Holocaust Remembrance Day

The man who influenced JD Vance, and the shift American Jews cannot miss - comment

Six million Jewish deaths, the most systematic genocide in modern history, and the vice president couldn't bring himself to name the victims or the perpetrators.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
US Vice President JD Vance (2ndL) and wife Usha Vance stand in front of the camp's iron gate with the slogan "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work will set you free") as they arrive for a tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site in Dachau, southern Germany, on February 13, 2025.
US Vice President JD Vance (R) and his wife Usha Vance (L) visit the gravestone with the ashes of an unknown prisoner and the wall with the inscription "Never again" in five languages, during a tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site in Dachau, southern Germany, on February 13, 2025.

Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement

The statement was the latest in a series of comments Vance has made that have triggered concern regarding his hesitancy to call out antisemites in the conservative movement.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Israel’s Consulate in New York marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with powerful billboards in Times Square. 28.1.2026.

Israel’s NYC consulate marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with Times Square billboards

Israel’s Consulate in New York marked Holocaust Remembrance Day with billboards in Times Square, warning against rising antisemitism and remembering the horrors of the Holocaust.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Michael Kaminsky, Alderman Raymond Lopez, and Jake Rymer decided to change the written law to "define antisemitism fully and completely."

Chicago unanimously adopts IHRA definition, becoming second largest US city to do so

"This is the biggest victory for the Jewish people in Chicago in a very long time," student leader Michael Kaminsky, who spearheaded the bill, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

'True friends': Israeli delegation meets Taiwanese VP in Taipei

Taiwan held a ceremony for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025, organized by Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei, and German Institute Taipei.

APRIL 23, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim received the visiting delegation led by Boaz Toporovsky, Chairman of the Israeli Parliamentary Taiwan Friendship Group, this morning (22nd April)

Remembering the past, protecting the future: Sderot mayor's personal March of the Living - opinion

This year, more than ever, my journey to the death camps is not merely one of remembrance – it is one of presence, of making a statement.

APRIL 23, 2025ByALON DAVIDI
YOUTH TAKE part in The March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on Holocaust Remembrance Day last year. ‘As a mayor, an Israeli, a Jew, and someone who has experienced the profound heartbreak of the past year and a half, I travel there with a heavy heart but also a deep sense of purpose.

On Mengele’s trail with new series ‘The German’

Perhaps the best thing I can say about the series is that I binged all three episodes and am looking forward to more. 

APRIL 23, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
OLIVER MASUCCI and Ania Bukstein in ‘The German.’

The failure of Holocaust Remembrance Day: Let's not just remember, but learn from it - opinion

This year, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, memory is not enough. We cannot afford to repeat the failure. No more words, we need action. 

APRIL 23, 2025ByMICAH AVNI
PEOPLE STAND still in Tel Aviv as a two-minute siren sounds across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, last year. This year, memory is not enough. We cannot afford to repeat the failure; no more words – we need action, the writer asserts.

Remembering the Holocaust also means standing up to hate - opinion

Yom HaShoah is a sacred day of mourning, memory, and resistance, but it is also a call to remain alert.

APRIL 23, 2025ByLAURA KAM
THE WRITER’S family in Brussels prior to the Holocaust: Her mother Sonia (L) and aunt Hannie were Hidden Children saved by Madame Anciaux, a Righteous Among the Nations. Their father Saul Birnberg was murdered in Auschwitz; their mother Dora hid under an assumed identity.

Former Gaza hostages commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day at March of the Living

"I find myself endlessly reflecting on how such a tragedy could have happened, and how we, as a society, must never allow it to happen again," said former hostage Moran Stella Yanai.

APRIL 23, 2025ByJOSH ARONSON
NOTES ARE seen placed on the train tracks leading to the Auschwitz- Birkenau camp site in Poland as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Stolpersteine vandalized in Brussels with Gaza graffiti

Holocaust memorial cobblestones in Brussels were found defaced on Tuesday morning with graffiti mentioning Gaza.

APRIL 22, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Parts of the Holocaust memorial project "Stolpersteine" (stumbling blocks) are pictured in Berlin, Germany, August 18, 2017.

World to lose 90% of Holocaust survivors within next 15 years - projections

According to Vanishing Witnesses: An Urgent Analysis of the Declining Population of Holocaust, the global population of Holocaust survivors is expected to be around 21,300 by 2040.

APRIL 22, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Dov Landau, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, in his home in Tel Aviv, October 14, 2024.

Entering the Jewish season of modern remembrance - opinion

Jews need to think about memory. We Jews need to remember. The expression borne out of the Holocaust commands us so: Zachor – Remember.

APRIL 21, 2025ByMICAH HALPERN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses a state ceremony at Yad Vashem marking Holocaust Remembrance Day last year.

Grapevine April 20, 2025: Historic March of the Living

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 19, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
NOTES ARE seen placed on the train tracks leading to the Auschwitz- Birkenau camp site in Poland as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.