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Israeli President Isaac Herzog (center) and Polish President Andrzej Duda (left) led the March of the Living at Auschwitz on April 24, 2025. Credit: Israel's GPO.
Torrential downpour curtails annual March of the Living in Poland 
“Every representative who has come here is a triumph of light for the Jewish people and a reminder that we are the victory of the spirit,” said Eli Sharabi, a former Israeli hostage who spent 491 days in Hamas captivity.
Etgar Lefkovits
April 24, 2025
Holocaust survivors at Auschwitz, 80 years after it was liberated, with Merrill Eisenhower, the great-grandson of U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, on April 23, 2025. Photo by Etgar Lefkovits.
‘Hard to believe what happened here,’ says Swedish-born Holocaust survivor
Jews of all generations meet Merrill Eisenhower, the great-grandson of U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, at Auschwitz 80 years after its liberation.
Etgar Lefkovits
April 23, 2025
An elderly couple on a walk. Credit: Mabel Amber/Pixabay.
Who will speak when the last survivors are gone?
The Jewish community—and the world—is living in a moment when that question must be answered.
Beth Katznelson
April 10, 2025
Israel's oldest citizen Tzila Cohen celebrates her 110th birthday at Laniado Hospital in Netanya, November 2024. Source: Lanaido Hospital/TikTok.
Israel’s oldest citizen turns 110
A special birthday party was held for Tzila Cohen at Netanya's Laniado Hospital.
Nov. 21, 2024
An elderly couple on a walk. Credit: Mabel Amber/Pixabay.
Bridging the gap in senior care
How nonprofit organizations can prevent falls and save lives.
Philip Bendheim
Nov. 1, 2024
Mika Gelber sits in her living room in Herzliya, Israel, on Oct. 14, 2024. Photo by Canaan Lidor.
Holocaust survivors unfazed by drone strike on nursing home
For some residents of Herzliya's Beth Juliana, the near-fatal Hezbollah attack on Yom Kippur was just part of being Jewish.
Canaan Lidor
Oct. 21, 2024
Morrie Markoff and his wife, the former Betty Goldmintz, were married for 81 years. Credit: Courtesy of the family.
Morrie Markoff, Jewish and oldest man in US, 110
His brain will be donated to science for research on super-aging.
June 13, 2024
A caregiver assists an elderly woman on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, July 2, 2023. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Researchers call to reform long-term care as Israelis live longer
More than 5 million people also have private long-term care insurance.
April 5, 2024
An elderly woman in Jerusalem, Feb. 3, 2010. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash90.
One-fifth of Israeli seniors forgo winter heating
A tougher economy means cold homes for the poor.
Feb. 25, 2024