Posts Tagged: Holocaust Remembrance Day
London’s First Muslim Mayor to Attend Ceremony Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day
A day after being sworn into office, London's new mayor, Sadiq Khan will attend the city's main commemoration ceremony for Yom HaShoah (Holocaust remembrance day)...
Israel Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day With Ceremonies, Events Across Country
The State of Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday with ceremonies and events across the country, honoring the memory of six million Jews murdered...
A Shocking Mockery of Holocaust Remembrance
The deputy chief of the Israeli army seems to be trying to compete with his boss in the arena of supplying Israel's enemies with political...
What the Yom HaShoah Siren Means to Israelis
JNS.org - Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. At 10 a.m. all throughout Israel, a countrywide air-raid siren wails. That sound is alarming and too familiar for many...
Young Diaspora Jews Learn About Holocaust Through Unique Israeli Perspective
JNS.org - Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah in Hebrew, challenges Israelis to acknowledge, remember, and respect the impact of such a dark time in Jewish...
Commemorating Dead Jews While Hating the Living
"The battle for the equal value of all people and against antisemitism and racism is a part of foreign policy. Sweden and the EU have...
Swedish FM Mocked on Social Media for ‘Hypocritical’ Holocaust Statement After ‘Justifying Palestinian Terror Against Israelis’
Israelis reacted with contempt to the Holocaust Remembrance Day statement issued by the Swedish foreign minister on Wednesday, with comments on social media mocking Margot Wallström...
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iran Cartoon Contest Has Policy Implications
JNS.org - As millions of people around the world mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, this year’s Iranian government-sponsored Holocaust cartoon contest is not...
Israel Crisis Averted in Missouri as Biology Professor’s Anti-Zionist Course Nixed
JNS.org - A University of Missouri (MU) fall 2015 honors tutorial that pro-Israel students felt would promote bigotry and misinformation on their college campus has been...
Remembering Bergen Belsen, So That We Never Forget
So here I am again, moping around another Nazi concentration camp. Why do I keep taking these hellish trips? To Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, Plaszów, and today...
Thousands Attend Funeral of Israeli Killed on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thousands paid their respects on Thursday to Shalom Yochai Sherki, who succumbed to grave injuries after a car slammed into a bus stop he was...
On Yom HaShoah, Netanyahu Compares Iran to Nazi Germany
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared the current Iranian regime to Nazi Germany in his Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) speech on...
Obama Condemns Antisemitism on Holocaust Remembrance Day
JNS.org - US President Barack Obama condemned antisemitism in a message on Thursday to mark Israel's Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) as well as the international commemorations of...
Israel Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day With Events Commemorating Death of Six Million Jews
Ynet - The State of Israel marks its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday with ceremonies commemorating the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis...
