Yad Vashem

A dirge without end: March of the Living ceremony presents Jewish life, honors Holocaust survivors

Survivor of the Hamas October 7 terror attack Agam Berger played a violin donated to Yad Vashem by Israeli relatives of a Holocaust survivor.

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Agam Berger at March of the Living ceremony 2026.
RENEE ALBERSHEIM was murdered during the Holocaust. A Jewish couple in Florida has said the Mourner's Kaddish for her daily for years.

Florida Jewish community says kaddish for children killed in Holocaust

The Conservative synagogue calls the program "Remember a Child," and at least a third of the members in the 150-family congregation participate.

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

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.

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Rabbi Jacobson stands next to the monument in Trondheim, 1947.

How a Norwegian pastor helped Jews pray in secret during the Holocaust

A remarkable bond between a pastor and the rabbi of the Jewish community of Trondheim helped Jews through the

|ByYOAV ETIEL

Grapevine March 31, 2024: An emotional visit

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

MARCH 31, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
YEHUDIT RAVITZ performs at the jubilee ceremony of the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization, in 2000, in Tel Aviv.

Handmade Purim noisemaker from Holocaust transit camp donated to Yad Vashem

The grogger belonged to the late Marcel Micenmacher, who survived the Holocaust with few other objects to serve as mementos from his parents, who were murdered at Auschwitz in 1942. 

MARCH 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Purim noisemaker, handmade by Kelman Micenmacher for his son Marcel in Nazi-occupied France in 1941. The grogger is now in the collection of Yad Vashem.

Grapevine March 14, 2024: All at sea

Movers and shakers of Israeli society.

MARCH 15, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
RA'ANANA MAYOR Chaim Broyde with Mindy Ajzner.

The Holocaust museum in the Netherlands was desperately needed - opinion

Today, amid the passage of time, we are once again witness to an all too familiar and worrying trend of antisemitism and ignorance.

MARCH 12, 2024ByDANI DAYAN
THE WRITER (left) meets with King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and President Isaac Herzog at the opening of the new Dutch National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam.

Russia spreads claims Yad Vashem hides Ukraine Nazi collaboration

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova shared on her Telegram channel claims by a Russian language Youtube channel that Yad Vashem had been hiding material on the Holocaust in Ukraine.

MARCH 4, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova speaks during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 15, 2022.

Yad Vashem marks over 100 days of hostages held in Gaza

As Israel marked 100 days since the Hamas attack on October 7, Yad Vashem held a special event to mark the onslaught and show support for the abductees. 

FEBRUARY 4, 2024ByMARC NEUGROSCHEL
NAAMA EGOZI (L), head of Yad Vashem’s teacher training division, interviews Liat Beinin Atzili of Kibbutz Nir Oz, who shared some of her experiences in captivity.

Jerusalem highlights January 26-February 1

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

JANUARY 27, 2024ByHAGAY HACOHEN
CELLIST JULIAN STECKEL.

Yad Vashem chairman speaks out against genocidal calls on college campuses

The statement specifically criticizes the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and UPenn for their alarming indifference.

DECEMBER 6, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan speaking at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on June 5, 2023.

Most troubling manifestation of current antisemitism is its 'academization' - Yad Vashem Chairman

Speaking at the Jerusalem Post conference 'The Second Front,' Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem, expressed concern about what is happening on college campuses.

DECEMBER 5, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan

WATCH: The Second Front conference on antisemitism

Broadcast event: The battle for Israel and the Jewish people

NOVEMBER 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Second Front - A Jerusalem Post event.