Centenarian Holocaust survivors meet in London

February 7, 2024 by  
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In an emotional encounter, two 100-year-old Holocaust survivors met last week in London, retracing their harrowing journeys through life. Read more

Lithuanian, Jewish leaders mark 80th year since liquidation of Vilnius Ghetto

September 24, 2023 by  
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Official ceremonies on Sept. 21 commemorated the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II, part of the National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews. Read more

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

April 7, 2022 by  
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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

Holocaust survivors return to Germany

October 29, 2021 by  
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A March of the Living delegation from Britain has embarked on its first educational journey since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. Read more

Athletes Say NO to Antisemitism

July 23, 2021 by  
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To coincide with the Olympic Games, International March of the Living, Maccabi World Union and the Maccabiah are launching a global campaign to combat the exponential rise of antisemitism around the world.  Read more

Ambassador Mitch Fifield meets President Herzog

July 20, 2021 by  
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President Isaac Herzog met Monday at Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem with a delegation of foreign ambassadors to the US and UN visiting Israel this week. Read more

Let there be light

October 20, 2020 by  
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On November 9, 1938, a two-day pogrom began during which the Nazis burned more than 1,400 synagogues and Jewish institutions in Germany and Austria on ‘Kristallnacht’ (The Night of Broken Glass), a critical moment in the chain of events that led to the Holocaust.

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March of the Living transcends distinctions to provide a deeply meaningful Jewish experience

There are no words for the experience of commemorating the horrific death, together with Holocaust survivors, on the sacred grounds of the Birkenau extermination camp, where more than 1 million Jews were sent to the gas chambers and crematoriums just 75 years ago. Read more

March of the Living founder: ‘The only thing worse than Auschwitz is the world forgetting Auschwitz’

May 3, 2019 by  
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On Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) on May 2, under the theme “Say No to Anti-Semitism,” more than 10,000 Jewish and non-Jewish youth from 40 different countries, together with dozens of Holocaust survivors and dignitaries from around the world, participated in the 31st annual International March of the Living to pay tribute to all victims of the Holocaust and call for an end to antisemitism. Read more

Herzog calls on world leaders to stem tide of antisemitism at March of the Living

May 3, 2019 by  
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Isaac Herzog, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, called on world leaders to unite and stem the tide of antisemitism during Thursday’s March of the Living on Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi camp in Poland.

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March of the Living to focus on Greek Holocaust victims; Israeli, Polish top leaders not expected

May 2, 2019 by  
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Ahead of the annual International March of the Living beginning on Thursday, no senior Israeli and Polish officials are expected to be on the trip amid tensions between Jerusalem and Warsaw. Read more

The strength of the Jews is the Jew next door

August 26, 2018 by  
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To provide great support the supporter must have empathy and understanding of the person –  a lesson from the March of the Living. Read more

A Greek Jewish Odyssey

November 11, 2014 by  
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A lifelong passion for Greece led Carol Gordon to explore the history of the country’s once vibrant Jewish communities. Read more