Auschwitz

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Baba Baruch, heir of Baba Sali, speaks to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir during traditional ceremonies in Netivot, 1988.
A view of the dome of the US Capitol building, during a vote in the US House of Representatives.

Holocaust survivor to address US Congress on anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation

 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.

An original Auschwitz plan, a warning for our time - opinion

The world’s largest “NEVER AGAIN” route, starting from the Gate of Death.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Cycling from Auschwitz to form the largest "NEVER AGAIN"


'We're the Jewish spirit of triumph': Freed hostage Eli Sharabi speaks at Auschwitz

"This is the Jewish spirit of triumph," Sharabi said in his speech. "It's a reminder that the Jewish nation will exist for all eternity."

 Freed hostage Eli Sharabi with President Isaac Herzog at the March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 24, 2025.

At Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Jewish Holocaust story is pushed to the margins - opinion

Eighty years after the Holocaust, the memory of Jewish suffering at Auschwitz is increasingly shaped by controlled narratives, highlighting the need to preserve the truth of the atrocity.

 THE WORDS ‘arbeit macht frei’ hang above the gate at Auschwitz.

Holocaust survivors to October 7 hostages: ‘We defeated the enemy’

Holocaust survivors, IDF soldiers held in captivity by Hamas terrorists, visited the Auschwitz museum ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

A visitor to Auschwitz prayers with his talit in the former Nazi death camp build in occupied Poland

Remembering the Holocaust also means standing up to hate - opinion

Yom HaShoah is a sacred day of mourning, memory, and resistance, but it is also a call to remain alert.

THE WRITER’S family in Brussels prior to the Holocaust: Her mother Sonia (L) and aunt Hannie were Hidden Children saved by Madame Anciaux, a Righteous Among the Nations. Their father Saul Birnberg was murdered in Auschwitz; their mother Dora hid under an assumed identity.

Released hostage Agam Berger to deliver violin performance at Auschwitz 

Agam Berger will perform alongside Daniel Weiss, whose parents were murdered on October 7.

 Palestinian Hamas militants release female Israeli soldier Agam Berger held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025.

Grapevine April 16, 2025: Hailing Huckabee

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MIKE HUCKABEE (center) visits the City of David in Jerusalem in 2009.

80 years after Auschwitz, kosher food will be sold in its town of Oświęcim

The kosher concession will open in time for Yom HaShoah, beginning on the night of April 23.

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Israeli students' flight arrives safely in Poland after emergency stop in Turkey

The Education Ministry said it is in contact with security and education officials and is coordinating with admins and parents.

 El Al plane

When theory becomes life: Viktor Frankl's legacy for modern Israel - opinion

On the 120th anniversary of the logotherapy founder's birth, his teachings take on new meaning for me as a public figure and father who lost his son on October 7th.

 Viktor Frankl: In our response lies our growth and freedom

Confronting the complex realities of Polish-Jewish identity - opinion

Nuance is in order regarding Poland and its Jews; Jennifer Stark-Blumenthal calls for a reevaluation of Jews’ attitudes toward Poles, as well as Poles’ understanding of Jews. 

 OSWIECIM, POLAND - APRIL 16, 2015: International Holocaust Remembrance Day.