Yad Vashem
Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91
Born in Berlin in 1934 to Latvian Jewish parents Jacob and Polin Levinson, Taft was photographed when she was 6 months old by a German photographer, Hans Ballin.
At the crossroads of Holocaust remembrance
Faith under persecution: Yad Vashem exhibit on keeping the Jewish calendar in the Shoah opens
Happy(ish) New Year: Holocaust remembrance as warning in an age of resurgent antisemitism
What preserves the memory of the Holocaust among Jews is hope, and looking to the future
The point was made by several speakers that there cannot be memory without knowledge, and that lack of knowledge leads to difficulties in countering Holocaust denial and distortion.
Grapevine, May 14, 2025: All in the family
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Yad Vashem’s Dani Dayan: University heads now taking ‘different tone’ on antisemitism
He said the situation on campuses was 'unlike anything I had ever seen in those institutions - the calls for Israel's elimination were explicit.'
'We are not at the mercy of others': Yad Vashem head says Holocaust, Oct. 7 are not the same
The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Eve Young.
Zikaron Basalon transforms the stories of Holocaust survivors into living memory - opinion
The intimate gathering, the conversation, the questions – all of these create a memory that is not just a ceremony, but a human experience connecting past, present, and future.
Revealing Yad Vashem’s Touching Memory Theater
“I would talk to Bear all the time, share my feelings with him and cry to him. He was my only connection to my family.” – Fred Lessing
WATCH: Israel commemorates 80 years since the Holocaust
Herzog said that he would lead survivors, bereaved families, and former hostages, in the March of the Living in Auschwitz on Thursday.
Eight Holocaust survivors to participate in Yad Vashem's Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony
They will be joined by Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan, who will light the Memorial Torch, while six different Holocaust survivors who will light six separate torches.
IDF General Staff visits Yad Vashem to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
The generals also met and held a discussion with Holocaust survivor, Lea Balint, and presented her with a certificate.
Yad Vashem denounces Latvia closing investigation on 'Butcher of Riga' Herberts Cukurs
Yad Vashem also denounced the "repeated attempts to rehabilitate Cukurs's image in Latvia by distorting and ignoring historical truth."
