Tag: Yom HaShoah
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March of the Living transcends distinctions to provide a deeply meaningful Jewish experience
There are no words for the experience of commemorating the horrific death, together with Holocaust survivors, on the sacred grounds of the Birkenau extermination camp, where more than 1 million Jews were sent to...
March of the Living founder: ‘The only thing worse than Auschwitz is the world...
On Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) on May 2, under the theme “Say No to Anti-Semitism,” more than 10,000 Jewish and non-Jewish youth from 40 different countries, together with dozens of Holocaust survivors and dignitaries from around...
Knesset holds ‘Every Person Has a Name’ Holocaust remembrance ceremony
The annual “Every Person Has a Name” ceremony was held at the Knesset on Thursday, the Knesset members reading off the names of Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis during the...
Will the Holocaust on Instagram teach remembrance?
To say that the impact of social media on society and popular culture has not been entirely beneficial is the understatement of the 21st century. Our politics has been further embittered by the isolation...
First-ever official US delegation participates in March of the Living
Several senior U.S. officials for the first-time took part in the March of the Living to commemorate the deaths of six million Jews during the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah.
The U.S. officials in the delegation...
Delegation of Koreans at Auschwitz asks forgiveness for Christian anti-Semitism
A delegation of dozens of South Koreans visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in Poland say they are there to ask for forgiveness for centuries of Christian anti-Semitism.
“We write this letter to say sorry and...
Yom Hashoah: We Remember
In the Jewish tradition, we are commanded to remember (zachor) and not to forget (lo tishkach). This week we commemorate Yom HaShoah, the Day of Holocaust Remembrance. On this solemn occasion, 74 years after...
Censoring Holocaust memory
LANSING, Michigan — Today, I come not just to mourn nor to scorn but rather to warn our world, that is, the world of today whose memories are still whistling and bristling with the...
Israeli illustrator to kids at U.N. Holocaust event: ‘Take to heart the effects of...
More than 500 students and Jewish communal leaders attended Michel Kichka’s presentation discussing his personal story as the son of a Holocaust survivor.
As Israel and the world commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, often overlooked is...
Israel remembers Holocaust victims, as its leaders advocate for an end to human suffering
Yad Vashem commemorated its annual Yom Hashoah ceremonies and events on April 11 with the theme “70 Years of Remembering and Building: Holocaust Survivors and the State of Israel.”
At the remembrance center’s opening ceremony...