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


The Holocaust: Faith, truth, and the lessons we must never forget - opinion

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we confront the darkness of history to draw profound lessons of faith, truth, and shared responsibility, honoring the memory of the victims.

 VISITORS AT Yad Vashem in Jerusalem this week: The Holocaust did not discriminate. Its victims came from all segments of Jewish society – across political, religious, economic, and cultural lines. In the camps and ghettos, all differences disappeared. What remained was the shared fate of a people.

Main lesson of Holocaust is to fight fanatical regimes that threaten whole world, Netanyahu says

Netanyahu arrived late to the ceremony -- reportedly due to security issues, but top security officials were already present at site.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the state's Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, April 23, 2025

Jews will never forget the Holocaust, even if the world has - analysis

A world without Holocaust survivors is terrifying, but inevitable - yet it would not be the end of the story or memory, just the end of their responsibility.

 Jerusalen, Israel, 04-15-2019: Photographs of missing children victims of the Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis against the Jews at the Holocaust History Museum

One step ahead of the Nazis: The 'Post' hosts Holocaust survivor Sarah Goodman in testimony - watch

This year for Holocaust Remembrance Day, The Jerusalem Post hosts survivor Sarah Lustig Goodman in our own virtual Zikaron BaSalon.

The Jerusalem Post hosts Holocaust survivor Sarah Goodman this week.

Then and now: How the state of Gaza hostages parallels that of Holocaust survivors

An investigation reveals chilling parallels between the trauma of starvation during the Holocaust and the suffering endured by Israeli hostages in Gaza.

  Starving Holocaust survivors. Bones are brittle and muscles are atrophied

'True friends': Israeli delegation meets Taiwanese VP in Taipei

Taiwan held a ceremony for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025, organized by Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei, and German Institute Taipei.

Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim received the visiting delegation led by Boaz Toporovsky, Chairman of the Israeli Parliamentary Taiwan Friendship Group, this morning (22nd April)

Remembering the past, protecting the future: Sderot mayor's personal March of the Living - opinion

This year, more than ever, my journey to the death camps is not merely one of remembrance – it is one of presence, of making a statement.

 YOUTH TAKE part in The March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on Holocaust Remembrance Day last year. ‘As a mayor, an Israeli, a Jew, and someone who has experienced the profound heartbreak of the past year and a half, I travel there with a heavy heart but also a deep sense of purpose.

On Mengele’s trail with new series ‘The German’

Perhaps the best thing I can say about the series is that I binged all three episodes and am looking forward to more. 

 OLIVER MASUCCI and Ania Bukstein in ‘The German.’

The failure of Holocaust Remembrance Day: Let's not just remember, but learn from it - opinion

This year, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, memory is not enough. We cannot afford to repeat the failure. No more words, we need action. 

 PEOPLE STAND still in Tel Aviv as a two-minute siren sounds across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, last year. This year, memory is not enough. We cannot afford to repeat the failure; no more words – we need action, the writer asserts.

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.