Kristallnacht

I was shot defending my synagogue.

On Kristallnacht’s anniversary, here’s how I remain hopeful in the face of antisemitism. 

Yoni joined the March of the Living in Poland
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers his speech during a commemoration ceremony on the anniversary of the November Pogroms of 1938 at the memorial site of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald near Weimar, eastern Germany on November 9, 2026

Europe remembers Kristallnacht, but are its leaders failing today's Jews? - analysis

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech during the 20th anniversary celebration of the Ohel Jakob synagogue in Munich, Germany November 9, 2026.

Germany faces historic test over rise in antisemitism, Merz says in Kristallnacht speech

Pro-Israel counterprotesters confront a "boycott bike ride" targeting Jewish businesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 8, 2026.

Philadelphia Jewish leaders encouraged by counter-response to ‘boycott bike ride’


Rabbis, politicians, imam commemorate Kristallnacht in Malmö

“It is not only glass that is broken, it is the heart.”

Rabbis, politicians, imam commemorate Kristallnacht in Malmö

Schneier: World leaders’ silence after Kristallnacht a ‘shameful monument'

In Bahrain, which is participating in global Kristallnacht commemoration, ‘a tolerant society is very much part of the social fabric,’ says rabbi.

Rabbi Marc Schneier in Abu Dhabi

Rivlin commemorates Kristallnacht with Austrian, German presidents

"Even dealing with the new virus, which demands solidarity and collaboration, has not managed to obliterate the old plague, the plague of antisemitism," President Rivlin said.

President Reuven Rivlin during his opening remarks, Nov. 9, 2020.

Commemorate Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass - WATCH LIVE

Leaders share messages against antisemitism, hatred and intolerance.


European synagogues keep on lights to mark 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms

On Nov. 9, 1938, Nazis in Germany and Austria unleashed pogroms that killed dozens and wounded thousands following the assassination of a German diplomat by a Jewish gunman.

Malmo's synagogue lit up for the 81st anniversary of the Kristallnacht on November 9, 2019.

'Never Again' rings hollow in 2020

In the 21st century, people are still being murdered, synagogues and Jewish shops are being attacked, and graves in Jewish cemeteries are being defaced.

People take pictures of a light symbol, marking the place where Viennese synagogues once stood before they were destroyed, after a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, also known as Night of Broken Glass, in front of a then destroyed Synagogue in Vienna, Austria November 8, 2018.

New synagogue announced at Babyn Yar on eve of Kristallnacht commemoration

Kiev’s first new synagogue since Ukrainian independence in 1991 will be built at Babyn Yar, the site where almost 34,000 Jews were massacred by the Nazis in September 1941.

Kiev’s Great Choral Synagogue

Dutch Protestant Church apologizes for not helping Jews in Holocaust

The comments were made ahead of the anniversary of Kristallnacht.

Interior of First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston.

Presidents of Israel, Austria, Germany call to end antisemitism

"We will stand together in Vienna, in Jerusalem, in Berlin. Never again means never again. Let there be light.”

Israel President Reuven Rivlin

Synagogues in NY, Bahrain to commemorate Kristallnacht together

The two synagogues will each, together across the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, light up their buildings in commemoration.

The flags of the United States, Israel, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are projected on a section of the walls surrounding Jerusalem's Old City. September 15, 2020