Warsaw ghetto

Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive

The Ghetto Fighters’ House brings rare archival artifacts and stories to Givatayim for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, linking past resilience to today’s changing world.

Janusz Korczak motivated the children in his care by giving them jolly cards.
Visitors tour an exhibition, ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem April 23, 2025.

Prominent Holocaust survivors die, including ‘librarian of Auschwitz,' last Warsaw Ghetto fighter

 THANK YOU, Selman Waksman, for isolating streptomycin.

This week in Jewish history: Miracle aids and antibiotics

 ‘In Memory of the Victims of the Rumbula Forest Massacre’ by Haim Aronstam, 1973.

Survive, in Order to Create: Exhibiton launched in Ma'ale Adumim art museum


Photo Israel festival highlights Polish-Jewish life before the Holocaust

The exhibition is not just about delving into the pre-Holocaust past. Indeed, there are also photographs in there from the Warsaw Ghetto. 

 THE UPCOMING Photo Is:rael festival in Tel Aviv includes ‘And I Still See Their Faces,’ depicting Polish Jewish life before World War II.

From Holocaust to Revival

How Kibbutz Yad Mordechai has Become a Symbol of Resilience and Continuity.

 The replica of a Warsaw Ghetto bunker at Yad Mordechai museum

Grapevine, September 23, 2022: Overlooking important events

Sara Netanyahu was most definitely treated as a first lady in New York and was seated at one of the most prominent tables when she attended the Fashion 4 Development event.

 Sara Netanyahu, in the company of wives of heads of state and government, arrives at Fashion 4 Development.

Israeli Holocaust survivor, Polish painter team up for new exhibit

“Life, After All,” at the former Plock synagogue venue, which forms part of the Mazovian Museum, is the result of the efforts of a number of Wojciech Ciesniewski’s like-minded pals.

 ARTIST AVIVA BLUM and Polish painter Wojciech  Ciesniewski flank a street poster of their exhibition in Plock.

Nazi workshop uncovered in Warsaw Ghetto remains

The workshop had been used to make cutlery, both before and during the Holocaust.

Captured Jews pulled out of Warsaw Ghetto bunkers are led by German Waffen SS soldiers to 'Umschlagplatz,' the assembly point for deportation.

Jewish foundation honors Polish rescuers in historic gathering at POLIN Museum

However, due to their advanced ages and health concerns, it is expected that this commemoration will likely be the last gathering for the rescuers.

 The 2023 Jewish Federation for the Righteous European Seminar Participants pose with JFR EVP Stanlee Stahl, JFR Trustee Dr. Steven Field and University of Waterloo's Robert Jan Van Pelt

Jewish medical staff bravery in Warsaw Ghetto must be remembered - study

Their contribution has largely been forgotten, but it should be stressed to future generations of Jews and health professionals in general, the study noted.

Jews held at gunpoint by Nazis during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Polish gov't attack on Holocaust historian slammed by academia

More than 300 academics and institutions around the world issued a statement condemning the Polish government-led attacks against Polish historian Barbara Engelking.

 Barbara Engelking is leading scholar on Polish-Jewish history during the Holocaust.

Grapevine April 21, 2023: A consistent presence

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 THE ISRAEL Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Lukasz Borowicz and Trumpet player Reinhold Friedrich

Holocaust survivors call for more gentiles to participate in memorial ceremonies

JEWISH AFFAIRS: Speakers at the March of the Living remind listeners of the necessity of Israel.

 PARTICIPANTS WAVE Israeli flags Tuesday at annual International March of the Living on the grounds of the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in Oswiecim, Poland