Tag: Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem lauds Austria for combating antisemitism
Austria has emerged as a leader in the fight against antisemitism, and has become one of Israel’s biggest supporters in the European Union, the head of Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial said on Tuesday.
The...
Lammy urges end to war on Hamas, decries ‘intolerable’ suffering in Gaza
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during meetings with Israeli officials in Jerusalem on Sunday and Monday pressed the need for a hostage deal with the Hamas terrorist group to bring an end to the...
Herzog gives Talmud volume that survived the Holocaust to Yad Vashem
A rare volume of the Talmud printed before World War II and found unscathed in a historic Munich beer hall after the Holocaust was given to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum on Wednesday by...
Torah scroll, hidden during Holocaust, brought to Yad Vashem
A Torah scroll hidden in the attic of a synagogue in Poland that was ransacked on Kristallnacht was placed in the Holy Ark at Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust remembrance center on Thursday.
The event...
Yad Vashem: Ambassador’s yellow-star UN protest dishonors Holocaust victims
The head of Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial on Tuesday criticized Israel's U.N. ambassador for donning a yellow Star of David during an address to the U.N. Security Council, saying the stunt "dishonors both...
Vatican beatifies Polish family killed for protecting Jews during the Holocaust
On Sept. 13, 1995, Yad Vashem recognized Józef and Wiktoria Ulma—a Polish couple who hid eight Jews during the Holocaust—as among the Righteous Among the Nations. Now, the Vatican has beatified the Ulmas, as well...
Yad Vashem sound and light show to highlight lost communities
Yad Vashem is planning a multimillion-dollar, state of the art sound and light show as part of a family-oriented educational center at the Jerusalem Holocaust Memorial, to tell the story of Jewish communities lost...
Ukraine first lady visits Yad Vashem
Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visited Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, on Tuesday.
Zelenska visited the Book of Names installation and the Hall of Names, where she...
Germany’s far-right comes to Yad Vashem
Ever since its foundation in 1953 by an act of the Knesset, Yad Vashem in Jerusalem has served admirably as Israel’s national memorial to the Holocaust. Millions of visitors have passed through its doors,...
Congressional bills aim to give highest honor to ‘Righteous Gentile’ Roddie Edmonds
Both houses of Congress reintroduced legislation this week to honor the late Roddie Edmonds, who put his life in danger to save Jews during World War II and the Holocaust, and is one of...