Jewish and Israeli Holidays
“We will never forget the 6 million Jews murdered in cold blood,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The public has been given online access to 380,000 pages related to the 1961 trial of the Nazi war criminal.
Anti-Israel co-organizers and their rhetoric at last year’s event make attendance at the ceremony “unacceptable,” community leaders said.
A total of 123,715 Holocaust survivors live in Israel.
“The core of new antisemitism is the attempt to ... undermine [Israel’s] right to self-defense,” Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said.
The peaceful, silent protest started after Michael Higgins, who has been accused of antisemitism, mentioned Israel in his speech.
Galina Bailin’s daughter was murdered by Hamas in the south on Oct. 7; Alla Lopatin lost her home in the north to Hezbollah attacks.
The woman who turned over the cache, which contains a prisoner’s uniform and a ragdoll, said her father had collected it right after liberation.
The museum and shul will be open for tours and prayer from Jan. 24-26.
“What’s amazing is how, despite these horrendous losses, they just got up and started all over again; there’s so much we can learn from that,” says Yael Richler-Friedman, who directs education for Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
Stir up some winter warmth by the spoonful for Shabbat or any day.
The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission says “Failure to recognize Gaza as a site of genocide is to remain silent in the face of profound injustice.”
