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Holocaust memorial ceremony held at Yad Vashem

National wreath-laying ceremony honoring Holocaust martyrs and heroes kicks off at Yad Vashem.

President Herzog:

Echoes of the past, demands of the present: a call to reunite

President Herzog, in his address at the Holocaust Memorial Day Opening Ceremony at Yad Vashem, warned against polarization and invoked the resilience of survivors.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day Opening Ceremony at Yad Vashem

Israel marks 80 years since the end of the Holocaust.

Yad Vashem

Attempt to rehabilitate Herberts Cukurs distorts, ignores history

Yad Vashem condemns Latvia for closing probe against Nazi collaborator Herberts Cukurs.

Chief of Staff at Yad Vashem:

'The IDF is the answer to the Holocaust'

Members of the General Staff Forum held a seminar at Yad Vashem and Jerusalem in preparation for Holocaust Remembrance Day.

They defeated Hitler:

The survivors participating in the Remembrance Day ceremony

Holocaust Remembrance Day will open with a torch lighting ceremony on Wednesday evening in Jerusalem.

Israel assumes presidency of IHRA

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan will serve as Chair of the IHRA during Israel's presidency, which runs through February 2026.

'Yad Vashem Way' inaugurated in New York

"Yad Vashem Way" named at 67th Street and 3rd Avenue, in a move marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

New in NY: Yad Vashem Way

Unique Yad Vashem exhibit and street naming highlight NYC’s commitment to remember the Holocaust.

Bank apologizes for 'debanking' Yad Vashem UK

NatWest Bank blames 'administrative error' for decision to close bank account of Israel's national Holocaust museum, reverses decision after outcry from British Jewish organizations.

Yad Vashem Zoom Tisha B'Av symposium disrupted by ISIS hacker

A Yad Vashem online Zoom seminar, marking the solemn Fast of the 9th of Av (Tisha B'Av), was interrupted by someone claiming to be ISIS.

New British Foreign Secretary visits Yad Vashem

Secretary David Lammy says, 'One of the lessons of the Holocaust is the imperative to combat and defeat with all the strength the prevalent calls for the annihilation and elimination of the Jewish state.'

Survivor in the IDF

'I saluted the flag, as the Holocaust flashed before my eyes'

Izi (Itzhak) Kabilio, who lit one of the torches at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem tells his story.

Holocaust survivor:

'Everything amazing became terribly sad'

Pnina Hefer was one of six survivors to light a torch at the State Ceremony opening Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem.

Libyan Holocaust survivor:

'I try to live an active life that's my victory over the Nazis'

Allegra Gutta, who lit a torch at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem, was deported with her family by the Italians from Benghazi to the Giado concentration camp.

Arie remembers:

'When US soldiers liberated the camp, I was too weak to stand up'

Italian Holocaust survivor Arie Eitani, one of the torchlighters at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem, tells his story.

Holocaust survivor recounts:

'We heard the Germans' boots, we laid down and were quiet'

Raisa Brodsky was one of six survivors to light a torch at the State Ceremony opening Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem.

'Try to remain good Jews'

Holocaust survivor remembers father's last words

Michael Bar-On, who lit one of the torches at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem tells his story.

Yad Vashem Chairman

From Auschwitz and Berlin to Be'eri and Columbia University

Dani Dayan speaks about the Hamas massacre, the Holocaust, the similarities and differences between the two, and antisemitism today around the world.

President Herzog:

'Oct. 7 was not the Holocaust because today we have the IDF'

Israeli President addresses start of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, says Hams terrorists sought to emulate the horrors inflicted by the Nazis.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 Opening Ceremony at Yad Vashem

First Holocaust Remembrance Day since the Hamas massacre of October 7 begins, with theme, 'A Lost World: The Destruction of Jewish Communities.'

Yad Vashem condemns covering of London Holocaust memorial

Israel's national Holocaust memorial warns 'root problems of antisemitism' must be confronted after Holocaust memorial covered during anti-Israel march.

President of Austrian Parliament to Visit Yad Vashem

Wolfgang Sobotka, top Austrian official, to visit Yad Vashem, view Holocaust archives, weeks after reports of skyrocketing antisemitism in his home country.

Yad Vashem denounces Tennessee Neo-Nazi rally

The organization called for a nationalized standard of Holocaust education and an unequivocal message against antisemitism.

Argentinian Pres. at Yad Vashem:

'It is here that we see the greatness of a people'

President of Argentina Javier Milei visited Yad Vashem where he participated in a solemn memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance and signed the Yad Vashem guestbook outside the Hall of Remembrance.

The uphill battle

Yad Vashem has an uphill battle, in its chairman's words, to fight antisemitism. But it should have begun the climb 30 years ago. Op-ed.

Yad Vashem Chairman:

'Antisemitism on campus is a terminal cancer for universities'

Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem, tells Arutz Sheva that growing antisemitism on campus is destroying US universities.

Yad Vashem Chairman:

'Any university that can excuse calls for genocide is doomed'

Yad Vashem condemned the unwillingness of US university presidents to say that calls for genocide of Jews were against policy.

Evacuated children attending school at Holocaust memorial museum

Yad Vashem has turned itself into a school for children whose communities were attacked on Oct. 7.

'UN chief failed the test'

Yad Vashem blasts UN chief's statements on Hamas war

'Slaughter of Jews by Hamas on October 7th was genocidal in its intents and immeasurably brutal in its form,' Yad Vashem's Dani Dayan says.

120 Holocaust scholars come out in support of Yad Vahem chairman

Leading Holocaust researchers from around the world publish letter in support of Dani Dayan amidst reports of his replacement.

State Dep't envoy speaks out against replacing Yad Vashem chief

US Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues praises Yad Vashem's director Dani Dayan, emphasizes importance of maintaining its independence.

Righting a wrong at Yad Vashem

Perhaps if there is a new head of Yad Vashem, they will correct the historic wrong the current head refused to right. Op-ed.

Report:

Education Minister seeks to fire Yad Vashem chairman

Minister Yoav Kisch reportedly seeks to replace Dani Dayan with a Likud-affiliated chairman.

IHF delegation connected to heritage and history at the Yad Vashem museum

More than 30 individuals from the Israel Heritage Foundation visited the Yad Vashem museum to learn the nation's history.

EU to co-finance new section of Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum

The section will focus on educating visitors about Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust.

Bulgaria ambassador condemned for skipping Holocaust conference

Rumiana Bachvarova, Bulgaria’s ambassador to Israel, skips Holocaust history conference hosted by Yad Vashem.

300 academics condemn Polish attack on Holocaust historian

Yad Vashem joins academics, institutions in condemning Polish government's attacks on Barbara Engelking for saying Poles "failed" Jews.

Holocaust survivor:

Ephraim Mol, 85, dies after collapsing before memorial ceremony

Rabbi Ephraim Mol was slated to recite a prayer at Yad Vashem's Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony - but collapsed before he could do so.

IDF:

Jewish Heroism in mark of 80 years since Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Chief of Staff: "The Holocaust was an attempt to dismantle and destroy our spirit by erasing our identity as a nation and later our bodies."

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Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony at Yad Vashem

President Herzog, Prime Minister Netanyahu to address opening ceremony commemorating 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Holocaust Remembrance Day:

The survival stories of this year's torch lighters

Each survivor had a unique experience during the harrowing period; these are their stories. The ceremony will be held on Monday at 8:00 PM.

Yad Vashem:

'Israel-Poland agreement does not limit freedom of speech'

Israel's Holocaust museum responds to agreement to resume Israeli youth delegations to Poland.

Carnegie Hall to pay tribute to Japanese diplomat who saved Jews

Performance of Yad Vashem commissioned 'Vessels of Light' symphony will commemorate diplomat who helped Jews flee Nazi occupied Europe.

YU, Yad Vashem partner to combat antisemitism through education

Yeshiva University and Yad Vashem announce 'groundbreaking partnership' to combat rising antisemitism.

Holocaust ‘Book of Names’ to be unveiled at the UN

Book of Names, with the names of 4.8 million Holocaust victims, to be inaugurated at UN, underscoring individual identities of the victims

Op-ed:

Is something rotten at Yad Vashem?

Once again, Yad Vashem is embroiled in deep controversy this time regarding the choice of an anti-Zionist for a senior post. Op-ed.

Yad Vashem chairman:

'Abbas' despicable words in Berlin are appalling'

Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan calls on German government to respond to PA chairman's accusation that Israel committed "holocausts".

NCAA Auburn Tigers visit Yad Vashem

Auburn Tigers visits Yad Vashem, Jerusalem's Holocaust museum, as part of 'Birthright for College Basketball' trip with coach Bruce Pearl.

Greek Navy commander visits Israel. Yad Vashem

Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff, VADM Stylianos Petrakis visits Haifa naval base, discusses cooperation between navies.

During Yad Vashem visit:

Biden got down on his knees in front of two Holocaust survivors

Biden after meeting two survivors at Yad Vashem: I vow to continue to fight the poison of antisemitism.

Watch: US President Biden Visits Yad Vashem

PM Lapid and President Herzog accompany US President to Israel's main Holocaust museum.

Biden to meet Holocaust survivors during Jerusalem visit

President Joe Biden slated to visit Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, meet with two survivors.

Pope hosts Yad Vashem director at Vatican

In a first, the Pope hosts director of Israel's Holocaust museum - but doesn't discuss Catholic Church’s Holocaust controversies.

Belarussian Couple Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations

Kondratiy and Anna Lakotko, who risked their lives to save 6 Jews during WWII, to be posthumously recognized by Yad Vashem tomorrow.

Yad Vashem chairman:

'Not every war crime is genocide'

Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan explains at Jerusalem Conference led by Arutz Sheva why he declined a meeting with Ukraine's President.

Skyscraper in the middle of Jerusalem? Residents say 'Never'

Most locals vehemently oppose a high-rise glamour building slated to go up next door to Yad Vashem.

Ecuador President arrives in Israel, will visit Yad Vashem

President Isaac Herzog welcomes President Guillermo Lasso of the Republic of Ecuador on historic state visit in Israel.

JCNY 2022:

Placing Holocaust legacy at forefront of international agendas

JCNY2022 will feature Yad Vashem Chairman. "Despite its growing distance, the Holocaust legacy is relevant more than ever to the world"

Yad Vashem: Lavrov's remarks are 'absurd, delusional, dangerous'

Yad Vashem responds to Russian FM Lavrov's remarks about Ukraine and the Nazis.