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‘The sun will rise’: Holocaust survivors meet Gaza border residents, offer hope for recovery

Gaza border residents, still displaced, meet Holocaust survivors on remembrance day, sharing trauma, resilience and hope for recovery after Oct. 7

Roni Green Shaulov | 04.10.26

עצרת הפתיחה הממלכתית לציון ערב יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה ביד ושם

Yad Vashem names Holocaust survivors to light Remembrance Day torches

Holocaust museum pre-records Monday’s 8 p.m. state ceremony under Home Front Command guidelines, with six survivors set to light torches, and the event is not expected to return to its usual format despite the ceasefire

Itamar Eichner | 04.09.26

כתובת "יהודי עכברוש" (מימין) וצלבי קרס באירלנד

Study reveals hidden pattern behind antisemitic attacks in West

Tel Aviv U researchers find that, contrary to popular belief, perpetrators are not a single entity: most are men, 'lone wolves,' and belong to a variety of age groups, ideological extremes, ethnic origins and places of residence

ynet | 04.06.26

Israel cancels March of the Living delegations as security fears halt travel to Poland

About 1,000 Israelis, including Holocaust survivors, will not attend annual Auschwitz march due to flight limits and concerns over safe departure from Ben Gurion Airport

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 03.23.26

Official poster marking Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026

Holocaust Remembrance Day poster unveiled, highlighting Jewish family legacy

A figure embracing an absent form symbolizes loss and survival in Israel’s official Holocaust Remembrance Day poster, awarded to designer Yoav Kahana, grandson of a German Holocaust survivor saved by Righteous Among the Nations

Itamar Eichner | 03.19.26

'Hurtful, disrespectful and wrong': BBC Holocaust coverage draws sharp criticism

BBC broadcasts marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day drew sharp criticism after referring to 'six million people' murdered by the Nazi regime without identifying Jews as the primary victims, prompting warnings of distorted history and calls for full accountability

ynet | 01.28.26

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Romanian ambassador warns history can repeat itself

Romanian Ambassador to Israel Radu Ioanid: 'Speak your conscience and don’t make compromises'

Maayan Hoffman, ILTV | 01.28.26

Holocaust Remembrance Day tragedy: lone survivor freezes to death in Kyiv

Yevgenia Besfamilny, who survived the war in Ukraine as a child, was found frozen to death in her apartment during an extreme cold wave and prolonged power and water outages, her body discovered only after a burst pipe flooded the building

Itamar Eichner | 01.27.26

השלט בכניסה למחנה הריכוז וההשמדה אושוויץ

How Iran has used Holocaust denial as a political tool

Opinion: In 2005, Iran began openly denying the Holocaust, arguing that without it there is no justification for Israel; on this UN-designated day, it is vital to understand that denial and stand against it

Dina Porat | 01.27.26

‘I was always happy to help Jews’: students mark 91st birthday of Israel’s last Righteous Among the Nations

Students from a Haifa school visited a local nursing home to celebrate the 91st birthday of Yaroslava Levitska, the last remaining Righteous Among the Nations in Israel, who recalled smuggling food to Jews in the ghetto as a child

Eitan Glickman | 01.27.26

השגרירים והדיפלומטים במוזיאון בית לוחמי הגטאות

EU ambassador warns of alarming rise in antisemitism during Holocaust Remembrance visit

During the tour, diplomats were introduced to exhibits documenting both the destruction of Jewish communities during the Holocaust and acts of resistance by Jews who chose to fight the Nazis under extreme conditions

Itamar Eichner | 01.26.26

אוסטרליה פיגוע טרור טבח חנוכה סידני פרחים ב זירת הפיגוע

When memory meets the present: between Australia Day and International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Opinion: Two consecutive days, unfolding right now, have reminded us just how fragile the moment we are living in truly is

Meir Holtz | 01.26.26

Trump administration discusses possibility of offering asylum to British Jews, report

US president's personal lawyer told the British Telegraph that Britain is 'no longer a safe place' for Jews; 'I don’t believe that there is a future for Jews in the United Kingdom. To me it is especially sad'

ynet | 01.19.26

Little Edna’s War, by Janet Bond Brill, PhD

‘Little Edna’s War’ reveals Jewish child’s survival and resistance during the Holocaust

Based on survivor testimony, the new memoir tells the true story of a Jewish girl who escaped the Warsaw Ghetto, joined the Polish Resistance as a child and survived the Holocaust

ynet Global | 01.13.26

For Holocaust Remembrance Day, cyclist plans 1,000 km ride from Auschwitz to spell out ‘Never Again’

On Thursday, Czech cyclist Lukáš Klement will set out from Auschwitz on a 1,000 km ‘Never Again’ memorial ride, lasting up to 50 hours, in cooperation with ZAKA, ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Itamar Eichner | 01.13.26