Holocaust Memorial Day

One million shekel aid package awarded to Holocaust survivors

Knesset Committee transfers 2015 budget surplus to survivors on eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Study: 45,000 Holocaust survivors live in poverty in Israel

Grim statistics also reveal 50% suffer from bad health, loneliness. Former MK: Government must make a master plan.

Peres: My grandfather's will to me was simply 'Be a Jew'

Former President talks about his grandfather, who was murdered in the Holocaust. 'Hitler murdered us because of Mount Sinai.'

There was nothing Zionist about Hitler’s plans for the Jews

Nuremberg lessons: Stand up to hate, and remember hate's victims

Op-ed: Holocaust Memorial Day falls 80 years after Nuremberg Race Laws, 70 years after Nuremberg Trials. What have we learned?

50 Holocaust survivors have a delayed Bar Mitzvah

In a moving ceremony at the Kotel, 50 survivors denied their Bar or Bat Mitzvah by Nazis finally get the opportunity to do so.

Six great men and women: Holocaust ceremony honorees named

Holocaust survivors with amazing stories chosen to light candles for Yom Hashoah.

Book Review: The Long Night, a journey through the Holocaust

Zoabi refuses to participate in Holocaust Memorial Day rally

Arab MK claims Holocaust education has provided the justification for 'injustices' against Palestinians, and Israel is 1930s Germany.

Palestinian Arabs are willing executioners

WWII veteran: ‘No cure for anti-Semite, he is born with it’

Jewish World War II veterans receive homage during International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony.

The Pope and Islam on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Edelstein shames world leaders for Rouhani visit

Knesset Speaker: 'Leaders should be ashamed for having Holocaust denying Iranian President visit on Holocaust Memorial Day.'

EU's Mogherini: Holocaust left a scar on 'civilized' Europe

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini warns European anti-Semitism is alive and well on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Eichmann's unpublished request for pardon

Eichmann pleaded to Israel for clemency 2 days before he was executed, said he 'does not feel guilty.'

For the name and the place: Reflecting the Holocaust

Italian paper distributes kippot in protest over anti-Semitism

To protest anti-Semitism on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Il Foglio's Wednesday edition will include a small white kippah.

Time for Reflection

Israel has two occasions each year to inspect and improve.

German Minister Warns Against Xenophobia, 70 Years After Nazis

FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier asks Germans whether recent spate of attacks marks the rise of anti-Semitism at Holocaust remembrance ceremony.

PA: Only 1-2 Million Jews Died During the Holocaust

PA celebrates Holocaust Remembrance Day by claiming that Zionists orchestrated their own genocide to gain international sympathy.

Parents, Groups Support Teacher Who 'Made' Kids Wear Yellow Star

Parents expressed support for a teacher who had her kindergarten students wear a yellow star on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.

Why Are All FBI Agents Required to Visit the Holocaust Museum?

FBI Director reveals his policy, meant to teach the 'most frightening lesson of all' - not the Holocaust's inhumanity, but it's humanity.

Watch: 'Israel Will Not Rest in the Face of Auschwitz'

Rivlin sends message to March of the Living, noting Holocaust survivors are passing to the next generation 'the torch of life, and belief.'

The Holocaust Averted: a Bittersweet Scenario

What if the Nazis had failed with Czechoslovakia? Expert says American Jews and Israel would not have been the same.

Auschwitz, 'The Center of All Evil'

Visitors on March of the Living learn about 'the biggest killing of humanity that ever happened,' and learn 'nothing prepares you.'

As Holocaust Siren Blared, Arab Bus Driver Refused to Stop

Passengers complain against the driver, who played Arabic music during Holocaust Remembrance Day siren.

Watch: Survivor Activates Memorial Siren Nationwide

Yuli Zalmanovich, 86, clicked the mouse to set off the Holocaust Remembrance Day siren at a Home Front Command base.

Watch: 'The Nazis Declared War Against Jews and Judaism'

Video of March of the Living ceremony that took place at the ruins of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland.

Obama Says 'Never Again' to the Holocaust

Obama releases statement remembering '6 million Jews, millions of other victims,' urging to fight anti-Semitism and bigotry in all forms.

Ceremonies Held for Survivors at 57 Jewish Agency Facilities

Staff members help more than 6,000 Holocaust survivors live their lives in dignity, preserve personal stories.

Netanyahu Recounts His Personal Connection to the Holocaust

PM tells Knesset about his father-in-law Shmuel Ben-Artzi, famous Hebrew writer who made it to Israel but lost so many of his relatives.

Arutz Sheva Interview

Not 'Sheep to the Slaughter': The Jewish Heroes of the Holocaust

Narrative of submissive Jewish victims of Nazi Germany challenged at event remembering the many acts of Jewish heroism during the Holocaust.

Still Boycotting Germany, Beitar Remembers Victims

Members of the Beitar youth movement conducted their annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony outside the German Embassy.

Hundreds Attend Funeral of 'Anonymous' Holocaust Survivor

Over 500 people attended the funeral of a Holocaust survivor whom they did not know Thursday morning, after an alert on Facebook.

Gantz: 'Mutual Respect' the Key to Our Survival

Some 2,000 people gathered to participate in a Holocaust Memorial ceremony with outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz.

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Remembering the Jews Who Fought Back

Minute of silence held around the country as unique commemoration of Jewish heroes who saved their brethren gets underway outside Jerusalem.

Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Sara Weinstein

The story of Sara Weinstein, one of the six torch lighters in the opening ceremony of this year's Yom Hashoah.

Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Ephraim Reichenberg

The story of Ephraim Reichenberg, one of the six torch lighters in the opening ceremony of this year's Yom Hashoah.

Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Dov Shimoni

The story of Dov Shimoni, one of the six torch lighters in the opening ceremony of this year's Yom Hashoah.

Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Eggi Lewysohn

The story of Eggi Lewysohn, one of the six torch lighters in the opening ceremony of this year's Yom Hashoah.

Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Avraham Harshalom

The story of Avraham Harshalom, one of the six torch lighters in the opening ceremony of this year's Yom Hashoah.

History is not a Strong Point with the Young in America

Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Shela Altaraz

The story of Shela Altaraz, one of the six torch lighters in the opening ceremony of this year's Yom Hashoah.

Survivor to Netanyahu: You Can Prevent a Second Holocaust

Netanyahu meets 85-year old Holocaust survivor Avraham Niederhoper on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Ya'alon: Seventy Years Later, We Now Face Iran

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks on Holocaust Memorial Day on the Holocaust, the State of Israel - and how Iran are the new Nazis.

A Survivor Recounts: Defying Death in the Holocaust for a Sister

Suzanna Braun was told to save her little sister as she was herded away to the gas chambers - and she did at all costs.

MK Regev: 70 Years Later, and the Same Old Hate

70 years later, the world still hasn't learned the lesson of where unbridled hatred of Jews can lead it, wrote MK Miri Regev.

'The World Has Not Learned the Lessons of the Holocaust'

PM Binyamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin speak at annual Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony - and connect past, present, and future.

EU: 'Never Forget, Never Again'

The European Union said that 'it joins people in Israel commemorating today the victims of the Shoah and the heroes of resistance.'

'Living behind barbed wire'

Damning Report Reveals Spike in Violent Anti-Semitism in Europe

European city streets 'have become hunting grounds for Jews,' new report finds. Explosion of violent incidents of Jew hatred exposed.

Why Do Holocaust Ceremonies Ignore Jewish Rescuers?

Holocaust ceremonies tend to highlight non-Jewish heroes far more often than Jewish ones, says one event organizer.

The Difficulty of Choosing Whom to Honor at Holocaust Events

Alan Schneider: It is emotionally tough to decide which stories should get the spotlight on Holocaust Memorial Day.

Special Holocaust Memorial Event: Rabbi and Partisan Warrior

Ceremony honoring Jews who rescued other Jews will award the daring efforts of Rabbi Pessach, who saved his community in Greece.

Meet the 1.5 Million Jewish Children Murdered by the Nazis

Yad Vashem opens new exhibit ahead of Holocaust memorial day, exploring the Jewish children who grew up in horrors of the Holocaust.

Outrage After Holocaust Memorial Rejected as 'Colonialist'

A former National Union of Students President has condemned Goldsmith University's rejection of a motion to commemorate the Holocaust.

Can Holocaust Remembrance be Termed Colonialist?

Neo-Nazis Honor Ukrainian SS on Holocaust Memorial Day

March for the Waffen, 14th volunteer division of the SS, irks local authorities. Is Neo-Nazism in Ukraine becoming endemic?

Dutch Memorial Day to Feature Muslim 'Shadow Holocaust' Event

Muslims stage 'Shadow Holocaust' event on 'Palestinian ethnic cleansing' for Dutch Holocaust Memorial Day, infuriates Jewish leaders.

Fifth 'Yom HaShoah' Rally Outside Iran's UN Mission

Grassroots organizations call to 'combine action with prayer and memorial', say remembering is not enough.

Two Brave Great-Grandmothers Link Polish Man to Jewish Past

Tomoho Umeda's great-grandmothers were a Jew and a righteous Gentile - and he tells Arutz Sheva his story in a special interview.