Righteous Among the Nations

If there is a Jewish Nobel for saving Jews, Ahmed al-Ahmed just won it - comment

Ahmed al-Ahmed belongs in that moral family tree of the "Righteous Among the Nations."

Ahmed al-Ahmad.
 A Brussels memorial to non-Jews who worked to rescue Jews from the Nazi genocide campaign was defaced with anti-Israel messages on Tuesday, Jewish organizations said. 

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People stand still in Tel Aviv, as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 6, 2024

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 RA'ANANA MAYOR Chaim Broyde with Mindy Ajzner.

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Jewish Confederation of Ukraine's new book on righteous among nations

The edition is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy.

The Book of the Righteous Among the Nations, citizens of Ukraine.

90-year-old who saved Jew in Holocaust found living in poverty in Belarus

Lyubov Volchek was recognized as a "Righteous Among the Nations' for sheltering an 11-year-old Jewish girl during the Holocaust.

Righteous Among the Nations, Lyubov Volchek, in Belarus

Holocaust survivor requests residency for his rescuer’s descendants

“I feel sad that I even need to help her,” Liebel told Kan news for a report aired Sunday. “I’m ashamed of my country that my help is even needed. But I will do anything.”

THE YAD VASHEM monument to Righteous Among the Nations.

Jewish man gives 2m. euros to French village for hiding family during WWII

Eric Schwam and his extended family arrived to the village in 1943, remaining there throughout the war until 1950.

French flag in France

Int'l Holocaust Day: Has the world learned the lessons of the Holocaust?

In the wake of the Abraham Accords, young Emiratis, Bahrainis, Moroccans and Israelis build trust and friendship in the "Leaders of Tomorrow" initiative.

The Holocaust Museum in Oporto, Portugal

Polish diplomat in Istanbul rescued hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust

Rychlewicz never applied for recognition for his actions or advertised them, according to the report.

Turkish Jews join to blessing prayers of Mi Sheberah by Chief Rabbi Izhak Haleva at Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul

‘Spanish Schindler,’ who saved over 5,000 Jews during WWII, given tribute

It is believed that in the last seven months of 1944, Briz issued forged Spanish documents to 5,200 Jews.

Ambassadeur Sanz-Briz

Russian Jewish Congress honors 250 Righteous Among the Nations

The exhibit's interactive display is a a multi-media installation that allows visitors to witness a a virtual conversation between the rescuer and those in need of rescue.

Wall of Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem.

Warsaw Jewish community sending care packages for righteous among nations

Volunteers from the community as well as staff from the American Jewish Committee helped distribute the packages.

Warsaw Jewish community sending care packages for righteous among nations

Did Hans Calmeyer send a Jewish woman to Auschwitz?

In 1992, Yad Vashem posthumously recognized Calmeyer, who died in 1972, as a Righteous Among the Nations, Israel’s title for non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews.

The site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau