Holocaust survivors

WJRO to distribute millions of dollars to help Holocaust survivor evacuees

The funds are made available by the Caritatea Foundation in a partnership between the WJRO and the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania, and are administered by the Claims Conference. 

17/08/2024

ISIS hack targets Yad Vashem Zoom seminar commemorating Tisha b'Av

During the seminar by Yad Vashem, a message appeared telling participants that they were hacked by ISIS and showed images of swastikas.

‘Megillat Ruth’: The diary of a young woman from Vilna

This extraordinary book affords readers the privilege of joining Ruth as she navigates her perilous path through the Holocaust.

Hyper Cacher hero, Holocaust survivor carry Olympic torch in Paris

The Olympic flame arrived in Paris, carried by heroes like Lassana Bathily, Léon Lewkowicz, and Elise Goldfarb, symbolizing resilience and unity against adversity.

Late Holocaust survivor Marta Wise gets a life's worth of musical celebration tribute

The lineup will signify an incredible life story of an incredible woman who beat all the odds.

14/07/2024

Jewish leader bashes former PM's denial of Poland's Holocaust role

"I say to the former Prime Minister: You cannot control the past. You must live with it, and learn from it. Go and learn,” Menachem Margolin of the European Jewish Association said.

Auschwitz display of 3,000 murdered children's shoes returns after undergoing preservation process

The shoes underwent a preservation process that took over a year of work at the Auschwitz Museum Conservation Laboratories.

  MONA GOLABEK inspires hundreds of thousands

The gift of music: A mother's message to her daughter fleeing the Holocaust

A Grammy-nominated pianist keeps her mother’s legacy alive, for the benefit of all.

22/06/2024

102-year-old Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer is Vogue Germany’s latest cover model

She has made hundreds if not thousands of appearances where she tells her story, and increasingly has taken center stage in a country haunted by its Holocaust history.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
21/06/2024

We must teach the history of antisemitism in all countries, not just European ones - opinion

There is a moral and academic imperative to teach the components of genocide; It would enable people to discern when to distinguish between actual genocide and misinformation.

By SARAH LEVIN
20/06/2024
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