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Holocaust rescuer who hid Aviva in her home honored as Righteous Among the Nations

Aviva Landau had given up hope of finding the family of Anna Neklaws, who hid her during WWII, until her granddaughter found them online; Anna was posthumously named Righteous Among the Nations; 'She cared for me like a daughter,' Landau says

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 09.09.26

‘Don’t hide, don’t run’: Auschwitz survivor urges Jewish students to stand up to antisemitism

Nate Leipziger, 98, urges students to defend their Jewish identity through peaceful means while distinguishing criticism of Israel from hatred of Jews

Sharon Kidon | 09.06.26

She fled Nazi Austria at 12. At 99, she is returning to the station where she said goodbye

Gabriele Keenaghan fled Nazi-ruled Austria at 12 and never saw her father again; as she approaches 100, she is returning to Vienna’s Westbahnhof for the first time since the journey that saved her life

ynet | 08.25.26

As survivor generation dwindles, Holocaust memory faces new test in age of AI

Claims Conference event warns that as survivor testimony fades, artificial intelligence could distort history even as it offers new ways to engage younger generations

ynet Global | 08.02.26

Holocaust survivors from Ra’anana gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to celebrate bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies that were taken from them during childhood by the horrors of the Holocaust

Holocaust survivors celebrate the bar and bat mitzvahs they never had at the Western Wall

Dozens of Holocaust survivors celebrated bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies decades after World War II prevented them from marking the milestone, in an event honoring loss, resilience and the continuity of Jewish life

ynet Global | 07.30.26

The miniature Bible written by Shlomo Knobel in the Lodz Ghetto

Holocaust survivor's family reunites with matchbox-sized Bible written in Lodz Ghetto

Shlomo Knobel spent three years creating the 85-page micrographic Bible, once believed lost; decades after it was recovered, his son, grandson and great-grandson came to see the family treasure before a bar mitzvah

Itamar Eichner | 07.28.26

‘Heroes of Beauty’ ceremony links Holocaust survivors and IDF soldiers

The 78 survivors spent a day of pampering and getting glammed up accompanied by IDF soldier escorts before taking to the stage; They included a former hostage in Gaza and the grandparents of a hostage, as well as a couple with 35 great-grandchildren

ynet | 07.16.26

ביתה של ריטה בת ה-86 ניזוק גם כן בהפצצות

Holocaust survivors in Ukraine face housing crisis after missile and drone strikes

Elderly Jewish residents in Ukraine say homes were damaged in recent Russian missile and drone strikes; World Jewish Relief warns about urgent needs as about 1,000 homes require repair amid escalating attacks

Itamar Eichner | 06.14.26

Millionaire Holocaust survivor, Israeli doctor son-in-law and murder-for-hire sting

A custody fight in 1970s Queens turned into a staged killing, a hitman’s betrayal and a sensational trial over a grandmother’s fear that her granddaughter would be taken to Israel

Oded Kramer, Itzik Sasho | 06.13.26

Veteran Israeli journalist and Holocaust survivor Raul Teitelbaum dies at 94

Teitelbaum, who wrote as Israel Tomer, survived Bergen-Belsen, immigrated in 1949, served in the IDF and spent decades covering economics and the Knesset before lighting a Yad Vashem torch in 2018; funeral set Thursday

Gad Lior | 05.20.26

Albrecht Weinberg, one of the last survivors of the Holocaust, sits in the Leer town hall in Leer, Germany, March 5, 2025

Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who returned to Germany in his 80s, dies at 101

Weinberg spent his final years recounting his survival of Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora, Bergen-Belsen and three death marches

Associated Press | 05.13.26

Edith Eger, Holocaust survivor forced to dance for Mengele, dies at 99

Psychologist and author of The Choice turned her survival story into a message of healing and freedom, teaching that trauma cannot be changed but life after it can still be chosen

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 04.29.26

מפעל הציונות של משפחת הופמן - מהשואה ועד ימינו

Zionist legacy: Holocaust survivors now have 34 great-grandchildren, many serving in combat

Arriving as lone children from wartime Europe, they built a family in Jerusalem; now with 34 great-grandchildren and 20 serving, they say: ‘This is our generation’s answer’

Gal Ganot | 04.24.26

Holocaust survivors, 87 and 94, make aliyah: 'Antisemitism frightens me more than sirens'

Penina Zeitchik and Helen Charash, who fled the Nazis as children, fulfilled a lifelong dream by immigrating from the United States to Israel, saying the security situation did not deter them: 'I feel safe — everything pales in comparison'

Yogev Israeli | 04.14.26

Reuven lost a son, Moshe lost a grandson: the story connecting Holocaust survivor and IDF soldier

The story of Holocaust survivor Moshe Adler and Master Sgt. (res.) Omri Ben Shachar shows that volunteering with survivors is more than an act of kindness — it forges deep, meaningful bonds between the Holocaust generation and the Oct. 7 generation

Limor Livnat | 04.13.26