Posts Tagged: Yom HaShoah
Rivers of Tears for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers
I did not cry upon my third visit to Auschwitz last week. My daughters did, but I didn’t. I can’t quite explain why. Perhaps it...
Israel and the Meaning of ‘Never Again’
The Holocaust wasn’t perpetrated by a barbarian society in a distant past. It was perpetrated 70 years ago by the most advanced European country -- the country that...
Ivanka Trump ‘Deeply Moved’ by Visit to Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Ivanka Trump visited Berlin's Holocaust memorial on Tuesday during her first international trip as an official adviser to her father, US President Donald Trump. The visit...
Holocaust Survivors’ Grandchildren Keep Stories Alive With Help of Vast Archives
JNS.org - As the world marks Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) this week, staffers at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) say they've seen a growing phenomenon: third-generation...
Reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day
Once a year in Israel, when spring flowers are at their most beautiful, it happens at precisely 10 a.m. At that moment, the wail of an air...
Act on Syria to Remember the Holocaust
This year, Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) finds Jews deeply worried. Here in the United States, we’ve witnessed cemetery desecrations, little children evacuated from Jewish community...
On Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Educating the Next Generation
JNS.org - As Sunday evening approached in Israel, stores and businesses shuttered early while the country moved into a state of mourning for the martyrs and heroes...
Charles Schumer: We Must Teach the World the Meaning of the Holocaust, This Year and Every Year
Each year on Yom HaShoah, we are called on to do something that sounds very simple: “remember.” But, in fact, it is much more than...
At Auschwitz, the Dead Wish to March With the Living
Once again, I have found myself lost amid the remains of Auschwitz. The last time I was here, I visited with a delegation from the Israeli...
DNC Staffer Argues Over Honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day
JNS.org - A Democratic National Committee (DNC) staff member questioned whether Holocaust Remembrance Day was worth publishing a statement to honor the day, the Daily Caller...
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...
A Personal Take on Victory Day and Honoring Russian-Jewish WWII Veterans (VIDEO)
JNS.org - While Israel’s annual Holocaust commemoration day, Yom HaShoah, has now passed, another memorial day took place May 9. On what is known as "Victory Day," or simply as...
London’s First Muslim Mayor to Attend Ceremony Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day
A day after being sworn into office, London's new mayor, Sadiq Khan will attend the city's main commemoration ceremony for Yom HaShoah (Holocaust remembrance day)...
IDF General’s ‘Nazi Germany’ Comparison Draws Ire in Israeli Government
JNS.org - On Yom HaShoah in Israel on Thursday the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan drew criticism from government...
