Holocaust Remembrance Day

Knesset Finance panel debates transfer of NIS 98 million to haredi schools

The High Court ordered last month that the Finance Committee reconvene and hold a fresh deliberation on the matter before voting to approve the transfer of the funds.

Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 15, 2026.
ISRAEL'S FOREIGN Ministry hosts a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony for foreign diplomats, April 13, 2026.

From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats

Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, meeting with Adolf Hitler in 1941

PA turns Hitler’s ally into a Palestinian icon - opinion

Karoline Preisler during one of her counter-protests.

German pro-Israel activist, granddaughter of Nazis, warns: 'Antisemitism is threat to democracy'


Netanyahu, officials lay wreaths after siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day

The wreaths in memory of Holocaust victims were hung on pedestals before a memorial torch. Netanyahu was the second to place his flowers, but stopped to steady and straighten the wreath.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials stand at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony.

Rising antisemitism signals risk of second Holocaust, WJC Israel President warns at Auschwitz

"I was wrong,” said Sylvan Adams, after describing how he once believed antisemitism had been relegated to the margins of modern life.

SYLVAN ADAMS, World Jewish Congress Israel President, speaking at the press conference on antisemitism at the March of the Living.

WATCH: Daughter of Holocaust survivor robbed in Hadera, suspect arrested

Hadera Police have arrested a 30-year-old suspect, who was taken to the police station for questioning.

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Memory depends on truth: The stories of Holocaust victims must be preserved - opinion

When asked what would happen when there are no more Holocaust survivors to tell their stories, Elie Wiesel replied, “Maybe you are the only hope I have – make it come true.”

Polish-born Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack shows his prisoner number tattooed on his arm during a news conference at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem June 15, 2009.

Mossad chief Barnea: Iran mission incomplete until it results in regime change

This was the first time that the Mossad chief publicly addressed his role and views about regime change in Iran.

Head of Mossad David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23, 2025.

Two Holocaust remembrance days: Why Israel’s is different - opinion

For the Jewish people, the Holocaust was a definitive warning against complacency.

A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Is the US failing the Bonhoeffer Test this Holocaust Remembrance Day? - opinion

Bonhoeffer railed against Christians who neither steal, nor murder, nor commit violence themselves, but who “close their eyes and ears to the injustice around them.”

Nazi rally (Illustrative).

Memory depends on truth: Why post-truth culture endangers Holocaust remembrance - opinion

Why we must defend truth if we want to preserve the memory of the Holocaust.

Entrance to Auschwitz I, the main concentration camp, Poland, 1940-1945.

Thousands gather in Krakow to honor Holocaust survivors at March of the Living

Thousands gathered in Krakow for the March of the Living, honoring Holocaust survivors and teaching the lessons of resilience and resistance to hatred.

IDF officers take part in the annual international March of the Living through the grounds of the former Auschwitz death camp, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 14, 2026

WATCH: Knesset holds annual ‘Every Person Has a Name’ ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other dignitaries read the names of family members they lost in the Holocaust during the Knesset ceremony.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana lights memorial candles on Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Knesset entrance, Tuesday April, 14, 2026.