EU, Yad Vashem commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day
A ceremony held at Beit Juliana Nursing Home in Israel marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, bringing ...
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Revealed: Disney characters drawn by Holocaust survivors
The Yad Vashem Holocaust museum is set to display the items, one of the most prominent of which is a ...
'People are astounded that around a million names of Holocaust victims are missing; 6 million is probably 5.8 million'
Searching cemeteries and synagogues, from Hong Kong to Monaco – Dr. Alexander Avram, director of the Hall of Names at ...
Israel stands still as sirens blare for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Almost everyone stopped what they were doing at 10 a.m., including motorists, who stopped their cars in the middle of ...
Holocaust Remembrance Day to begin with state ceremony at Yad Vashem memorial
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog are scheduled to speak at the event.
Torah scroll, hidden during World War II, now at Yad Vashem
While fleeing the horrors of World War II, Mordechai (Motel) Kanner reached a village in the Soviet Union where he ...
Much more than just soccer: Borussia Dortmund takes on delicate task by confronting past
In recent years the German sporting powerhouse has spearheaded the efforts to eradicate racism and antisemitism in European stadiums. Its ...
Yad Vashem asks US to keep philanthropist Roman Abramovich off sanctions list
Israel's Holocaust memorial cites Russian billionaire's contributions to Israel and Jewish causes, as well as his efforts to fight antisemitism.
In wake of controversy, Yad Vashem invites Whoopi Goldberg to visit Holocaust museum
Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan welcomes the talk-show host's "important" apology, though said her remarks were evidence of a “fundamental ...
Dr. Miriam Adelson: Yad Vashem is making sure history does not repeat itself
Yad Vashem inaugurates the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Educational Leadership Academy that will work to preserve the memory ...