Tag: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
WhatsApp founder, YouTube CEO to host Holocaust remembrance events
Silicon Valley executives will host Holocaust remembrance events throughout next week in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorated annually on Jan. 27.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, WhatsApp founder Jan Koum and Houzz founder Adi...
Prime minister of Holland apologizes for nation’s role in wartime persecution of Jews
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Sunday became the first Dutch leader to officially apologize for his country’s role in the Holocaust.
Speaking at an event in Amsterdam to mark the 75th anniversary of the...
Rivlin addresses more than 40 world leaders ahead of World Holocaust Forum
Ahead of the Fifth World Holocaust Forum and the 75th commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin addressed more than 40 world leaders at an official dinner at...
British royal family members attend multiple Holocaust-remembrance ceremonies
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend a commemorative ceremony on Monday held in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the city of Westminster, the U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle reported.
Prince William will give a reading,...
Amid surging anti-Semitism, 75th commemoration of Auschwitz liberation comes at crucial time
“To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” ― Elie Wiesel, “Night”
Seventy-five: It’s the average lifespan of an American male...
Israeli president to host major anti-Semitism conference
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is scheduled to host a major conference on anti-Semitism next week at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. Panelists will include Katharina von Schnurbein of the European Union; Elan Carr from...
Danon at UN on Holocaust remembrance: ‘Apathy is the enemy of humanity’
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon warned the world body on Monday morning in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day about the rise of anti-Semitism the need to fight it.
“Calls for...
UN ambassadors visit Poland, Israel as part of Holocaust-remembrance program
Ambassadors to the United Nations visited Poland and Israel as part of a Holocaust-remembrance program, organized by the American Zionist Movement and the International March of the Living.
“It is important for ambassadors from around...
Poll shows many British adults don’t believe the Holocaust occurred
Released in time for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new poll commissioned by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust found that one in 20 British adults do not believe that the Holocaust occurred, and another...
Czech lawmakers accept definition of anti-Semitism
The Czech Republic parliament’s lower house adopted a widely accepted definition of anti-Semitism on Friday, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday, Jan. 27.
In a nonbinding resolution, lower house speaker Radek Vondracek said the...