Tag: Yom Hashoah
Threatening Letter Sent to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich
The letter, written in English, accuses the Religious Zionism Party leader of “intending to destroy Israel.”
El Al Pilot Delivers Anarchist’s Diatribe to Passengers on Flight to New York
The passengers should be grateful the stewardesses didn't dress up like handmaids.
Bundestag President in Jerusalem on Yom HaShoah: ‘It Is Inconceivable How Much We Destroyed’
On Thursday, President Bas participated in the state memorial service, “Unto Every Person There is a Name” at the Knesset.
9 Holocaust Survivors Fleeing Ukraine Find Refuge in Israel
A special flight carrying nine elderly Holocaust survivors along with 12 wounded people touched down at Ben Gurion Airport as Israel commenced with events for Yom HaShoah.
Israel Remembers the 6 Million Jews Murdered during Holocaust
During the ceremony, six torches were lit, and the stories of the six Holocaust survivors who lit them were presented during short videos. Shmuel Naar, Zehava Gealel, Yossi Chen, Halina Friedman, Sara Fishman, and Manya Bigunov lit the torches.
Two Important Lessons from the Holocaust
With Yom Ha’Shoah being commemorated this week, what lessons did we learn from that tragic era?
This Friday Jews Say Kaddish for Holocaust Victims Whose Time and Place of Death...
Even those blessed souls who keep all the Tisha B'Av restrictions on 10 Tevet must take a nice shower this Friday in honor of Shabbat.
Trump Cites Executive Order Addressing Anti-Semitism in Yom Hashoah Proclamation
“Far too many Americans of Jewish faith still face persecution,” said U.S. President Donald Trump.
Yom Hashoah Ceremonies to be Online-Only Due to Coronavirus Crisis
Strict coronavirus regulations prevent public events to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day this year, leading organizers to find new ways to continue the traditions and educational efforts associated with it.
Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day Begins Tonight
Yad Vashem will transmit the ceremony complete with translation into English, French, German, Russian and Spanish.
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day: Report Shows Sharp Increase in Anti-Semitism Worldwide
The investigation reveals the coronavirus pandemic is linked to the upswing in anti-Semitism incidents.
Jewish Agency Hosting Virtual ‘Livingroom Memorial’ Events on Yom HaShoah
Hason was only four years old when her father was taken to a concentration camp where he was murdered.
US Ambassador David Friedman to Head Delegation Joining 31st March of the Living
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman will head a special delegation of U.S. Ambassadors and White House representatives on the March of the Living.
New Survey Finds Canadians Worrisomely Ignorant about the Holocaust
However, 82% of respondents believe all students should learn about the Holocaust in school, while 85% said it is important to keep teaching about the Holocaust so that it does not happen again.
The Grieving Habits of Israeli Jews
Four percent of Israeli Jews (almost two hundred and fifty thousand) say they visit the Western Wall on Tisha B'Av.
President Rivlin’s Speech at March of the Living
We do not expect justice in Europe that seeks - too quickly - to forget, to eradicate the memory, to deny, to destroy evidence. But, our memory, the memory of the Jewish People, is the antithesis of the haste of the Nazis. We are a nation that remembers...
Bennett in Atlanta: Holocaust the Price We Paid for Not Having a State
There are an estimated 6,400 Lone Soldiers from 80 countries serving in the IDF today. About 880 of them are American.
Teens Arrested for Protesting Yom HaShoah Temple Mount Closure
The detective did not wear badges and refused to identify themselves.
Israel Inspired – Holocaust Remembrance Day Special: The Daughter of Many Mothers [audio]
In this moving and inspiring episode of Israel Inspired Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel are joined by Rena Quint to recount her tale of surviving the Holocaust, after being sent to the ghetto then to Treblinka and finally to Bergen-Belson.
Trump on Eve of Memorial Day: Holocaust ‘Darkest Chapter of Human History’
'Six million Jews, two-thirds of the Jews in Europe, murdered by the Nazi genocide. They were murdered by an evil that words cannot describe, and that the human heart cannot bear.'
As Holocaust Survivors Disappear, 10,000 Youths, 12 European Education Ministers to Partake in March...
'To our dismay, the number of survivors who can share their story is rapidly declining,' said Education Minister Naftali Bennett. 'We must find new ways to remember.'
[Yom HaShoah Special] Israel Inspired: Where Was God in the Holocaust? [audio]
Can we find God in the horrors of Auschwitz? On Israel Inspired Holocaust Memorial Day Special.
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.
Honoring the ‘Jewish Schindler’ You’ve Never Heard Of
It’s the Holocaust rescue story that often goes untold—Jews who put their lives on the line to save their fellow Jews.
Yom Hashoah Ceremony in Arad
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