Posts Tagged: Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
Germany’s Merkel Visits Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem
Head bowed, German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid homage in Jerusalem on Thursday to the six million Jews killed by the Nazis and said Germany had...
Israeli NBA Star Omri Casspi Takes Delegation of Celebrities on ‘Heavy Visit’ to Yad Vashem
Israeli-born basketball star Omri Casspi of the Sacramento Kings took a delegation of NBA players and celebrities to visit Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in...
Historic First: US Soldier Receives ‘Righteous Among Nations’ Honor From Yad Vashem
JNS.org - Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum on Tuesday announced the first-ever “Righteous Among the Nations” honor for a US soldier. The late Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds...
Holocaust Survivor and ‘Schindler’s List’ Producer Gives Oscar to Yad Vashem
JNS.org - Auschwitz death camp survivor Branko Lustig, who was one of the producers of Steven Spielberg’s award-winning 1993 movie Schindler's List, this week presented the Academy...
‘Catch the Jew!’ Replete With Diverse People in an Ideological Minefield
JNS.org - Alan Dershowitz is fond of pointing out that, were a Martian to land in the middle of the United Nations, he would...
Pre-Holocaust ID Cards of Thousands of Jews Discovered in Lithuania
JNS.org - Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum archivists found some 26,000 previously unknown identification cards belonging to Jewish citizens in the national archives in Kaunas...
Holocaust Journal and Improvised Haggadah Spurs Yad Vashem Search
JNS.org - The research team of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem is searching for information about the women named in a diary and...
Woman Sues Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum Over Oskar Schindler Documents
JNS.org - The Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem has been sued by a woman who claims ownership of a collection of documents that belonged...
Israeli-Canadian Architect Wins Prestigious Award for Singapore Hotel
JNS.org - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded the Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safie with its 2015 Gold Medal for his international work...
Archbishop of Canterbury Affirms Israel’s ‘Right to Exist in Security and Peace’
JNS.org - JERUSALEM—The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, affirmed Israel's "right to exist in security and peace" during his visit to the Jewish state on...
Archbishop of Canterbury, Whose Father Was Jewish, to Visit Israel
JNS.org - England's new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will visit Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, and Jordan next week. Welby, whose father was Jewish, recently...
A Different Kind of Holocaust Remembrance (INTERVIEW)
"Legion Day" isn't the type of Holocaust remembrance ceremony that the Jewish community is used to. Every year on March 16, Latvia hosts a ceremony and...
