Yad Vashem
Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91
Born in Berlin in 1934 to Latvian Jewish parents Jacob and Polin Levinson, Taft was photographed when she was 6 months old by a German photographer, Hans Ballin.
At the crossroads of Holocaust remembrance
Faith under persecution: Yad Vashem exhibit on keeping the Jewish calendar in the Shoah opens
Happy(ish) New Year: Holocaust remembrance as warning in an age of resurgent antisemitism
‘Academic pseudoscience’ against Israel at prestigious US schools - Yad Vashem chair
Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, raised concerns about the rise of what he called “academic pseudoscience” targeting Israel in top US universities.
Why is this anniversary of Kristallnacht different from all others? - opinion
The short answer is October 7, 2023 and Hamas’s barbaric, genocidal rampage against Israel.
Israel's education minister plans Yad Vashem-like October 7 memorial center
The research center would be led by professionals, and the long-term aim would be to educate future generations.
Grapevine: In another theater
Movers and shakers in Israeli society
Israeli ambassador criticized for wearing yellow star at UN
"We were deeply saddened to witness members of the Israeli delegation to the UN donning yellow badges," Dayan stated on Tuesday.
My friend Alex Dancyg: 75, a Holocaust educator, held captive in Gaza
Alex, a proud member of the Zionist Youth movement Hashomer Hatzair, lives in Kibbutz Nir Oz. On October 7, he was ripped away from his family and disappeared without a trace.
US think tank MEMRI opens Hamas Atrocities Documentation Center
The Hamas Atrocities Documentation Center has the goal of documenting the actions of Hamas, which it described as the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
Lithuania must acknowledge its role in the Holocaust - opinion
The annihilation of an entire Jewish civilization in Lithuania is an indelible stain on that nation’s history. However, I firmly believe that memories of Jewish Lita must endure.
Yad Vashem chairman 'encouraged' by Holocaust remembrance in Lithuania
Dayan was invited as the keynote speaker for a special meeting of the Lithuanian Parliament and to participate in commemorative activities honoring the Holocaust victims in Lithuania.
Yad Vashem caught in Israeli political crossfire
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: These types of relationships between Israeli institutions and their sister organizations in the world are complex and have many times become ugly disputes.
