Holocaust

Remembering the Holocaust in 2026 amid renewed threats to Israel - opinion

As Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches in 2026, memories of past atrocities collide with renewed war, rising antisemitism, and fears of another major confrontation with Iran.

 Star of David and yizkor candle.
A person walks outside BBC Broadcasting House. November 16, 2025.

BBC apologizes for omitting mention of Jews in multiple Holocaust Memorial Day broadcasts

 Grade 12 Arabic textbook teaching a poem praising children in Gaza for fighting and dying as martyrs to liberate Palestine.

Tunisia’s schoolbooks celebrate Hitler, omit Holocaust, research finds - IMPACT-se

Holocaust survivor Moshe David Meir poses for a picture at his home in Jerusalem on January 27, 2025, Meir survived the Birkenau concentration camp during the Holocaust.

Israel has the moral duty to simplify beaureucracy for Holocaust survivors - opinion


Audio bench bearing testimony of Holocaust survivor destroyed, thrown in lake in Manchester park

The bench, dedicated to Holocaust survivor Chaim Ferster, was placed on the route of his daily walk as a way of paying tribute and preserving his wartime experiences.

An audio bench, bearing the testimony of Holocaust survivor Chaim Ferster, was smashed to pieces and dumped in a frozen lake at Salford’s Clowes Park on Wednesday.

Putin establishes Soviet genocide memorial day, erasing Jewish victims of Nazis

The bill - and subsequent reporting - speaks extensively about the "genocide" of Soviet prisoners, the concentration camps, and the extermination camps, without mentioning Jewish victims.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Kazbek Kokov, head of the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria, in Moscow, Russia December 16, 2025.

Holocaust survivors make, deliver Hanukkah care packages for 20 freed Gaza hostages

Each package included water bottles, teas, chapsticks, socks, a blanket, and a candle, along with handwritten notes of encouragement from Holocaust survivors, The Blue Line explained in a statement.

Holocaust survivors with The Blue Card gathered on Chanukah to deliver care packages to the Consulate General of Israel in New York for 20 hostages who were recently released from Hamas captivity in Gaza.

Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107

Following the end of the war in 1945, Veselsky became the secretary to a minister in the Czech government, but fled the country in 1948 amidst the communist takeover.

Holocaust survivor and Ireland's oldest man, Josef Veselsky, dies aged 107

Faith under persecution: Yad Vashem exhibit on keeping the Jewish calendar in the Shoah opens

Handwritten calendars, prayer books, and testimonies at Yad Vashem show how Jewish life and tradition endured during the Holocaust.

Megilat Hitler, now displayed at Yad Vashem's active synagogue, which opened on January 1.

Goldknopf likens sanctions on haredi draft dodgers to placing 'yellow badge' on them at the Knesset

“I beg you, exempt them from everything,” United Torah Judaism chairperson Goldknopf told the panel, before seeming to refer to the yellow star that Nazi’s placed on Jews during the Holocaust.

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters gather in Mea She'arim, Jerusalem, to celebrate draft dodgers' release from miiltary prison, November 30, 2025; illustrative.

Terrorist sentenced to life in prison for murder of 83-year-old Holocaust survivor

The court also ordered him to pay the maximum compensation permitted by law - NIS 258,000 - to Lipovsky’s family.

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

From burden to bridge: How Jewish music is reopening Germany’s cultural soul

Across Germany, Jewish music becomes a living answer to Holocaust memory and post–Oct. 7 antisemitism, one concert at a time.

 People attend the rally "Against terror and antisemitism! Solidarity with Israel" organised by Germany's Central Council of Jews, political parties, unions and civil society, at Brandenburg Gate, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany.

Eric Adams publishes report into actions to combat antisemitism during time as NYC mayor

During his mayoral time, Adams did extensive work to improve relations with the Jewish community and to combat Jew hatred, especially through his creation of the Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism.

New York City former Mayor Eric Adams looks on an event to mark the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, in Central Park, New York City, US, October 7, 2024.

Happy(ish) New Year: Holocaust remembrance as warning in an age of resurgent antisemitism

A new year invites hope – but Holocaust Remembrance Day nears amid violent antisemitism. This issue looks back to warn: preserve names, memory, and truth.

As International Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches we ask whether the lessons of the past have taught us anything?