Yad Vashem
Streaming services unveil Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 programming
A highlight of this programming will be a new HOT edition of Zikaron BaSalon (Hebrew for “Remembrance in the Living Room”), an intimate project in which Holocaust survivors recount their stories.
Grapevine, April 10, 2026: Toxic antisemitism
Yad Vashem Chairman Dayan meets with Pope Leo XIV to discuss Holocaust remembrance
Trump posthumously awards WWII hero Roddie Edmonds with Medal of Honor
Survive, in Order to Create: Exhibiton launched in Ma'ale Adumim art museum
“The Destroyed World” hall presents the destroyed Jewish life. Apart from the killing of millions of people, the Holocaust involved the destruction of of a whole world of Jewish spirit and identity.
Latvia reopens criminal investigation into 'Butcher of Riga' following condemnation
According to Yad Vashem, Cukurs held a “senior, operative position in the Arajs Kommando, the unit that from June 1941 until March 1942 carried out mass killings of Jews and other civilians."
What preserves the memory of the Holocaust among Jews is hope, and looking to the future
The point was made by several speakers that there cannot be memory without knowledge, and that lack of knowledge leads to difficulties in countering Holocaust denial and distortion.
Grapevine, May 14, 2025: All in the family
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Yad Vashem’s Dani Dayan: University heads now taking ‘different tone’ on antisemitism
He said the situation on campuses was 'unlike anything I had ever seen in those institutions - the calls for Israel's elimination were explicit.'
'We are not at the mercy of others': Yad Vashem head says Holocaust, Oct. 7 are not the same
The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Eve Young.
Zikaron Basalon transforms the stories of Holocaust survivors into living memory - opinion
The intimate gathering, the conversation, the questions – all of these create a memory that is not just a ceremony, but a human experience connecting past, present, and future.
Revealing Yad Vashem’s Touching Memory Theater
“I would talk to Bear all the time, share my feelings with him and cry to him. He was my only connection to my family.” – Fred Lessing
WATCH: Israel commemorates 80 years since the Holocaust
Herzog said that he would lead survivors, bereaved families, and former hostages, in the March of the Living in Auschwitz on Thursday.
Eight Holocaust survivors to participate in Yad Vashem's Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony
They will be joined by Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan, who will light the Memorial Torch, while six different Holocaust survivors who will light six separate torches.
