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Israeli doctors blast ‘Lancet’ article calling for expulsion from world body

The Israeli Medical Association (IMA) on Sunday blasted an article published in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet...

Lost Holocaust songbook published in English for the first time

A rare Holocaust-era songbook compiled by Jewish refugees and survivors has been translated into English and published for the...

Survivors’ lives rebuilt in Australia to shape Sydney Yom Hashoah commemorations

This year's Yom HaShoah commemorations in Sydney will shift the focus from the horrors of the Holocaust itself to...

Ryvchin tells Courage to Care lunch – live with kindness, respect and empathy

Against a backdrop of rising antisemitism in Australia, including schools and universities, Courage to Care NSW held its annual...

Holocaust survivors shaken by harrowing images of hostages in Gaza

Following the release of new images of hostages Evyatar David and Rom Breslavski in captivity in Gaza, the International...

L’Chaim – To Life: George Foster

 Celebrating survival and resilience Morry Frenkel speaks with Dr George Foster, President of both the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust...

80 years after liberation, Holocaust survivors lead March of the Living in Hungary

Eighty years after the fall of Nazi Germany and the liberation of concentration camps across Europe, 60 Holocaust survivors...

Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer dies at age 103

Margot Friedländer, a German Jew who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and became a high-profile witness to Nazi persecution...

#CancelHate

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has launched #CancelHate, a new digital campaign. The campaign features Holocaust survivors reading Holocaust...

JNF takes Holocaust survivors to see Israel’s spring flowers

Over 4,100 Holocaust survivors have embarked on blossom tours across Israel, organised by the KKL-JNF Foundation since the beginning...

World number of Holocaust survivors

There are about 245,000 Holocaust survivors alive, according to a new Claims Conference report. They are dispersed in more than...

Masada’s Living Historians program

In a moving and insightful experience, Sydney’s Masada College Year 10 students had the privilege of participating in the...

A first look at the new Sydney Jewish Museum

The Sydney Jewish Museum has released an artist's impression of the extended museum scheduled to be opened in 2027. The...

Holocaust survivors call for salute ban

Holocaust survivors are calling on the Victorian premier to ban the Nazi salute, saying the gesture brings back the...

Walt gets to shake Joe’s hand

Walt Secord told a Courage to Care event  how strongly the impact of a ‘living witnesses’ of the Holocaust...

Israel and Germany’s First Ladies hosts Holocaust survivor

In honour of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, First Lady of Israel Michal Herzog and First Lady of Germany Elke Büdenbender...

George Grojnowksi 1927-2021

Sydney Jewish Museum guide Holocaust survivor George Grojnowski has passed away in Sydney at the age of 94.

Survivor talks at the Sydney Jewish Museum resume

Talks by Holocaust survivors will resume in the Sydney Jewish Museum over the summer period.

Germany to pay additional $88 million to Holocaust survivors

The country, which perpetrated mass murder against Jews and other minorities between 1933 and 1945, also agreed to increase pensions to 55,000 Holocaust survivors in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as to expand eligibility for child survivors.

471 new apartments for Holocaust survivors

Minister of Construction and Housing Yoav Gallant and Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky have laid the cornerstone of the largest housing project for senior citizens ever constructed in Israel.