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Stolen 200-year-old Torah ark from Romania found after decade to be displayed at Yad Vashem

The ark, pride of Siret’s Jewish community, survived World War II and stood in the town’s synagogue for decades; in 2016, it was found to have been stolen and replaced with crude copy bearing incorrect Hebrew inscriptions

Itamar Eichner | 10.28.25

‘I gave them back their voices’: Holocaust survivor marks 100th birthday at Yad Vashem

Moshe Abeles, born in Hungary in 1924, spent more than two decades volunteering in Yad Vashem’s historical archives, where he labeled and organized materials and assisted visitors searching for information about the Holocaust

Gilad Cohen | 07.10.25

ראש ממשלה בנימין נתניהו בעצרת הממלכתית ליום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה ביד ושם

Netanyahu at Yad Vashem: Military pressure on Hamas will continue, we'll bring back all hostages and prevent a nuclear Iran

Speaking before PM at opening ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day, President Herzog called for national unity, amid ongoing internal tensions in Israel

Idan Blumhof | 04.23.25

The incredible story of teenager murdered in Auschwitz whose painting flew into space

Yad Vashem receives the long-thought-to-be-lost complete personal archive of Petr Ginz, known for his prolific writing, illustrations, and editorial work while imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto

Anat Lev Adler | 04.17.25

Yad Vashem brings to life 5,000 Jewish communities lost in the Holocaust

The installation, a joint initiative between museum and EU, projects light, sound and animation onto the Valley of the Communities’ walls, telling story of more than 5,000 communities that existed before the Holocaust

Itamar Eichner | 04.02.25

Yad Vashem chief on Musk's Germany speech: 'Insult to the victims of Nazism'

Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan criticized Elon Musk for remarks at a far-right German party conference, calling them a danger to democracy; Musk urged Germans to overcome guilt about Nazism, while Netanyahu defended him as a friend of Israel

Itamar Eichner | 01.26.25

האם מטא משתיקה יוצרי תוכן שעוסקים בנושאים יותר מדי פוליטיים מבחינתה?

Senior Holocaust Memorial historian says free speech on Facebook has its limits

Experts warn that Meta's changes to the Facebook Moderation Policy and the move to a model of community notes may lead to increased online antisemitism and even election meddling

Nathan Klabin/The Media Line | 01.17.25

Nazi documents show discrimination against Jewish doctors

Newly discovered ledgers show Nazi practices aiming to siphon out Jewish doctors from Germany and change their titles to 'caregivers'; documents to be presented at Yad Vashem

Itamar Eichner | 12.01.24

'Antisemitism danger to humanity', Bauer said

The deceased Holocaust researcher changed the narrative of Jews being lambs being led to the slaughter; said the Holocaust, unlike other genocides, was not pragmatic and motivated by economy or politics but an ideology hoping to become universal

Itamar Eichner, Associated Press | 10.20.24

The incredible odyssey of Holocaust survivor Sabina Heller’s baptism dress

After her parents were murdered in the Holocaust, young Sabina was taken in by relatives of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin; After their death, Rachel Rabin told her all about her biological parents and the Christian family who saved her life

Itamar Eichner | 07.10.24

New Yad Vashem campus holds Jewish treasures from Holocaust era

Stretching over 63,000 feet, the new Holocaust Heritage Campus houses millions of documents, pictures and pieces of art collected by the museum since its founding

Itamar Eichner | 07.09.24

'The Holocaust means Israel, no one wants to touch this topic'

International delegation of teachers set to arrive at Yad Vashem for the first time since October 7; Holocaust museum official says ongoing war in Gaza makes teaching subject extremely challenging; 'That's what you’re doing in Gaza – genocide,' one teacher said

Itamar Eichner | 06.30.24

הקדשה בספר ההקדשות ששרד את גטו לודז' ונמצא לאחר המלחמה ע"י הניצול, יהודה ליאון רושצקי

'May no one yell at you anymore, 'Stop, Jew'': Moving Holocaust-era correspondence

Handed over to Yad Vashem Museum, the dedication book features testimonies and correspondence between both Holocaust victims and survivors; One correspondence showed a girl writing another girl about how they hope for the end of the horrors, but unfortunately, neither survived

Yogev Israeli | 05.06.24

נשיא ברזיל לואיז אינסיו לולה דה סילבה ו ישראל כץ עם שגריר ברזיל בישראל

Brazilian president recalls ambassador from Tel Aviv who toured Yad Vashem

Lula, who compared Israel's actions in Gaza to those of Hitler, and who was called an 'unwanted personality in Israel' because of it, recalled his ambassador and reprimanded Israel's ambassador

Moran Azulay | 02.19.24

נשיא ברזיל הנבחר לולה דה סילבה מציג את שריו

Israel declares Brazil's Lula 'persona non grata' after Hitler comparison

FM Katz gives Brazilian envoy tour of Yad Vashem, 'a place that testifies more than anything else to what the Nazis and Hitler did to the Jews,' followed by a stern reprimand at the Foreign Ministry

Roni Green Shaulov | 02.19.24

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