(November 17, 2021 / JNS) Brazil joined the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) last month as an observer country, the government announced in a released statement . The IHRA unites governments, international organizations and experts who have the common goal of combating anti-Semitism and preserving the memory of the Holocaust. Brazil applied for observer country status in September and was approved on Nov. 9—the 83rd anniversary of the 1938 Nazi pogrom known as Kristallnacht, or “The Night of Broken Glass.” “Brazilian diplomacy will seek to work within the IHRA to promote education and research on the Holocaust, as well as...