Posts Tagged: Holocaust remembrance
70 Percent of Holocaust Survivors Worldwide Will Be Gone Within a Decade, Groundbreaking Report Reveals
A first-of-its-kind report released on Tuesday reveals staggering numbers about the global population of Holocaust survivors, including an estimated count of how many will still...
80 Years After Auschwitz’s Liberation, ‘Never Again’ Is Now
Exactly 80 years ago, on January 27, 1945, the world witnessed the liberation of Auschwitz, with the unimaginable horrors of the Holocaust on full display....
Israeli Student Trips to Poland Set to Continue Months After Cancellation Due to Gaza War
Israel's Education Ministry has announced the resumption of student trips to Poland, where millions of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust by the Nazis, months...
Holocaust Remembrance Days Really Do Matter
This week, we witnessed another impressive Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, where the country came to a halt to remember the atrocities of the Holocaust....
Herzog Urges Israelis to Set Disputes Aside in ‘Sacred Days’ Honoring Survivors
JNS.org - “I appeal to you, citizens of Israel, with a simple prayer: Let us leave these sacred days, which begin tonight and end on...
The Atrocities in Ukraine — Then and Now
Beis oylum. Of the many Yiddish terms or phrases used to describe a cemetery (most, if not all, come directly from the Hebrew), this is the...
Israel Spends $9M More on Yad Vashem to Preserve Testimony From ‘Disappearing Generation’ of Survivors
The Israeli government on Sunday approved an increase of $9.2 million in this year's budget allocation to Yad Vashem, World Holocaust Remembrance Center, ahead of...
Once Again, the Palestinians Desecrate Holocaust Memory
JNS.org - For most people, Holocaust memorial events such as those that recently took place to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day are crucial both to...
Enduring Memories of Holocaust Remembrance
Our family subscription issue of Life magazine, dated May 7, 1945, arrived on my ninth birthday. Its cover photograph, under the caption “The German People,” showed...
Memorial to Holocaust Victims Unveiled in Moldova
A new Holocaust memorial was unveiled in the ex-Soviet republic of Moldova this week on the site of a former Jewish ghetto. The memorial in the...
Jews in German City of Cologne Angered by Defacing of Holocaust Memorial by Animal Rights Extremists
The Jewish community in the German city of Cologne was locked in a battle with animal rights activists this week, following a demonstration last weekend...
Antisemitic Vandals Hang Sheet Spray-Painted With ‘Vulgar Insults’ Over Holocaust Memorial in Nashville
A memorial to the Holocaust at a Jewish community center in Nashville, Tennessee, was defaced over the weekend with white supremacist symbols and antisemitic insults. Local...
Let Us Remember What the Survivors Can’t Forget
JNS.org - Holocaust survivors do not need annual ceremonies to remind them of the Nazi atrocities that they endured or of the family members that...
Taking ‘Never Again’ Seriously on Campus and Beyond
“Never again.” Ever since the final concentration camp was shut down in 1945, the world has clung to this mantra, and with good reason. Yet,...
