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


Sirens in Israel wake us up to who we are and what we face - editorial

Let the sirens we heard Thursday and will hear twice next week on Remembrance Day wake us to the tragedy that could potentially take place.

 Individuals stand to attention during the Holocaust Remembrance Day siren on Jerusalem's Jaffa Street, April 24, 2025.

Holocaust Remembrance Day speech by Hod Hasharon mayor sparks controversy over Gaza implications

Quoting a Holocaust survivor's speech, Kochavi said that there is a difference between "never again," and "never again -- for us."

 High school pupils, teachers and staff attend the Holocaust memorial service alongside local Holocaust survivors who will share their first-hand eye testimony, Darka-Nofey Golan High school, Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 24, 2025.

'We are not at the mercy of others': Yad Vashem head says Holocaust, Oct. 7 are not the same

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Eve Young.

 Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Zvika Klein (L) alongside Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan.

Poilievre visits Toronto Nova Exhibition amid election campaign

Poilievre said that the Conservative Party would honor the memories of those slain during the Hamas-led pogrom “by standing with the Jewish people in saying 'Never Again.’”

 Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre visits the Nova music festival exhibition in Toronto, Canada.

Rain and ashes: 2025 March of the Living commemorates Holocaust, hostages

President Isaac Herzog told the gathered dignitaries that “While we are here, the souls of dozens of Jews still thirst for water and freedom.”

 A handwritten sign in Hebrew on the train tracks to Auschwitz on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025. The sign reads "Waiting for all 59 hostages, now!"

'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.

Zikaron Basalon transforms the stories of Holocaust survivors into living memory - opinion

The intimate gathering, the conversation, the questions – all of these create a memory that is not just a ceremony, but a human experience connecting past, present, and future.

 President Isaac Herzog hosts Ines Nissim, a Holocaust survivor, as part of the Zikaron Basalon series, April 25, 2022.

WATCH: Pro-Palestinian protesters throw water bottles at Ben-Gvir after Yale speech

"The antisemitic rioters will not intimidate me. I continue my important journey in the United States," Ben-Gvir said after the incident.

 National Security Minister makes "victory symbol" after pro-Palestinian protesters throw water bottles at him following Yale University speech, April 24, 2025.

Remembering all those taken from us, by the Nazis and by Hamas - editorial

On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, as we recite the names of those lost to Nazi genocide, we also remember the names of those taken from us.

 Israelis soldiers at a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23, 2025.

'Never again means now': Trump calls on US to remember victims of the Holocaust

President Trump noted that antisemitism in the US is at a record high, and remarked on his administration's efforts to curb it.

 U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.