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Martin Buber mobilized for Auschwitz survivors, immediately after their liberation

A letter signed by Jewish philosopher Martin Buber and his colleagues reveals the Hebrew University's contribution to the rehabilitation of Holocaust survivors: equipment packages, academic absorption, and more; Tuition waivers were given to students who served in the British army in the war against the Nazis

Itamar Eichner | 01.27.25

Irish president attacks Israel during ceremony, Jews who protested were forcibly removed

Irish President Michael Higgins used his Holocaust Remembrance Day speech to criticize Israel, sparking protests from Jewish attendees who were forcibly removed; Jewish leaders had warned the president's participation was inappropriate, citing his dismissal of antisemitism concerns and anti-Israel rhetoric

Itamar Eichner | 01.26.25

How did a small book about a Holocaust survivor become an international bestseller?

Dr. Limor Regev says she never imagined the book she wrote as a birthday gift for a Holocaust survivor, recounting his life and struggles, would be translated into multiple languages and sell thousands of copies

Zipporah Roman | 01.02.25

Despite diplomatic crisis with Israel, Brazil sets national Holocaust Remembrance Day

Despite President Da Silva's near-constant bashing of Israel, the Brazilian Senate has set April 16 as the country's official Holocaust Remembrance Day, thanks to extensive effort by the Israeli embassy in the South American nation

Itamar Eichner | 07.01.24

From October '73 to October '23 – The Face of the Generation

Opinion: Israel remembers its first generation, the first children of the State of Israel, who fought in the Yom Kippur War as well as the brave generation who, after the massacre on October 7 rose up to fight

Doron Almog | 05.12.24

'State of antisemitism today worse than the 1930s'

World Zionist Organization report reveals worrying trend of antisemitic incidents rising by by hundreds of percentage points across the world since October 7

Itamar Eichner | 05.06.24

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate during Auschwitz March of the Living

Israeli participant in the march says Jews again receive 'blow to the head on cursed Auschwitz ground'; survivor says marchers must be allowed to unite with memory of victims of Holocaust and Hamas massacre

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 05.06.24

Israelis observe a moment of silence honoring victims of Nazi Holocaust

Country stands still for 2 minute siren 80 years after six million Jews murdered by Nazis in Europe and North Africa; March of the Living to set off at Auschwitz Death Camp with survivors and families, survivors of Oct. 7 massacre, Jews from around the world

Ynet | 05.06.24

There was a soccer league in the Theresienstadt concentration camp

Amid the turmoil of a World War, a 12-team soccer league emerged inside a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia; Although the games were exploited cynically for Nazi propaganda, they served as a vital escape from the looming threat of death for both the players and their fellow prisoner-spectators

ynet correspondents | 05.06.24

עצרת הפתיחה הממלכתית ביד ושם ל אירועי יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה ביד ושם

Netanyahu on Holocaust Remembrance Day: 'We will defeat our genocidal enemies'

The life stories of the survivors who lit torches at the national ceremony at Yad Vashem are a special inspiration in the days after the October 7 massacre; empty chair in the front row of the audience was dedicated to the hostages still being held in Gaza

Ynet correspondents | 05.06.24

Most French Jews experience antisemitism, many remove mezuzah from their homes

Disturbing survey conducted in France shows French Jews are subjected to antisemitism due to lack of public knowledge about the Holocaust or because of Israel; Results show that majority of French Muslims hold antisemitic opinions about Jews and 14% of all those polled under age 35 identify with Hamas

Tamar Sebok, Paris | 05.05.24

Eden Golan to skip Eurovision opening gala, participate in Holocaust Remembrance Day event

Israeli delegation chooses to skip important Turquoise Carpet event due to proximity to Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel and will instead hold memorial ceremony with local Jewish community

Raz Shechnik | 05.05.24

עצרת בירושלים לציון חצי שנה שהחטופים והחטופות בשבי ארגון הטרור חמאס

Testimonies of released hostages to be screened on Holocaust Memorial Day

Public Diplomacy Directorate completes part of Israel's project to make public the testimony of dozens of hostages who were held in Gaza; The Government Press Office will hold a special screening for foreign journalists with hours of testimonies of atrocities against women, men, the elderly and children

Itamar Eichner | 05.02.24

Too many Jews live in fear in ferocious surge of antisemitism, Biden says

After president declares May Jewish American Heritage Month WH says he is to deliver keynote address at ceremony commemorating Holocaust; 'Students have the right to feel safe,' Biden says on campus anti-Israel protests

Daniel Edelson, New York, News Agencies | 05.01.24

A second trauma: Holocaust survivors living in Israel amid war

Since the outset of the war in Gaza, Holocaust survivors living in areas close to the borders had to evacuate, and say October 7 made their painful memories resurface

Hadar Gil-Ad, Iris Lifshitz-Kliger | 01.26.24

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