Jewish and Israeli Holidays
Some 13,000 survivors have died since last year’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day in May 2024.
The country came to a standstill during a two-minute siren honoring the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust; Netanyahu lays wreath in solemn tribute at Yad Vashem.
The full text of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar’s address at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
Gad Fartouk, 93, prays for 59 hostages in Gaza before lighting a torch at Israel’s Holocaust memorial ceremony marking 80 years since Nazi defeat.
Yom Hashoah started at sundown with the annual ceremony at the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem.
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The survivors were set to light memorial torches and share testimonies during Israel’s annual tribute to those lost in the Nazi genocide of European Jewry.
Ceremony to honor operatives behind Hezbollah op, wounded soldier, hostage survivors, and others embodying unity in wartime.
Nessa Hoffman, 11, told JNS that she is grateful to the Orthodox Union and the Christian Legal Society for convincing Florida Gymnastics to let her participate without compromising her faith.
“From the ashes and destruction, the State of Israel arose, and out of it grew the IDF,” said Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.
A new report, titled “Vanishing Witnesses,” suggests that just half of the world’s 220,000 survivors will remain in the next six years.
“I don’t feel like giving benefit of the doubt,” David Fleischer told JNS. “It feels like it’s something all the time now.”
