Each year, Israel observes two somber days of remembrance within a week, followed by Independence Day celebrations throughout the country. The connection is profound.
Anti-Semitic agitators broke into a Holocaust Remembrance Day Zoom meeting hosted by the Israeli embassy in Berlin, posting pictures of Hitler before getting cut off.
Each year, Israelis pause from their routines to ponder the fate of the six millions Jews who perished in the Holocaust, vowing to never again allow such an atrocity to occur.
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew) is a national day of commemoration in Israel, on which the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust are memorialized.
Six hundred survivors gathered together to sing ‘Chai,’ made famous by legendary Israeli artist Ofra Haza, ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The lesson to be learned from the Holocaust and the Allies’ indifference to the plight of Europe’s Jewish victims is that Israel can rely only on itself for survival.
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, addressing this year’s March of the Living, urged Jewish youth not to forsake their heritage. Now Jews can come home to Israel, he said.
The AMCHA organization was started 30 years ago by Holocaust survivors and health care professionals to address a “conspiracy of silence” and provide survivors with the support they need.
Israel marked Yom Hashoah, its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, on Thursday in memory of the six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II.
Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum has kicked off its annual remembrance ceremonies with a special screening of the Oscar-winning film “Son of Saul,” acknowledging the unique role movies play in maintaining the memory of the Holocaust.
President Obama honored four Righteous Gentiles who protected Jews from the Nazis during WWII during a speech commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Israeli Embassy in Washington.
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew) is a national day of commemoration in Israel, on which the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust are memorialized.
Speaking at an event on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the multiple award-winning director stressed the importance of Holocaust education and awareness.