Holocaust Remembrance Day

A message from Holocaust survivors: We don't have much time left

This Yom HaShoah, many survivors hope to march alongside students at the International March of the Living in Auschwitz, bearing witness in the very places where history unfolded. They need your help

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Holocaust Survivor Eve Kugler z”l (1931-2025)
Harley Lippman at Auschwitz.

Harley Lippman funds headstones for Holocaust victims found in Poland’s killing pits

In a world where technology races forward and historical memory often fades into the background, Harley Lippman manages to bridge the gap.

|ByJOSH ARONSON
Charlie and Erika Kirk in Jerusalem in March of 2019

Israel to honor Charlie Kirk at Jerusalem 'Generation of Truth' antisemitism conference

The Second International Conference on Combating Antisemitism, led by Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli, was scheduled for January 26–27.

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A view of the dome of the US Capitol building, during a vote in the US House of Representatives.

Holocaust survivor to address US Congress on anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation

Albert Garih, a French Jew who survived the Holocaust, is set to speak about the rising antisemitism worldwide during the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

World to lose 90% of Holocaust survivors within next 15 years - projections

According to Vanishing Witnesses: An Urgent Analysis of the Declining Population of Holocaust, the global population of Holocaust survivors is expected to be around 21,300 by 2040.

APRIL 22, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Dov Landau, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, in his home in Tel Aviv, October 14, 2024.

Entering the Jewish season of modern remembrance - opinion

Jews need to think about memory. We Jews need to remember. The expression borne out of the Holocaust commands us so: Zachor – Remember.

APRIL 21, 2025ByMICAH HALPERN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses a state ceremony at Yad Vashem marking Holocaust Remembrance Day last year.

Grapevine April 20, 2025: Historic March of the Living

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 19, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
NOTES ARE seen placed on the train tracks leading to the Auschwitz- Birkenau camp site in Poland as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Jerusalem Highlights: April 18-24

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

APRIL 18, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN
The music of Jemaa El Fna.

Grapevine March 28, 2025: Israel’s biggest battle

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 28, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
(L-R) DANNY YATOM, Eli Papouchado, and Avigdor Kahalani.

Argentina's president to declassify Nazi files, expose how war criminals fled to Argentina

The newly released archives could provide deeper insight into the extent of local support that enabled arrival of the fleeing Nazis.

MARCH 25, 2025ByJUDE TARAGIN
Adolf Eichmann on trial in Jerusalem 521

Google Calendar no longer shows Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month

Companies across the US have rolled back a range of diversity, equity, and inclusion measures following the Trump administration’s directives against DEI.

FEBRUARY 12, 2025ByBEN SALES/JTA
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2025.

Other cities should follow New York's example and establish Yad Vashem Way - opinion

Initiatives like NYC's Yad Vashem Way remind us that not only must we commemorate Holocaust victims but also actively combat the antisemitism and hatred that continue to permeate today's society.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByDANI DAYAN
'THIS PAST week's co-naming of a street in New York City as Yad Vashem Way is a significant turn in events; in a city that never sleeps, this street sign stands high as a beacon of remembrance and a call to action for all humanity,' the writer states.

Ireland must reevaluate its approach to Israel and Jews - opinion

While much of the world united to defeat the genocidal Nazi regime, Ireland remained officially neutral, a stance that some argue was tantamount to moral abdication.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
IRISH PRESIDENT Michael D. Higgins delivers the keynote address at an International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Dublin on Sunday. In recent years, Ireland has emerged as one of the most aggressively anti-Israel countries in the world, the writer argues.

Rabbi Lau moved the audience at the European Commission’s Holocaust Memorial Ceremony

JANUARY 31, 2025ByMARK FISH