Posts Tagged: yad vashem
NYC Street Named in Honor of Yad Vashem’s Commitment to Holocaust Remembrance, Combating Antisemitism
New York City honored Yad Vashem on Thursday with the unveiling of a street named after Israel's national memorial to the Holocaust in Jerusalem, in...
‘I Feel at Home Here’: In the Shadow of War, Moroccan Muslims Visit Israel to Promote Peace
Ayoub Koulli knew about Morocco's ancient and dwindling Jewish community through his father, who would speak about his many Jewish friends in Casablanca. But Koulli's...
Sirens Sound Throughout Israel in Memory of the 6 Million Jews Killed During the Holocaust
i24 News — At 10 am on Monday, Israel paused in solemn remembrance as the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day siren echoed across the nation, honoring...
Yad Vashem Chair: ‘Will Columbia Be Remembered as Heidelberg?’
i24 News - Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan sent a letter to Columbia University President Minouche Shafik amid the mass anti-Israel protests escalating over the...
Yad Vashem Chairman Says Campus Antisemitism Like Cancer, Warns Problem Could Become ‘Terminal’ for Universities
Antisemitism on American college campuses is comparable to Stage 2 cancer, and if allowed to progress to Stage 4, academia will be "doomed," the chairman...
US Holocaust Museum, Scholars Slam ‘Political’ Motives to Replace Yad Vashem Head
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, dozens of Holocaust scholars, and others have come to the defense of Dani Dayan, the chairman...
Germany’s Far-Right Comes to Yad Vashem
JNS.org - Ever since its foundation in 1953 by an act of the Knesset, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem has served admirably as Israel’s national memorial...
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Israel Comes to a Standstill as Sirens Blare
i24 News - At exactly 10:00 am on Holocaust Remembrance Day, the state of Israel stood still to observe the memory of the six million...
US Senate Leader Promises ‘Fullest Support’ to Israel at Yad Vashem
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Friday promised that the US Senate would give Israel its “fullest support” during a wreath laying ceremony at...
UAE Foreign Minister in Israel, American Jewish Committee in UAE for Abraham Accords Anniversary
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Israel on Thursday to mark the second anniversary of the Abraham Accords establishing relations...
Biden Honors Holocaust Victims, Shares Warm Exchange With Survivors in Jerusalem
US President Joe Biden began his visit to Israel on Wednesday with a trip to Yad Vashem, the Jewish state's national Holocaust memorial, where he...
Israel and Austria Sign Strategic Pact to Upgrade Relations, Talk Iran Threat and Antisemitism
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Tuesday signed a “comprehensive” strategic partnership to boost cooperation in areas including security, cyber...
Israel Blasts ‘Outrageous’ Russian Claim That Hitler Had ‘Jewish Blood’
Israel demanded an apology from Moscow after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov publicly claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood” and accused Jews...
‘Memory Is Not a Thing of the Past’: Israeli, German Leaders Mark Yom HaShoah, Recite Names of Holocaust Victims
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Germany's Bundestag President Bärbel Bas on Thursday recited names of Holocaust victims and lit memorial candles as part of...
