Posts Tagged: Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israel and the Meaning of ‘Never Again’
The Holocaust wasn’t perpetrated by a barbarian society in a distant past. It was perpetrated 70 years ago by the most advanced European country -- the country that...
Reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day
Once a year in Israel, when spring flowers are at their most beautiful, it happens at precisely 10 a.m. At that moment, the wail of an air...
Act on Syria to Remember the Holocaust
This year, Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) finds Jews deeply worried. Here in the United States, we’ve witnessed cemetery desecrations, little children evacuated from Jewish community...
On Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Educating the Next Generation
JNS.org - As Sunday evening approached in Israel, stores and businesses shuttered early while the country moved into a state of mourning for the martyrs and heroes...
In Holocaust Remembrance Day Post, Israeli Actress Gal Gadot Pays Tribute to ‘Hero’ Survivor Grandfather
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, Israeli actress and model Gal Gadot paid public tribute to her late survivor grandfather by sharing life...
At Auschwitz, the Dead Wish to March With the Living
Once again, I have found myself lost amid the remains of Auschwitz. The last time I was here, I visited with a delegation from the Israeli...
Israel Comes to a Standstill as Blaring Siren Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
Israel commemorated the six million Jews who were murdered by Nazis in the Holocaust on Monday with a two minute siren that brought the country...
Netanyahu Hosts Holocaust Survivors Set to Light Torches for Yom HaShoah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara met on Thursday with the Holocaust survivors that will light torches in the opening ceremony for Holocaust...
Remembering the Holocaust, Once Again
The UN designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. That was the day, in 1945, when the Soviet army liberated Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi German death...
Remembering the Holocaust, Forgetting the Survivors
This January 27, nations around the world will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the most horrific evil ever perpetrated upon humanity: the near destruction of Europe’s Jews. During a special...
DNC Staffer Argues Over Honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day
JNS.org - A Democratic National Committee (DNC) staff member questioned whether Holocaust Remembrance Day was worth publishing a statement to honor the day, the Daily Caller...
Israel’s Moral Compass Is Just Fine, Thank You
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has one of the most coveted portfolios in the government, but lately he seems to be vying for a different...
A Personal Take on Victory Day and Honoring Russian-Jewish WWII Veterans (VIDEO)
JNS.org - While Israel’s annual Holocaust commemoration day, Yom HaShoah, has now passed, another memorial day took place May 9. On what is known as "Victory Day," or simply as...
Netanyahu and Deputy IDF Chief Reconcile After Divisive Holocaust Remarks
JNS.org - Less than a week after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan made controversial remarks in a Holocaust Remembrance...
