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Israelis wave flags at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on the eve of Jerusalem Day, May 9, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Nearly half of the world’s Jews live in Israel

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At the start of 2022, there were a total of 15.3 million Jews in the world, 7 million of whom, roughly 46% of all Jews worldwide, resided in Israel, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics...
Lithuanians massacre Jews at the Lietūkis garage during the Kaunas pogrom, June 27, 1941. Credit: Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum.

Holocaust,Shoah,Yom Hashoah,World War II,Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Holocaust distortion and trivialization and banalization are on the rise around the globe, even as outright denial is relegated to the fringes of society, the head of Yad Vashem says. The remarks come at a...
A survivor participates in the annual Holocaust Remembrance ceremony at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv, April 7, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Nearly 150,000 Shoah survivors live in Israel

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The number of Holocaust survivors living in Israel stands at nearly 150,000, according to statistics published on Sunday by the Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The 147,199 Holocaust survivors residing in the...