International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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October 7th is not Holocaust Remembrance Day!

Intl. Holocaust Day at the UN:

"We are Still Here" event against Antisemitism

A special event took place last week at the United Nations along with the inauguration of a special exhibition

Holocaust survivor to Sky News:

'We see it could happen again - because it did'

Since October 7th, 100-year-old Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert has been subjected to death and rape threats. Her great-grandson warns that antisemitism 'did not die with the liberation of Auschwitz.'

Who needs Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2024?

In a special editorial in Time, Rabbi Moshe Hauer discusses the feelings of his mother, a Holocaust survivor, amid the current situation in Israel and around the world. Op-Ed.

Biden:

'Push back against attempts to minimize October 7'

US President issues statement ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day: The alarming rise of despicable antisemitism at home and abroad is unacceptable.

Ambassador Erdan:

'The UN is weaponized to physically exterminate us'

Israel’s UN Ambassador rips the UN's anti-Israel bias: The ICJ proved to the world that the lessons of the Holocaust were not learned.

What Jews must remember on Int'l Holocaust Day

Can the Holocaust happen again? My answer is a definite yes.

Diaspora Minister to Arutz Sheva:

'In the summer of 1944 no one came to help'

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli denounces online anti-Zionism during his trip to Auschwitz with Elon Musk and senior European politicians.

EU mission hosts man who survived Holocaust and 10/7

EU Ambassador Dimiter Tzantchev opens “Humans of the Holocaust” photo exhibition by Erez Kaganovitz, honors Haim Raanan, who survived Budapest Ghetto during the Shoah and co-founded Kibbutz Be’eri.

Jewish staff boycotts Virginia university's Holocaust day event

Alleging exclusion, Jewish faculty boycott James Madison University’s Holocaust commemoration event

Pasadena, California:

Dozens of antisemitic flyers found on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Residents describe long stretch of residential street covered in antisemitic flyers attributed to notorious hate group.

Zelenskyy on Holocaust Day: Indifference kills

Ukrainian President: The more nations of the world overcome indifference, the less space there will be in the world for hatred.

US Second Gentleman:

'I feel a deep connection to those who perished in Auschwitz'

Doug Emhoff says his visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau is an important part of his work combating antisemitism.

Netanyahu:

'As premier, I vow that we won't let another Holocaust happen'

Israeli Prime Minister alludes to Iran in his International Holocaust Remembrance Day message, vows to prevent another Holocaust.

Ukraine War

'We saved Jews in WW2, today the Jewish community saves us'

Kyiv Jewish community marks Intl. Holocaust Remembrance Day amidst explosions and Russian attacks,

New report:

Advances in Holocaust education in the Arab world

Nonetheless, "Jewish moral compass should not be limited to this issue alone," says Prof. Shavit.

Holocaust Remembrance Day:

'No more means we are able to live as Jews and not just not die'

Rabbi Avichai Apel, German Rabbinic Organization chair and European Rabbinical Conference Vice Pres. addresses European Commission.

Herzog to address EU Parliament on Intl. Holocaust Rem. Day

Israeli President to depart for Belgium tomorrow, meet with King before delivering keynote address to EU Parliament.

European leaders declare war on antisemitic fake news

On eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, over 100 European lawmakers, diplomats, and Jewish community leaders gather in Prague.

Jewish Federations offer $5.4m for Holocaust survivor care

Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Federations allocate $5.4M in grants for survivor care.

Top Israeli officials mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

PM Bennett, Pres. Herzog, and their wives mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, laying wreaths at official ceremony and lighting memorial candles.

Pres. Herzog

'Obligations to Holocaust survivors grow as numbers diminish'

'Casting doubt on Israel's right to exist is pure antisemitism, which must be uprooted,' Israel's Pres. Herzog says.

Tel Aviv hosts Holocaust memorial ceremony with German state

Joint online event will feature German officials, testimony from Holocaust survivor.

New initiative aims to create worldwide Holocaust remembrance

'Generations Light the Way' initiative hopes to create commonly-accepted Jewish custom for Holocaust remembrance.

Arab-Israeli delegation to hold memorial ceremony at Auschwitz

Delegation of Israeli Arabs leaves for Poland, where participants will learn about the Holocaust and hold a memorial ceremony at Auschwitz.

Arabs marking Holocaust Remembrance Day?

Around 150 Arabs from across the Arab world participated in unique online event.

US Ambassador to the UN:

'Anti-Semitism is on the rise and we must act to root it out'

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: We have more work to do.

10 US states recognize IHRA definition of antisemitism

10 states acknowledge International Holocaust Remembrance Day by officially recognizing IHRA working definition of antisemitism.

Biden:

'We must speak out against resurgence of antisemitism'

US President on International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Ensure that bigotry and hate receive no safe harbor.

Amb. Herzog: Don't assume Holocaust can't happen again

Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog gives first interview since taking office on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Never forget the lessons learned from the Wannsee Conference

In just 90 minutes, the plans for the Holocaust were set in motion. Op-Ed.

Amb. Erdan:

'Never again is not just a phrase, it is a vow to take action'

Israel's UN Ambassador calls on United Nations to do more to fight anti-Semitism.

US Amb: Are we closer to world which understands the Holocaust?

US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides delivers speech to diplomatic ZOOM forum on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

A story for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The dough that did not rise in the ghetto and other lessons.

Bennett on Holocaust Rem. Day: Indifference is silent acceptance

PM delivers speech on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. 'We Jews made the world safer for ourselves.'

Austrian Chancellor apologizes for Holocaust crimes

Yair Lapid marks International Holocaust Day at Mauthausen concentration camp, where his grandfather was murdered.

President Herzog:

''77 years later and the shock of Auschwitz has worn off'

Israel's president warns against 'normalization' of anti-Semitic terminology, spread of radicalism and historical revisionism.

ANALYSIS:

Holocaust commemoration and the staggering rise in anti-Semitism

The Danish government  was the only European government which announced new measures against the rising tide of anti-Semitism on Wednesday.

International Holocaust Day

PM meets 94-year-old Holocaust survivor

Menachem was 16-years-old when Mengele separated him from his parents at Auschwitz. Bennett met him in honor of International Holocaust Day.

Rebranding the Holocaust as just another historical event

Every Jew must look inside themselves and consider: Hitler tried to exterminate my people and the world stood by in silence Do I? Op-ed..

Holocaust Remembrance Day rule: Everyone loves dead Jews

Lip service paid by the world to the memory of the Six Million is matched by the complacence about or support for today's Jew-hatred.Op-ed.

First Ladies of Israel and Germany host Holocaust survivor

First Ladies of Israel and Germany host Holocaust survivor for virtual International Holocaust Remembrance Day event.

New Zealanders who stood up to the Nazis to be honored

New Zealanders who stood up to the Nazis will be recognized on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

AJC to brief lawmakers on Holocaust Remembrance Day

American Jewish Committee to brief Congress members on their annual antisemitism report on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Knesset Speaker meets president of German parliament

MK Mickey Levy heads to Germany for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, meets with top Bundestag officials.

Gen. Eisenhower guaranteed the world would NEVER FORGET

There might not be an International Holocaust Remembrance Day if not for the Commander of the Allies in Europe, Gen.l .Eisenhower.Op-ed.

New campaign taps into social media to honor Holocaust victims

Taking to Instagram, Jewish Agency, WZO unveil “Forever in Their Name” campaign, commemorating the 6 million Jews who died during Holocaust.

Knesset Speaker to make historic address at German Bundestag

Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy arrives in Germany to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Holocaust Remembrance Day:

NY-based survivor to address German parliament

This New York-based survivor will address Germany’s parliament on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

TikTok co-hosts virtual Holocaust event

University of Haifa works with TikTok to address Holocaust awareness on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Dutch village tells its unique Holocaust rescue story

A Dutch village saved Jews - but never told their story. 'I did it all because I had no other choice,' operation leader Arnold Douwes says.

'No shortage of Holocaust perpetrators among Jews'

In Holocaust memorial day speech, Lithuanian lawmaker Valdas Rakutis says Jews and communists share blame.

Blinken: My stepfather was a Holocaust survivor

'My stepfather spent nearly four years in labor and death camps before being rescued by American troops,' US Sec. of State Blinken says.

Angela Merkel participates in Torah scroll writing ceremony

Torah scroll that survived the Nazis is restored in historic ceremony.

Luxembourg agrees to pay $1.2m in Holocaust compensation

In first, Luxembourg offers $1.2 million in symbolic compensation to noncitizen Holocaust victims.

Ambassador Erdan: Fight anti-Semitism just as you fight COVID

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ambassador Erdan calls on UN to address the threat from Iran and resurgence of anti-Semitism.

Will we avoid a Holocaust?

The big question looming on this International Holocaust Remembrance Day concerns the future, not the past. Opinion.

Hungarian president marks Remembrance day at historic synagogue

Hungarian president János Áder lit a candle at the Old Buda Synagogue at a ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

State Sec. Blinken participates in Holocaust memorial ceremony

"Remembering, Perpetuating, and Pursuing Justice" - special online event in commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

'The time has come for Europe to reinvent itself'

Conference of European Rabbis president addresses European Parliament on occasion of International Holocaust Commemoration Day.