Posts Tagged: Holocaust remembrance
At Unveiling of New Terezin Monument, European Jewish Leader Warns ‘Lessons of Holocaust Have Been Forgotten’
A new monument -- commemorating the victims of the Nazi Holocaust -- was unveiled on Monday at the site of the Terezin concentration camp in the...
Ensuring We Never Forget — Even in a World Without Holocaust Survivors
JNS.org - When my grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, passed away very suddenly in 2008, I went through his office in hope that he had documented his...
‘Ukraine Remains Blind Spot on Map of Holocaust Memorials’
A group of executives from the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (BYHMC) met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday and briefed him about their...
Holocaust Education: The Last Chance for Humanity
JNS.org - With International Holocaust Remembrance Day having just passed, I can’t help but consider the mounting challenges to Holocaust education. As the number of victims of...
Remembering the Holocaust Is Not Enough
This week, on January 27th, we observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of the darkest chapters...
The Need for Post-Holocaust Studies
The memory and discussion of historical events usually fade away with the passing of time. This does not seem to be the case with the Holocaust,...
To Honor Elie Wiesel’s First Yahrzeit, Israel Should Bomb Syria’s Crematoria
This month, on the 26th of Sivan, we will mark the first yahrzeit of Elie Wiesel. Almost no one in my life has touched and inspired...
Remembering the Holocaust, Forgetting the Survivors
This January 27, nations around the world will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the most horrific evil ever perpetrated upon humanity: the near destruction of Europe’s Jews. During a special...
Dolls Taken From Young French Jewish Sisters Deported to Auschwitz Given to Holocaust Museum in Paris
Two dolls that were taken from a pair of young French Jewish sisters in 1944 as they were deported to Auschwitz from where they never...
Third-Generation Survivor: Holocaust Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant Among Young Americans (INTERVIEW)
For many young Americans, Jews and non-Jews alike, the Holocaust is becoming increasingly irrelevant, a Harvard law student and granddaughter of a survivor told The Algemeiner...
Belgian Noble Family Descended From ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ Visits Israel
JNS.org - A delegation of the descendants of a Belgian noble family whose members saved Jewish children during the Holocaust visited Israel this week and met...
How Do We Remember to ‘Never Forget?’ (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Never forget. It’s a phrase that has become synonymous with the Holocaust. It’s a phrase that promotes solidarity, in an attempt to prevent history from repeating...
At the March of the Living, Learning How to Live
JNS.org - Sophie Wortsman. 16. Toronto. Student. Benji Zoller. 18. Dallas. Student. Sam Peltz. 83. Florida and New York. Survivor. Jacob Kamaras. 30. Houston. Journalist. We all shared the same...
We Remember the Holocaust, But We Go On
During the Shoah, a darkness descended upon the earth the likes of which have rarely been seen in the history of humankind. Irrespective of how...
