Posts Tagged: Holocaust survivors
Jewish Federations Awarded $5 Million Federal Grant to Assist Holocaust Survivors
JNS.org - The US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging has awarded a $5 million grant to the Jewish...
State Department: ‘Much Work Remains’ to Provide Restitution to Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants
JNS.org - Property belonging to Holocaust survivors and their descendants that have yet to be returned to their rightful owners, in addition to restitution to...
US State Department Report Highlights ‘Urgent’ Need for Holocaust Restitution
The US State Department published a report on Wednesday on steps being taken by countries to provide restitution or compensation for property taken during the...
Texas Holocaust Survivor Celebrates 100th Birthday With Drive-By Car Parade
A Holocaust survivor in Texas was surprised with a parade of drive-by visitors on Sunday in honor of his 100th birthday. A procession of cars and...
A Holocaust Story of Leadership, Resilience and Survival
JNS.org - Mira Rosenblatt will never forget August 12, 1942. On that day, the teenager was among the 30,000 Jews living in the Sosnowiec Ghetto...
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...
Holocaust Survivors ‘Nothing Short of Living Heroes,’ Britain’s Prince Charles Says
Britain’s Prince Charles addressed the annual National Yom HaShoah UK Commemoration via video on Tuesday, saying that the story of the resilience of Holocaust survivors...
Coronavirus Lockdown Deepens Holocaust Survivors’ Loneliness
Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of...
In Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic, Israel Remembers Holocaust Victims
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Israel paused on Tuesday to remember the murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis on Holocaust Remembrance...
‘Unorthodox’ Star Shira Hass Calls Her Survivor Grandmother on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israeli actress Shira Haas, the star of the new Netflix mini-series "Unorthodox," shared on Instagram a screenshot of her family's video call to her grandmother,...
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Data Shows 189,500 Survivors Live in Israel
On the eve of Israel’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Finance Ministry’s Holocaust Survivors Rights Authority stated there were 189,500 survivors currently living in Israel. Due...
New Jersey Middle School Students Keep Holocaust Memories Alive With Documentaries on Survivors
“Kids can change the world,” said Tova Fish-Rosenberg, founder of Names, Not Numbers -- a national non-profit that is an intergenerational Holocaust oral history film...
British PM Johnson on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘I Feel Positive Shame’ Over Rise of Antisemitism in UK
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a statement that he felt "positive shame" over the reemergence of antisemitism in the...
Holocaust Survivor to Deliver US House Prayer Noting 75th Year of Auschwitz Liberation
JNS.org - A 90-year-old rabbi who survived the Holocaust will deliver the opening prayer in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, announced Rep. Max...
