Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust education, remembrance is our responsibility - opinion

Remembrance is not a moment of silence or a ceremony once a year: It is an active responsibility.

|ByALYSSA ANNIS
Auschwitz Survivor, Gregorz Tomaszewski, age 83 holds a book with photos of him when he was a child as he speaks during a meeting with the press at the International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust on January 26, 2023 in Oswiecim, Poland.
As International Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches we ask whether the lessons of the past have taught us anything?

‘Never again’ is a moral test, not a ceremony: Why are Jews still attacked worldwide? - opinion

On Tuesday, the UN hosts an International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony but hasn’t learned the lessons of the past

|ByDANNY DANON
A person holds a placard during a demonstration against antisemitism, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Brussels, Belgium December 10, 2023.

Over 800 severe antisemitic incidents reported in 2025, 21 Jews murdered, Diaspora Ministry reveals

Most incidents were recorded in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and Canada, the ministry found.

|BySHIR PERETS
The main entrance to the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II.

Holocaust education: Why telling Lithuania’s Jewish story matters more than ever - opinion

The Lost Shtetl Museum in Lithuania is significant because it reflects international cooperation and interest.

|ByJONAS HERAKLIS DOVYDAITIS

Entering the Jewish season of modern remembrance - opinion

Jews need to think about memory. We Jews need to remember. The expression borne out of the Holocaust commands us so: Zachor – Remember.

APRIL 21, 2025ByMICAH HALPERN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses a state ceremony at Yad Vashem marking Holocaust Remembrance Day last year.

Grapevine April 20, 2025: Historic March of the Living

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 19, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
NOTES ARE seen placed on the train tracks leading to the Auschwitz- Birkenau camp site in Poland as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Jerusalem Highlights: April 18-24

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

APRIL 18, 2025ByHAGAY HACOHEN
The music of Jemaa El Fna.

Grapevine March 28, 2025: Israel’s biggest battle

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 28, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
(L-R) DANNY YATOM, Eli Papouchado, and Avigdor Kahalani.

Argentina's president to declassify Nazi files, expose how war criminals fled to Argentina

The newly released archives could provide deeper insight into the extent of local support that enabled arrival of the fleeing Nazis.

MARCH 25, 2025ByJUDE TARAGIN
Adolf Eichmann on trial in Jerusalem 521

Google Calendar no longer shows Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month

Companies across the US have rolled back a range of diversity, equity, and inclusion measures following the Trump administration’s directives against DEI.

FEBRUARY 12, 2025ByBEN SALES/JTA
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2025.

Other cities should follow New York's example and establish Yad Vashem Way - opinion

Initiatives like NYC's Yad Vashem Way remind us that not only must we commemorate Holocaust victims but also actively combat the antisemitism and hatred that continue to permeate today's society.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByDANI DAYAN
'THIS PAST week's co-naming of a street in New York City as Yad Vashem Way is a significant turn in events; in a city that never sleeps, this street sign stands high as a beacon of remembrance and a call to action for all humanity,' the writer states.

Ireland must reevaluate its approach to Israel and Jews - opinion

While much of the world united to defeat the genocidal Nazi regime, Ireland remained officially neutral, a stance that some argue was tantamount to moral abdication.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
IRISH PRESIDENT Michael D. Higgins delivers the keynote address at an International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Dublin on Sunday. In recent years, Ireland has emerged as one of the most aggressively anti-Israel countries in the world, the writer argues.

Rabbi Lau moved the audience at the European Commission’s Holocaust Memorial Ceremony

JANUARY 31, 2025ByMARK FISH

We need to take responsibility for Holocaust survivors before it's too late - opinion

Holocaust survivors in Israel face financial hardship and loneliness. Beyond remembrance, urgent action is needed to ensure their final years are lived with dignity, security, and support.

JANUARY 30, 2025ByINBAL COHEN-TUVAL
The site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau