Yad Vashem gears up for Holocaust Remembrance Day This year's theme is "Out of the Depths: The Anguish of Liberation and Rebirth." JNS Staff April 15, 2025
New ‘Yad Vashem Way’ in NYC ‘will trigger reflection,’ Dani Dayan says “This institution of Yad Vashem, which is more necessary than ever, is now going to have a rightful place on the streets of New York,” Keith Powers, a New York City Council member, said at the street naming. Vita Fellig Jan. 30, 2025
Yad Vashem lauds Austria for combating antisemitism “Austria has undergone a gradual but clear journey in coming to terms with the past," says Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan. Etgar Lefkovits Oct. 15, 2024
Austrian Parliament to house Holocaust exhibition The exhibition, titled “Torn from Life: The Fate of Austrian Jews After the Anschluss in 1938," comes amid a surge of antisemitism in Europe. Etgar Lefkovits Oct. 14, 2024
Yad Vashem censures Nazi statements by podcaster promoted by Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk Dani Dayan, chairman of the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, called the discussion led by the former “Fox News” host “one of the most repugnant forms of Holocaust denial of recent years.” Sept. 6, 2024
Lammy urges end to war on Hamas, decries ‘intolerable’ suffering in Gaza The foreign secretary met with the families of Britons held in Hamas captivity. July 15, 2024
New center at Yad Vashem showcases millions of Holocaust artifacts “The facility was designed to strike a delicate balance between conservation and accessibility, between past and future,” explains Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan. Judy Lash Balint July 10, 2024
The partisan’s camera Edmund "Mundek" Łukawiecki fought the Germans and Ukrainians in Poland during WWII, and documented the lives of the partisans in the forest. Etgar Lefkovits July 2, 2024
Japanese Christians donate ambulances to replace those destroyed in Oct. 7 attacks “We know that Israel is at the forefront of a battle between light and darkness,” says Gifu mayor. Etgar Lefkovits June 3, 2024
