Holocaust
Jewish hero’s inclusion in French Panthéon uncorks divisions over who wears mantle of resistance
About 80 national heroes have been inducted over two centuries in the Paris monument, from philosopher Voltaire and writer Victor Hugo to magistrate and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil.
Austria once denied its Nazi past, now it sends young people abroad to confront it
Holocaust survivor, Yom Kippur War hero Colonel Simcha Applebaum dies at 99
Boston principal apologizes to Muslim, Arab students who felt 'unsafe' after Holocaust lesson
Foreign Ministry holds Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony for Righteous Among the Nations
The ceremony took place by a wall of the Foreign Affairs Ministry on which are the names of foreign diplomats who risked their lives to rescue Jews from the Holocaust.
WATCH: Survivor recounts how he held on to hope, as Knesset Speaker marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
The event took place as part of the Zikaron BaSalon framework, which provides intimate, home-based alternatives to formal Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies.
WATCH: Israel ushers in Holocaust Remembrance Day under shadow of Iran threat
The day of commemoration is set to begin on Monday night with a prerecorded official state Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and memorial site.
Netanyahu meets Holocaust survivors chosen to bear torches at Remembrance Day ceremony
"Every year, my wife and I make it a point to meet with the torchbearers," Netanyahu told the survivors. "It is an extraordinarily moving moment because you are giants of the spirit."
Holocaust survivor, 92, makes aliyah to Israel nine decades after Kindertransport - interview
Charash was born Helen Hesse in Hamburg, Germany. From April 1933, her father, an attorney, was no longer allowed to practice law.
Trump warns Iran ships nearing Hormuz blockade will be ‘immediately eliminated’
Meanwhile, Netanyahu says Israel fully backs Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, rejects claims of a rift with Washington, and stresses US demands to halt Tehran's nuclear enrichment program.
'We will remember': IDF chief of staff issues statement ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day
In the letter, Zamir vowed to “remember the communities that were erased from the face of the earth; the voices of the boys and girls, the elderly and the young, who were led to the crematoria."
Honoring courage in the face of evil and indifference - opinion
To date, Yad Vashem has recognized around 30,000 Righteous Among the Nations.
Europe failed the test of the Shoah. Is it failing again to confront absolute evil? - opinion
October 7 was the day of massacre. October 8 was the day of reckoning: the moment when Europe, 80 years after the Holocaust, was tested on whether it had truly learned anything from its past.
March of the Living: Holocaust survivors stand tall against surge of worldwide antisemitism
Among the small group of elderly survivors, many of whom were children during WWII, ten were able to fly from Israel, despite Hezbollah still firing rockets at civilians.
