Yad Vashem

Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91

Born in Berlin in 1934 to Latvian Jewish parents Jacob and Polin Levinson, Taft was photographed when she was 6 months old by a German photographer, Hans Ballin.

HESSY TAFT poses holding a photograph of herself taken in 1935 by well-known German photographer Hans Ballin during an interview with Reuters July 9, 2014.
President Isaac Herzog (C) flanked by Dayan and IHRA Secretary-General Michaela Küchler at the IHRA plenary

At the crossroads of Holocaust remembrance

Megilat Hitler, now displayed at Yad Vashem's active synagogue, which opened on January 1.

Faith under persecution: Yad Vashem exhibit on keeping the Jewish calendar in the Shoah opens

As International Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches we ask whether the lessons of the past have taught us anything?

Happy(ish) New Year: Holocaust remembrance as warning in an age of resurgent antisemitism


Grapevine June 28, 2023: A missed anniversary

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ALON GOLDMAN (left), BMW marketing manager, at Delek Motors with Dr. Doron Kreiser and his racing car.

EU to co-finance new Yad Vashem section for Holocaust remembrance

the new exhibit will use new state-of-the-art technology, sound and light technology as part of an "immersive experience," Yad Vashem said.

 Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Dayan: We are approaching a post-survivor era, Yad Vashem warns

Dayan criticized “Holocaust distortion” at the hands of governments amidst rising tensions between Israel and Poland on Holocaust Remembrance matters.

 Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan speaking at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on June 5, 2023.

The rebbe’s beard: An original short story

The rebbe and the student, their lives forever intertwined, clutched each other with a hardness and a softness that only true friends can know.

 HE PULLED up his sleeve to show his tattoo (Illustrative).

Holocaust remembrance and the indomitable spirit of Holocaust survivors - opinion

One day, in the not-too-distant future, there will be no more living survivors. All that will remain are their testimonies, their recorded and written voices telling their stories on their behalf.

 HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Yehudith Kleinman tells her story to a group of teachers.

Jerusalem Post to celebrate Israel at 75 in New York

National Unity Chairman Benny Gantz is among the keynote speakers at the event.

 Jerusalem Post annual conference, New York 2023.

Yad Vashem rejects Christie's donation after it sold Nazi jewelry

The Jerusalem Post has learned that a number of Jewish organizations around the world as well as in Israel received an offer for a donation from Christie’s.

 Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 26, 2022, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Three members of the far-right German AfD party visit Yad Vashem

Israeli governments have boycotted the party and refused to hold ties with the AfD traditionally.

 Right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) top candidate for the upcoming general election, Alice Weidel, speaks during a campaign in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2021.

Israel at 75: The history of celebrities, VIPs visiting the Jewish state

VIPs often kick off their visits to Israel at Yad Vashem and Jerusalem’s Old City, where they pray at the Western Wall and other holy sites.

 Barbra Streisand serenading Shimon Peres in 2013.

German-Israeli citizen faces Holocaust history through work

Bettina Malka-Igelbusch is a German-Israeli citizen and a convert from a Catholic family. Confronting her own family's Holocaust history, she works now at Yad Vashem.

 RETURNING TO Yad Vashem in 2021, with US Ambassador Thomas Nides and Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan.