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View of the empty Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on April 19, 2020. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the museum will remain closed this year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, but will switch its main activities on their website and social media. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Yom Hashoah ceremonies to be observed online-only due to coronavirus crisis

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Though Israel’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorations usually include large ceremonies and events attended by thousands, the somber occasion will be marked this year exclusively in digital format for the first time ever, due...
Leah Hason, a resident of northern Israel, delivers testimony of her experiences as a Holocaust survivor, April 20-21, 2020. Credit: The Jewish Agency for Israel.

Israeli Holocaust survivor’s testimony to be aired via Facebook live

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While official in-person ceremonies are canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Jewish Agency for Israel will host two virtual Yom Hashoah events, bringing Jews around the world together to hear from Holocaust survivor...
A security guard stands in the empty Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on April 19, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Global Jewish population still short of pre-Holocaust figure

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Eighty-one years after the Holocaust, the global Jewish population is still short of the 16.6 million estimated to have been alive on the eve of the war in 1939, with Israel’s Central Bureau of...
A view of accessing the Arolsen Archives online. Credit: Arolsen Archives.

Online database with 26 million documents on Nazi victims, survivors now online

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The world’s most comprehensive archive on the victims and survivors of Nazi persecution reached a “milestone” on Tuesday by publishing 26 million documents to its online database, including new information on forced laborers and deported Jews. The...
A view of the monument outside of the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Credit: WordRidden via Flickr.

Germany commemorates liberation of Bergen-Belsen with a minute of silence

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Germany held a minute of silence on Wednesday to mark 75 years since the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp on April 15, 1945. Events commemorating the liberation that were originally planned for Sunday...
Six memorial candles were lit on board the Naval Station Pearl Harbor during the opening remarks of a remembrance observation to commemorate the lives of more than 6 million Jews lost during the Holocaust, April 26, 2007. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl.

Rabbinical organization suggests guide for marking Yom Hashoah at home

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As the Jewish world continues to confront growing ethical, practical and moral questions surrounding the coronavirus, the Tzohar rabbinical organization is calling on people all over the globe to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 20-21...
Aron Bielski visiting the location in modern-day Belarus where he and his brothers fought the Nazis and other pro-German forces during World War II. Source: Screenshot.

A conversation with Aron Bielski, last of the Bielski brothers

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Aron Bielski is the youngest and last living member of the Bielski brigade, which he founded along with three of his brothers. Their activities have become widely known as one of the largest partisan...
Observing Yom HaShoah with a Prayer from Elie Wiesel. credit: National Archives and Records Administration

Recognizing a righteous sacrifice

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While the Holocaust is often associated with Jewish victimhood, Yom Hashoah v’Hagvura also highlights the bravery and sacrifices the Jewish people made during this devastating time in history. One such example is the Warsaw Ghetto...
Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Michigan. Credit: Courtesy.

Michigan’s Holocaust center goes online to host annual Yom Hashoah event

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For the first time to date, the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus will host its annual community-wide Yom Hashoah commemoration online at 2 p.m. on April 26 while the museum is closed to...

From Yom Hashoah to Yom Ha’atzmaut – the New ‘High Holidays’ of Israel

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The Jewish national calendar of Israel is populated by new holidays that Israel has placed at the center of our national and Jewish consciousness and which define and set aside the most significant time...