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An image of Jewish life at the start of World War II and the Holocaust. Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Holocaust survivors asked to record testimony with their families

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Some 100 Holocaust survivors and their families are participating in a new campaign of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) called “Our Holocaust Story: Pledge to Remember.” Seeing survivors with their family...
Sharaka participants in the Old City of Jerusalem, Feb. 26 to March 3, 2023. Photo by Dan Feferman.

Arabs in Sharaka delegation to Israel describe eye-opening education about the Holocaust

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A delegation of people from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Turkey visited Israel from Feb. 26 to March 3 to learn about the Holocaust as a way to promote tolerance. The visit, during...
Israeli women survivors of the shoah take parts to the Holocaust Survivor beauty pageant in Jerusalem on November 16, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90

Claims Conference distributes record $720 million to support aging Holocaust survivors

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The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced on Wednesday that it has allocated $720 million in funds to more than 300 social welfare organizations to support home care and supportive...
A German flag. Credit: AR Pictures/Shutterstock.

Germany provides $13.5 million to help Holocaust survivors get vaccinated

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The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced on Wednesday the establishment of a new $13.5 million program, funded by the German government, to help Holocaust survivors get access to coronavirus vaccinations. The new Holocaust...
“Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland, May-June 1944, during the final phase of the Holocaust. Jews were either sent to work or to the gas chamber. Yad Vashem Photo Archives, Jerusalem.

Holocaust Claims Conference says Germany agrees to give $662 million to survivors

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The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced on Wednesday that after negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors, it has agreed to give $662 million in aid to an...
The “Arbeit Macht Frei” gate at Auschwitz with the bitter irony of the German words: “Work Will Set You Free.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

New survey reveals critical gaps in how millennials, Gen Z’ers know little about the...

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With the uptick in anti-Semitism in recent years, much more focus has been placed on the issue in both the Jewish and secular world in order to address it. However, a new survey has...