Tag: Memorial
Florida senators mark third anniversary of Surfside condo collapse
Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio (both R-Fla.) honored the 98 victims of the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., on June 24, 2021.
A resolution introduced by the two legislators honors and supports survivors—many...
Netanyahu calls for unity at memorial for those who died in ‘Altalena’ affair
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against internal strife at a state memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv on Tuesday for those who died during the 1948 Altalena affair.
Speaking at the Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery outside Tel Aviv on...
Israel celebrates Lag B’Omer with thousands in Meron amid extra precautions
Thousands of people traveled on Wednesday night to Meron in northern Israel to celebrate Lag B’Omer a year after tragedy struck the festivities.
A heavy police presence was reported on-site, where a memorial ceremony took...
On 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Austria dedicates new memorial to murdered Jews
On the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht and in a clear gesture that it is finally taking public responsibility for its past, the government of Austria unveiled the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial, its first...
Herzog at Babi Yar: Leaders must ‘condemn slightest hint of anti-Semitism’
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.
Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and other...
Park in Florence, Italy, named after Jewish resistance fighters during Holocaust
A park in Florence, Italy, has been named after a Jewish couple who joined the Nazi resistance during World War II and became prominent members of the local community, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The park, close to...
Memorial honoring 102,000 Dutch victims of Holocaust opens in Amsterdam
A new memorial in Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter pays tribute to the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust, the Associated Press reported.
The National Holocaust Memorial of Names, which was unveiled on Sunday, is comprised of...
New Anne Frank statue in Guatemala features famous quote from her diary
A statue honoring Holocaust victim and teenage Jewish diarist Anne Frank was unveiled in Antigua, Guatemala, earlier this month, reported the San Diego Jewish World.
The Anne Frank Children’s Human Rights Memorial, which was dedicated on...
Marek web memorial event
Join the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research for a memorial event honoring our dear colleague, Marek Web. Born in Poland in 1938, Web had a career as a teacher and a journalist for the...
New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage to hold tribute concert on 9/11
The Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra will present a special concert to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
“Remembrance, Reflection, Resilience:...