Holocaust survivors

Police investigating threats against prominent Munich Holocaust survivor and AfD opponent

A witness found graffiti scrawled in white ink on a park bench and a trash bin in Munich’s English Garden park, threatening the life of 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch.

Charlotte Knobloch, president of the Jewish Community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, speaks during the christening of the new electric motorboat "Gmund." Sept. 1, 2026.
Franny Weiss with Holocaust survivor Adelle.

Beyond the Headlines: 'But I already heard the shofar at Selichot' - opinion

Yehuda Widawski.

Yehuda Widawski, Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 107 on Rosh Hashanah

MORTON AND Carole Pancer outside their daughter Jessica Gertel’s home in Gush Etzion, days after beginning their new life in Israel. Morton, a Holocaust survivor, says Israel is ‘the land that we all belong to.’

‘It’s time to go home’: After 57 years in America, a Holocaust survivor comes home to Israel


'I am appalled': Holocaust survivor raises alarm over far-right AfD victory in Germany

The Alternative for Germany party's victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday has left a far-right party within reach of power in a German state for the first time since World War II.

Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Ulrich Siegmund attends the AfD election party after polls closed in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections and exit polls were announced, in Magdeburg, Germany, September 6, 2026.

'Never let hatred define you – be proud of who you are'

Amid Rising campus antisemitism, 98-year-old Holocaust survivor sends message to Jewish students worldwide

Holocaust Survivor Nate Leipciger on the 2025 March of the Living

Holocaust survivor rescued by Chief Rabbi Herzog reunites with his grandson, President Herzog

David Danieli survived the Holocaust, was rescued by Rabbi Isaac Herzog’s committee, and later immigrated to Israel. Eighty years after the rescue train departed Poland, he met Herzog’s grandson.

David Danieli with President Herzog

‘Lowest of lows’: US Holocaust survivors targeted in fake restitution scam

New York regulators warned of a scam by an entity calling itself the “Jewish Holocaust Claims Center,” which solicits compensation claims and is under investigation.

New York State Capitol in Albany, New York

The champions we never knew

As we mark the 90th anniversary of the Berlin Olympics where Jesse Owens defied the Nazis' supremacist ideology, remembering all those who never had the chance to compete may be the greatest victory

Old officially released printed photo of the 1936 Olympic Games with US athletes Jesse Owens and Helen Stephens.

No politics. No divisions. Just Am Yisrael Chai

Colel Chabad planning to invest $18 million this High Holiday season

Rabbi Efraim Dochman of Colel Chabad embraces an IDF soldier during a visit to support troops serving on the front lines.

Grieving for the land Down Under - opinion

During the Royal Commission, Jews have shared disturbing reports of Nazi salutes in classrooms, workplace bullying, and children being taunted with offensive slurs.

At the MCG, the writer's sister and nephew watch a game of footy.

Sally Reidman came to Israel with a massage table - and built a healthcare empire

Born in Pennsylvania in 1949 to Holocaust survivors, Sally grew up with her mother in California and studied psychology at California State University.

Sally Reidman.

Maccabiah 2026: Where Jews from all over the world kvell with pride - opinion

People from more than 40 countries flew thousands of miles across continents to be in Israel, at a time when this can’t be taken for granted.

The Maccabiah Games are back.

Herzog warns of 'alarming' surge of antisemitism at Romanian pogrom memorial ceremony

In his speech, Herzog made a connection between the antisemitism of the Holocaust era and the antisemitism Jews experience in the present day.

In his speech, Herzog made a connection between the antisemitism of the Holocaust era and the antisemitism Jews experience in the present day.