Holocaust Remembrance Day
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A Tzohar poll found that 49.6% of Israelis support nationwide closures of entertainment venues on Tisha B'Av, while 35.6% favor local decisions.
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World leaders and Israeli officials mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with calls to fight antisemitism
Some Israeli public figures did not make standalone Holocaust Remembrance Day statements, choosing instead to respond to current events in light of the solemn day.
Pro-Palestinian activists are banned from Buchenwald, where survivors vowed to fight for peace
Kufiyas in Buchenwald argued that their protest would honor the memory of Buchenwald’s victims together with all “victims of genocide and fascism.”
Sylvan Adams addresses pre-Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering in Krakow
“You are not here only to remember how Jews died,” said Adams. “You are here to show how Jews live."
Foreign Ministry holds Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony for Righteous Among the Nations
The ceremony took place by a wall of the Foreign Affairs Ministry on which are the names of foreign diplomats who risked their lives to rescue Jews from the Holocaust.
WATCH: Survivor recounts how he held on to hope, as Knesset Speaker marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
The event took place as part of the Zikaron BaSalon framework, which provides intimate, home-based alternatives to formal Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies.
WATCH: Israel ushers in Holocaust Remembrance Day under shadow of Iran threat
The day of commemoration is set to begin on Monday night with a prerecorded official state Remembrance Day ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and memorial site.
Volunteers step in to support aging Holocaust survivors in Tel Aviv, Jaffa - interview
The institute works with about 220 survivors living in the south Tel Aviv and Jaffa area, all of whom are elderly people referred by social services.
Netanyahu meets Holocaust survivors chosen to bear torches at Remembrance Day ceremony
"Every year, my wife and I make it a point to meet with the torchbearers," Netanyahu told the survivors. "It is an extraordinarily moving moment because you are giants of the spirit."
Holocaust survivor, 92, makes aliyah to Israel nine decades after Kindertransport - interview
Charash was born Helen Hesse in Hamburg, Germany. From April 1933, her father, an attorney, was no longer allowed to practice law.
Global Jewish population is 15.8 m., almost half live in Israel, CBS reveals
In 1939, on the eve of World War II, the global Jewish population was 16.6 million, of whom 449,000 (3%) lived in Israel.
