Tag: Yom Hashoah
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.
Kahlon: Half-Billion Shekels to Go to Holocaust Survivors and Elderly
The new plans will benefit 60,000 survivors living below the poverty line.
Secretary of State Kerry’s Yom HaShoah Message
U.S. Secretary of State Kerry calls the Shoah "the most painful and horrific chapter in human history."
Netanyahu Warns ‘Bad Deal’ with Iran Repeats Appeasement to Hitler
Israel, for good reason, is just about the only nation on Earth that understands the results of appeasing evil.
Stand Still
On Monday morning, the country came to a stand still as the siren went off in memory of those who were murdered during the...
The Three Little Kosher Pigs
Instead of building houses of bricks they have chosen to build a “big tent.”
Survivors (Photo Essay)
On Sunday evening, April 27, 2014, six Holocaust survivors lit six torches representing the six million Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide during the opening ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem.
God Bless You Baroness Ashton for Leaving my Zeidi Alone
If you ask me, if fewer politicians tell me how much they regret my zeidi's murder it's a step in the right direction.
Auschwitz Center to Buy Home of Last Local Jewish Resident
The Auschwitz Jewish Center launched a fundraising campaign to rescue the house of the last Jewish resident of Oswiecim, the Polish town where the...
‘Memories in the Living Room’ Replacing Holocaust Memorials
A typical evening consists of a conversation with a holocaust survivor, an artistic interlude, and group discussion.
Peres: Holocaust ‘Cries from the Prayer Shawls’
The Holocaust “cries from the prayer shawls the hair, the shoes that we see with our own eyes, resonates as we step on the stones...
Chief of Staff, Son of Holocaust Survivor, Visits Auschwitz
A woman who survived the Holocaust had no idea at the time that her son would command Israel’s army. On Monday, Benny Gantz will become the first IDF Chief of Staff to lead the March of the Living.
Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day Starts Sunday Night
Yom HaShoah will open at sundown at Yad Vashem's Warsaw Ghetto Square in Jerusalem.
Musical Putsch: Balkan Beat Box Gig in Munich on Holocaust Day
The Israeli band Balkan Beat Box will continue its successful world tour with a concert on Wednesday evening in Munich, Germany – striking a nerve for some in Israel because it is the start of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. All entertainment venues, from shows to restaurants, are shuttered in Israel on this day.
Remembering The Warsaw Ghetto
This week the Jewish world commemorated Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on the anniversary of the fall of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Israel At 56: Still Under The Oslo Delusion
This week Israelis observed Memorial Day and celebrated Independence Day.
