Posts Tagged: Holocaust Remembrance Day
‘Scarier Than the Holocaust’: Survivor of Nazi Camps, Oct. 7 Dies at 92
Less than two weeks after lighting a Holocaust Remembrance Day torch and saying the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel was scarier than the Nazis'...
Antisemitic Attacks Killed More Jews in 2025 Than Any Year in Three Decades, Study Finds
More Jews were killed in antisemitic attacks around the world in 2025 than in any other year in the previous three decades, according to an...
Chicago Adopts IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
The City Council of Chicago, Illinois, voted on Tuesday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, becoming one of many governments...
Most Jewish Voters Believe Trump Policies Fueling Antisemitism, Poll Finds
Most Jewish voters in the US disapprove of President Donald Trump's policy choices and have "negative assessments of his personal character," according to a newly...
Yale’s Silence Is Allowing Blatant Campus Antisemitism — and Betraying the Promise of ‘Never Again’
As darkness fell over Yale University on Wednesday evening, Jewish students faced intimidation that echoed history's darkest chapters. The following day, as the sun rose...
‘The Jewish Spirit’: Holocaust Survivors, Freed Israeli Hostages Gather at Auschwitz for ‘March of the Living’
Oswiecim, Poland — Holocaust survivors, relatives of Israeli hostages, and survivors of Hamas captivity marched together at Auschwitz, the infamous former Nazi concentration camp in...
‘Never Again Means Now’: Trump Issues Proclamation Recognizing Holocaust Remembrance Day
US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Wednesday night recognizing Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah, acknowledging the six million Jews...
Meta Israel Launches Fifth Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Instagram Project With Israeli Celebrities
Meta Israel launched on Wednesday its fifth annual Holocaust remembrance project in which prominent Israeli public figures share testimonies of Holocaust survivors on their Instagram...
Amsterdam Mayor to Apologize to Jewish Community for City’s World War II Persecution
Amsterdam authorities will issue an official apology to the local Jewish community for the city's role in the persecution of Jews during World War II...
Jewish Celebrities Encourage Jews to Proudly Wear Stars of David in Video Campaign for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Several Jewish celebrities are encouraging fellow Jews around the world to express Jewish pride by confidently wearing their Stars of David as part of a...
Rutgers University Residential Assistants Reject Mandatory Antisemitism Training Session
Rutgers University's attempts at educating its students about antisemitism are being resisted by residential assistants (RA) who refuse to accept that Hamas is an anti-Jewish...
Resolve and Optimism Between Yom Hashoah and Israel’s National Holidays
JNS.org - When I was debating whether to join a command course in the army, my late grandmother Esther told me, “In Auschwitz, we didn’t...
Anti-Israel Protesters Disrupt Holocaust Remembrance Day Event at Auschwitz
Anti-Israel protesters on Monday disrupted an event at Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp in Poland, commemorating the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust...
‘Yizkor.’ Remember. Again.
JNS.org - We have just concluded Passover. On the last day of the holiday, we recited Yizkor, the memorial prayer for our departed loved ones....
