatorship. Today, 92 years later, there are important lessons for our own democracy in the attack and its aftermath…

Check out the post to learn more! 🗞️

01/27/2025

Where did The Holocaust get its name from, and what does it mean? 🤔

This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, take a deep dive into the history of a name 📚

01/25/2025

What is “Holocaust entertainment,” how does it distort history, and why does it matter? 🤔

Find out in a new article for the by our Founder, Dr. Luke Berryman 🗞️

Use the link in our bio to read the full article!

05/06/2024

Yom HaShoah remembers the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, as well as the many Jewish people involved in acts of rebellion and resistance against the N**i regime. Their resilience inspires us this year more than ever.

03/26/2024

“The Zone of Interest” has been praised for its historical accuracy. But how accurate is it really?

In this post, we show that the movie deliberately erases remarkable evidence of prisoner resistance in Auschwitz.

Swipe to read the full story 👉

03/19/2024

“The Zone of Interest” was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture; and it won two of them (Best International Feature and Best Sound).

But there are problems with the movie’s messaging and its historical accuracy. We’re going to unpack some of these problems, starting with one of the most serious in this post: was Rudolf Höss, the first Commandant of Auschwitz, really just an “ordinary person,” as writer-director Jonathan Glazer would have us believe?

Swipe to learn the true story of Höss’s life 👉

Please be aware that this post contains descriptions of graphic violence.

01/27/2024

In a new article for on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024, our Founder, Dr. Luke Berryman, discusses the importance of institutions of Holocaust remembrance.

Places including , , and have recently become sites of protest, while is losing social media followers. Luke argues that we can’t allow any of these disturbing developments to continue.

A link to the full article is in our bio.

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