Posts Tagged: Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
Yad Vashem to Dedicate Holocaust Memorial Center in Northern Israel
JNS.org - Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center Chairman Dani Dayan announced on Wednesday plans to dedicate a Holocaust memorial center in northern Israel. This would...
Russia’s Displeasure With Israel Simmers as Putin Readies to Visit for Yad Vashem Event
JNS.org - Russian President Vladimir Putin will leave his controlled environment in Moscow to enter a media firestorm when he alights from his plane in...
Yad Vashem Exhibit Details Death March of 1,300 Jewish Women in January 1945
JNS.org - To mark Women’s History Month, the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem is featuring an online exhibit titled “The Death March...
Yad Vashem Marks 80 Years Since Kristallnacht
JNS.org - The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem held a memorial service and seminar on Nov. 8 to mark the 80th anniversary of...
In Yom Hashoah Speech, Netanyahu Says Israel is ‘Steadfast’ in Preventing Iranian Aggression
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Jewish state remains “steadfast” in preventing Iranian aggression amid ongoing threats. “We are preventing Iranian activity in Syria....
Israel Slams Polish Bill Banning Statements Implicating Poland in Holocaust
Israel called on Poland on Saturday to amend a bill approved this week by Polish lawmakers that would make it illegal to suggest Poland bore...
German President Vows to ‘Stand Firmly Alongside Israel’ Ahead of Netanyahu Meeting
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a solemn visit to Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial on Sunday. "We Germans have burdened ourselves with unfathomable guilt," Steinmeier said on Sunday, adding...
Netanyahu Notes Rising Antisemitism in Europe, Iran Threat in Holocaust Remembrance Day Remarks
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted the uptick in antisemitism across Europe and the ongoing Iranian nuclear threat during an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance...
German and Israeli Leaders Visit Each Other’s Nations in Show of Close Ties
JNS.org - German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen visited Israel on Monday and Tuesday as part of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between...
After Losing His Legs, US Veteran Brian Mast Gets ‘Hands Dirty’ to Support Israel
JNS.org - Never in the 23 years of Natan Glassman's volunteering at an Israel Defense Forces army base has he seen anything like the...
Netanyahu: Israel ‘Must Speak Our Mind About the Dangers to Our People’
JNS.org - Against the backdrop of the Obama administration's opposition to his upcoming address before Congress on the Iranian nuclear program and radical Islam,...
Revealed: ‘Ideal Aryan’ Nazi Poster Child Was Jewish
Oh, the poetic justice. Almost 80 years later, turns out the "perfect Aryan baby" exploited by Nazi propaganda to illustrate the "master race," was Jewish. In 1935,...
UNESCO Adds Yad Vashem Testimonials to World Heritage List
JNS.org - Holocaust survivors' testimonials, as archived by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, are among the 54 new additions to the United Nations Educational, Scientific...
