Holocaust
Global Jewry reaches 15.8 million, with most survivors in their 80s and 90s, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned South Korean President Lee Jae Myung for comments that it said trivialized the Jewish genocide and spread false claims about Israeli forces.
Yad Vashem’s April 13-14 ceremonies will honor survivors and focus on “The Jewish Family During the Holocaust” amid heightened security concerns.
Amid Iranian missile strikes, Miriam celebrated life.
The film documents the circumstances of the small rural town of Gniewoszów, focusing on one of its last living survivors, along with a resident who says he saw Jews murdered there six months after the Nazis’ reign of terror ended.
“Many volunteers have never had the chance to meet a survivor in person, and hearing their stories firsthand makes the impact of their work tangible,” an organizer told JNS.
Dani Dayan said that he and the pontiff “addressed the alarming rise in antisemitism worldwide and the urgent need for coordinated, decisive action to confront it.”
In December, Israel was called a “terror state” at a rally in the city.
“Justice must no longer be denied due to procedural technicalities and legislative sunset provisions,” Rep. Jerry Nadler said.
The collections are “a treasure trove of primary source materials accessible to the broad Jewish public,” Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel stated.
“We are not asking for sympathy. We are asking for objective journalism,” Jack Simony, of the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation, told JNS.
“We see so much hate and antisemitism permeating our society,” said Rep. Mike Lawler. “Kids need to have a greater understanding of what the Holocaust actually was.”
