Holocaust Remembrance Day

Approximately 120 Holocaust survivors made aliyah during Gaza war, but numbers dropping

According to the Aliyah Ministry, the decrease in immigration of Holocaust survivors is due to the increasing difficulty in moving to the country at an advanced age.

People visit at the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 12, 2026, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Schindler in Persian: Iranian heroes who painted the Holocaust with light - opinion

Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 12, 2026, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Israel to mark Holocaust remembrance, but ceremonies disrupted by Iran war

SHOSHANA ILUZ, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated from Morocco, received assistance from the Justice Ministry’s Legal Aid Department in securing the benefits to which she was entitled.

Justice Ministry says legal aid opened nearly 2,500 cases for Holocaust survivors over past year


Amichai Chikli cancels plans to Belgium over legal, security threats

The decision came from fears that pro-Palestinian organizations might file a legal motion for his arrest upon arrival in Belgium.

 Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2024.

Israeli ambassador: Holocaust lessons vital amid post-October 7 antisemitism

"The number of Jews murdered that day was the highest since the Holocaust," he said. "But there’s a difference—now we can fight back, and we will, until all our hostages return."

 Ambassador Rozenblat and Porto Holocaust Museum Director Michael Rothwell speaking to hundreds of children in the Hall of Names.

Memory is identity: Lessons from El Salvador on Holocaust Remembrance Day - opinion

As Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks expressed, while we cannot change the past, with memory we can make a better future.

The family of Adi Rabinowitz Bedein (from right to left)

‘You’d have sided with Hitler’: Global Jewry decries 'hypocrisy' on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jewish groups in Italy, Ireland and Israel accused international organizations of hypocrisy given their stance on the attacks suffered by Israeli civilians since October 7 2023.

 THE FRONT GATE of Auschwitz carries the infamous phrase: ‘Arbeit macht frei.’ The writer states: ‘Perhaps we as Jews are less alone in our grief than we may fear.’

Irish president speaks on Israel at Holocaust event, protester dragged out

Sa'ar dubbed the president's comments "despicable," noting, "Irish President Michael Higgins couldn't help himself and resorted to a cheap, despicable provocation."

 President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins arrives to address the "Summit of the Future" in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2024.

Zelensky attends Auschwitz liberation memorial event at Babyn Yar

This ceremony is Zelensky’s third event at Babi Yar since the start of the war, reaffirming his commitment to Holocaust remembrance.

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Babi Yar on the 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation, January 26, 2025.

New film marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Israel commemorates its own Holocaust Remembrance Day in the spring, on the Hebrew date of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. 

 A SCENE from ‘The Investigation.’

Enough promises: Unleash the law in the fight against antisemitism - opinion

Today, pro-forma condemnations of antisemitism, while welcome, are entirely meaningless in the absence of urgent and tangible action.

 Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, Melbourne, Australia, December 6, 2024.

Belgium’s railway Holocaust report criticized for failing survivors

In a statement, WJRO President Gideon Taylor and COO Mark Weitzman called the omission a failure to address SNCB’s moral responsibility.

President of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, Gideon Taylor

Grapevine November 13, 2024: Two-way street

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog with China’s representative on the UN security Council Ambassador Fu Cong.