Holocaust survivors

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
New York State Capitol in Albany, New York

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

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

The champions we never knew

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

No politics. No divisions. Just Am Yisrael Chai


Lighting the torch: The survivors at the heart of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony

HOLOCAUST AFFAIRS: This year, eight survivors will take part in key roles in the state ceremony on Monday evening at 8 p.m.

THIS YEAR’S eight survivors carry within them an enormous sweep of Jewish history: ghettos, pits, forests, camps, cattle cars, shootings, hiding places, and then, after all that, lives rebuilt in Israel. Here, President Isaac Herzog stands beside the memorial torch at Yad Vashem.

Writing through war: Helping Israelis process trauma across generations - opinion

Over the past two and a half years, I’ve often turned to my pen. While so much has been rattled and shaken - writing became my way to make sense of it all, and a source of comfort.

AT ZEIDA’S last liberation dinner in Melbourne, Australia, 2015

Letters of love and survival: A Holocaust love story preserved at Yad Vashem

A young Orthodox couple in Hungary exchanged messages that sustained them through forced labor, ghettos, brazen escapes, and months in hiding.

(L-R): MEIR HIRSCHFELD, 1936. IDIT PAPA, 1942

Why I declined Megyn Kelly’s invitation - opinion

The sad reality is that the fastest way to capture attention is outrage. The louder the claim, the faster it spreads.

Megyn Kelly speaks during a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, November 4, 2024.

WATCH: 105-year-old Holocaust survivor celebrates birthday in bomb shelter during sirens

Approximately 196,000 Holocaust survivors are alive globally, with half of those living in Israel.

105-year-old Holocaust survivor Miriam celebrates her birthday with singer Regev Hot in a bomb shelter in Haifa in March 2026.

Holocaust survivor, descendants urge High Court to allow Gaza children medical access

Letter read by The Jerusalem Post invokes Holocaust-era rescue precedent to argue for “children’s exception” in wartime policy.

 Children look out of a building as Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages, including those held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, February 22, 2025.

Grapevine: Sheltering routine

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Children play in a Jerusalem shelter

Pack a Seder: How one box is reaching Israel's most isolated survivors

“These are Holocaust survivors, elderly that we are in touch with throughout the year, all the time,” Zalman Duchman said.

"The fact that you thought to come, took time out of your schedule, to come to their home - the light that it brings is rewarding beyond description."

White House showcases letters from each state praising Trump administration

The letters, allegedly from real Americans, are written from a variety of perspectives, including soldiers, veterans, and young children. All are exuberant in praising Trump's time in office.

US President Donald Trump holds a note that was handed to him by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a roundtable on Antifa, an anti-fascist movement Trump designated a domestic "terrorist organization" via executive order on September 22, at the White House in Washington, October 8, 2025.

96-year-old Holocaust survivor completes Aliyah in Tel Aviv

Charlotte Roth makes Aliyah, surrounded by five generations of descendants

96-year-old Holocaust survivor Charlotte Roth formally completed her Aliyah