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Raphael Lemkin
Raphael Lemkin (Creative Commons/Centre for Jewish History NYC)
February 3, 2026, 12:32 pm
Family of Jewish Lawyer who coined term ‘genocide’ combat institute which named itself for him
Relatives of Raphael Lemkin have vocally condemned the 'Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention' which was set up in 2021
By JN Reporter
Hundreds of Palestinians at an anti-Hamas protest in northern Gaza. Photo Credit: AFP
January 19, 2026, 2:22 pm
Jews, the ‘genocide’ charge, and irony
A concept created by a Jew in response to the near‑annihilation of the Jews is now routinely weaponized to accuse Jews of committing the very crime that almost destroyed them
By Marc Goldberg
The South African delegation at the ICJ
October 28, 2025, 4:12 pm
OPINION: When the Law of Genocide Loses Its Grip
Genocide was once law’s most precise term. It has now been crafted into a slogan
By Clive Lewis
Raphael Lemkin (Screenshot from youtube)
January 1, 2019, 3:09 pm
Armenia’s capital honours Shoah survivor who coined the term ‘genocide’
Deputy mayor of Yerevan holds ceremony naming street in honour Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin
By JTA
The Nuremberg trials, where the term ‘genocide’ was first heard
December 1, 2016, 11:00 pm
The man who invented ‘genocide’
Francine Wolfisz reviews Watchers of the Sky, a powerful documentary telling the story of lawyer Raphael Lemkin, who gave a name to mass killing
By Francine Wolfisz
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