Posts Tagged: Yom HaShoah
Rutgers Jewish Fraternity Egged During Yom HaShoah Ceremony for Second Straight Year, After House Targeted by Anti-Israel Protesters
A Jewish fraternity house at Rutgers University was egged during an annual ceremony held to recite the names of Holocaust victims, days after it was...
Holocaust Survivors Join Virtual March of Living Ceremony at Auschwitz
The March of the Living, an annual event that brings together Holocaust survivors and family members at the former Auschwitz death camp, was held online...
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Slammed for Failing to Mention Jews in Holocaust Remembrance Day Tweet
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) -- who has faced antisemitism accusations in the past -- was criticized on social media on Wednesday after tweeting a statement...
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...
Haifa University Infuses Holocaust Commemoration With Entrepreneurial Spirit
JNS.org - Sand inspired Rivka Baum to tell the story of the Holocaust. What may sound like an odd inspiration became anything but when Baum...
The Chabad Model for Perpetuating Memories of the Holocaust
JNS.org - Within the next several years, Holocaust remembrance will enter into a challenging new phase: continuing the memory of one of the most heinous...
Sens. Cruz, Kaine Introduce Resolution Condemning ‘All Forms’ of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a resolution on Thursday condemning “all forms” of anti-Semitism to mark Yom Hashoah, or...
March of the Living Transcends Distinctions to Provide a Deeply Meaningful Jewish Experience
JNS.org - There are no words for the experience of commemorating the horrific deaths, together with Holocaust survivors, on the sacred grounds of the Birkenau extermination...
Jewish Teen’s Holocaust Doom Dramatized on Instagram
Hoping to enliven fading Holocaust memories, Israeli entrepreneurs have dramatized the plight of a Jewish teenager murdered by the Nazis by imagining her documenting her final...
American Astronaut Marks Yom HaShoah on International Space Station
American astronaut Andrew Feustel marked Yom HaShoah -- Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day -- by delivering a special message that was beamed down to Earth from...
Israeli, Polish Presidents March Together at Auschwitz on Yom HaShoah
The presidents of Poland and Israel marched together at the Auschwitz concentration camp on Thursday, putting aside their differences over a new law that makes it a...
In Yom Hashoah Speech, Netanyahu Says Israel is ‘Steadfast’ in Preventing Iranian Aggression
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Jewish state remains “steadfast” in preventing Iranian aggression amid ongoing threats. “We are preventing Iranian activity in Syria....
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...
For Israelis, Memorial Day is Personal
JNS.org - Israel and the US share many values and traditions, including holding national days of commemoration for fallen soldiers. Yet there are sharp cultural differences...
