Posts Tagged: Holocaust Remembrance Day
Netanyahu Dismisses Abbas Shoah Comments, Cites Alliance With Hamas Which ‘Attempts to Create an Additional Holocaust’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' recent sympathetic statements about the Holocaust citing the PA's recent moves to...
Israel Approves 1 Billion NIS Increase in Holocaust Survivor Benefits
Times of Israel - On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Israeli government approved an increase of NIS 1 billion ($290 million) each year...
A View from Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day
JNS.org - OSWIECIM, Poland—The day is Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, established by the United Nations to memorialize the lives of the...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked at the U.N.
JNS.org - World leaders and other dignitaries held a special ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations on Monday. "The State of...
Danny Danon: Three Lessons From Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
JNS.org - I am overwhelmed, at Auschwitz, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, where I join somberly with fellow Israeli leaders to remember and...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Marked by 54 Knesset Members at Auschwitz
JNS.org - The largest Israeli legislative delegation to date, numbering 54 Members of Knesset, marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday by holding a special...
Bar Refaeli’s Instagram Account Becomes Forum for Debate, Again
Once again a social media account belonging to Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has become a forum for debate. Refaeli posted a photo to her Instagram account,...
ADL Slams Brooklyn Mezuzah Torching as “Blatant Act of Anti-Semitism”
The Anti-Defamation League has condemned an act of arson in Brooklyn as a hate crime after a dozen Jewish residents of a Brooklyn apartment building...
IDF General Meets Woman His Mother Saved During the Holocaust (VIDEO)
Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz visited with Bergen-Belsen survivor Esther Friedman Sunday as part of the project "Flower for a Survivor," where IDF soldiers and officers...
Tens of Thousands Take Part in March of the Living to Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
JPost - Tens of thousands of people from Israel and around the world took part in this year's March of the Living on Monday,...
Peres Recalls Grandfather’s Advice on Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Be a Jew”
Israeli President Shimon Peres recalled Monday how his grandfather told him at the train station in Poland as he left for Israel to "be a...
IDF Closes Gaza Crossing After Rockets Strike Israel
JPost - The IDF decided to close the Kerem Shalom goods border passage between Israel and Gaza on Monday following the firing of three...
Survey: 40% of Survivors Living in Israel Believe Another Holocaust is Possible
Some 40 percent of Holocaust survivors in Israel are concerned that a second Holocaust could occur, according to the annual report of the Foundation for...
Tale of the ’50 Children’ to Debut This Holocaust Remembrance Day on HBO
Journalist Steven Pressman first learned of the 50 children rescued by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus in 2002 from his wife Liz Perle, the Krauses' granddaughter,...
