Tag: Remembrance Day
Yad Vashem Online Presents Touching ‘Last Letters From the Holocaust’
There are thousands of personal letters in the Yad Vashem Archives, which were sent by Jews – adults and children – to their relatives and friends from their homes, the ghettos and the camps.
New Zealand PM, Son of Holocaust Refugee, Resigns
Key is often asked why he didn't speak any German, considering his Austrian roots, and his response is: “The simple answer is my mother refused to teach me. She did not want to reflect on her history.”
Netanyahu Confronts Ya’alon Over Call to IDF Officers to ‘Speak their Minds’
Was the defense minister calling on his officer to rebel against the political class? Probably not, although he sounded dangerously close to saying just that.
Fallen ‘Lone Soldiers’ Leave a Family and Country in Mourning
Ten years after the death of her son Michael, an American-born IDF soldier who fell in battle, Harriet Levin is still learning to cope.
Israel Mourns its Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims
The national Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen commenced on Tuesday at 8 p.m. with a nationwide minute of silence, as sirens throughout the country marked the solemn moment and flags were lowered to half mast.
Terror Victim To Receive Posthumous Military Decoration
Weissman was a 21-year-old IDF soldier stabbed to death in front of his wife and child in a supermarket in the Binyamin region on February 18.
Netanyahu Condemns ‘Outrageous’ Deputy Chief of Staff’s Speech [video]
The open rebuke was a deadly jibe at Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who defended and supported Golan's speech and the sentiments he noted.
PM Netanyahu’s Yom Hashoah Speech at Yad Vashem [video]
Following is the address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve (4 May) of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day.
Analysis: Sec. Kerry’s Holocaust Memorial Day Message Minimizes Jewish Loss
Kerry is, in effect, acting as a Holocaust denier, even as he mourns the Holocaust.
After Decades of Silence, Holocaust Survivors Open Up
When Pnina Katsir turned 80, she finally told her daughter a secret she had kept for decades: she was a survivor of the Holocaust.
Woman Arrested over ‘No Entry for Jews and Dogs’ Sign at Temple Mount
It is a very serious matter that police do not permit Jews to protest the police own racist actions."
Rivlin at Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony: We Will Continue to Survive and Battle Anti-Semitism
Rivlin addressed the Holocaust survivors attending the ceremony, asking for their help in extracting the meaning of the tragedy and lessons to be learned.
Gunfire From Gaza Hits IDF Vehicle After Netanyahu’s Visit to Border
Earlier in the day, Netanyahu toured the southern area of the Gazan border accompanied by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Gadi Eizenkot, inspecting the Hamas tunnel uncovered by IDF forces several weeks ago.
Israeli Labour Party Ponders Cutting Ties to British Labour Over Anti-Semitism
MK Isaac Herzog, head of Israel’s Labour Party and Opposition leader said that he is “considering suspending relations” with British Labour.
Netanyahu: Israel ‘Adds Life’ on Remembrance Day
Israel "adds life" while hate-filled terrorists try to "take life," PM Netanyahu said on Remembrance Day at Mt. Herzl.
Remembrance Day Siren to Sound at 11 AM
Israel's Memorial Day is on April 22, 2015 this year.
Is an Arab Murdered by Arab-Hating Jews a ‘Terror Victim?’
The name of the Jerusalem teenager burned to death by three Jews has been added to the Victims of Terror Memorial.
Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims Begins Tonight
A one-minute siren at 8 p.m. inaugurates the day of sadness, followed by the happiness of Yom Ha'Atzmaut.
Netanyahu Visits Grave of his Entebbe Hero Brother
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited on Saturday night the grave of Yoni Netanyahu, the leader and lone IDF casualty in...
For These We Weep
I have been searching for the answer to this question...who did they kill...those 104 we are about to release? I know of a mother...
On Remembrance Day, Young Bereaved Israelis Share Their Stories As OneFamily Together
Today, with 37 professionals and nearly 750 volunteers working from four centers around Israel, OneFamily operates in close cooperation with representatives of government, municipal, and community agencies to assure that every terror victim in need of support is known to the organization.