March of the Living resumes in person with only eight Holocaust survivors

The International March of the Living will resume in person for the first time in two years but with a reduced capacity, due to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and only eight Holocaust survivors participating. Read more

Zelensky’s unfortunate Knesset address

Clearly realizing, or having been told by advisers, that he’d crossed a line in his Zoom speech to the Knesset on Sunday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky subsequently softened his tone. Read more

Abramovich partners with Yad Vashem

Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem and Roman Abramovich announced today a new long-term strategic partnership aimed at strengthening Yad Vashem’s endeavours in the areas of Holocaust research and remembrance. Read more

German FM lays wreath for Holocaust dead

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has laid a wreath at a Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem ahead of talks with Israeli leaders during her first official visit to the region. Read more

UN remembers the Holocaust as it abandons the Jewish People

The United Nations (UN) ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day was held on 27 January – as the UN was simultaneously continuing its incessant assault on the Jewish People that is once again giving rise to increasing Jew-hatred worldwide. Read more

TikTok pledges to free itself of hate

Social Media giant TikTok has pledged to free its platform of hatred and to introduce education to explain the Holocaust to new generations. Read more

Ho-hum Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Holocaust, by definition, never brings with it good news as the topic of any conversation. Read more

Tennessee school board removes graphic novel ‘Maus,’ author calls it ‘Orwellian’

A school board in Tennessee unanimously voted to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the Holocaust from its schools because it includes eight minor curse words such as “damn” and an illustration of a naked woman. Read more

Yair Lapid on Holocaust Remembrance Day: ‘The Jewish State is the future and Mauthausen is a museum’

Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid made a special visit to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is held on the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. He was joined by the Chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer. Read more

165,800 Holocaust survivors live in Israel

Some 165,800 Holocaust Survivors live in Israel, 90% of whom are over 80, according to data published Wednesday by Israel’s Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

Claims Conference launches new innovative social media campaign: #DONTBEABYSTANDER

Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced today a new social media campaign in partnership with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, called #DontBeABystander: Those Who Risked It All To Save A Life. Read more

The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

Yad Vashem will mark the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust through a range of events both in-person and online. Read more

UN approves Israeli resolution combating Holocaust denial

The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday adopted an Israeli-sponsored resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust. Read more

Yad Vashem launches academy to train future leaders in Holocaust awareness

One hundred stalwart souls braved the chilling Jerusalem rain and influx of new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to witness the rollout of what is designed to be the next big step for empowering Holocaust awareness for future generations. Read more

Erdan submits UN resolution opposing Holocaust denial and distortion

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has submitted a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly to combat Holocaust denial and Holocaust distortion. Read more

Angela Merkel visits Yad Vashem

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In the face of European hypocrisy, time for Israel’s supporters to remake the cultural weather

The European Commission released on Tuesday its first official strategy on fighting antisemitism and promoting Jewish life. Read more

Oboler to attend important forum on the Holocaust remembrance and antisemitism

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Herzog at Babi Yar: Leaders must ‘condemn slightest hint of antisemitism’

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog addressed the international gathering on Wednesday marking 80 years since the Babi Yar massacre in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 29-30, 1941. Read more

At long last, Babi Yar victims to receive the respect they deserve

The horrors of the Nazi mass extermination camps in the Holocaust are well-known but the “Holocaust by Bullets,” during which Jews were shot one by one, is less known. Read more

The hate-fest that is Durban rears its ugly head again

Next week, the United Nations is set to reinforce infamy. In the wings of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, it is to hold a 20th anniversary summit of its so-called World Conference against Racism that took place in Durban, South Africa, four days before the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Read more

Warsaw’s Jewish community buries remains found of unidentified Holocaust victim

Warsaw’s Jewish community buried the remains of an unidentified Holocaust victim on Tuesday, found in a building that was once part of the Warsaw Ghetto. Read more

Israel up in arms after Polish Parliament passes law limiting restitution of property lost in Holocaust

The Polish parliament approved on Wednesday a law limiting the ability of Holocaust survivors and descendants of Holocaust victims to reclaim their property, prompting Israeli officials to take action and issue harsh condemnations. Read more

German court to try 100-year-old former Nazi guard

A German court has set a date to try a 100-year-old former Nazi SS guard who served at a concentration camp outside of Berlin during World War II, a spokeswoman for the Neuruppin state court said on Monday. Read more

Row between Israel and Poland over Holocaust property restitution escalates

The dispute between Israel and Poland over an amendment to a Polish law that would hinder Holocaust victims’ ability to claim their property in the country escalated Sunday when both countries summoned each other’s ambassadors for a dressing down. Read more

UAE becomes first Arab Gulf country to open Holocaust-education exhibit

In a continuing cultural relationship with Israel and the United Arab Emirates as part of the Abraham Accords, a museum in the United Arab Emirates debuted an exhibition about the Holocaust that also aims to raise awareness about antisemitism amid an increase in hate crimes against Jews worldwide. Read more

The growing cost of anti-Israel media bias

For one of The New York Times’ most devoted readers, the front-page spread published on May 28 essentially accusing Israel of murdering Palestinian children was the final straw. Read more

Six Holocaust survivors to tell their stories for generations to come

The Sydney Jewish Museum is currently undertaking a Dimensions in Testimony filming project, capturing six Holocaust survivors in three-dimensions. Read more

‘Restoring My Lost Childhood’: How children’s homes revived the youngest Holocaust survivors

It’s been 75 years, but Yaakov Guterman can still recall nearly everything about the nine months he lived in Zakopane, Poland. Read more

A lesson from history

I have been reading about The Hundred Years’ War between France and England by Jonathan Sumption the well-known and controversial barrister, former member of the Supreme Court of Great Britain. Read more

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