Yad Vashem

Honoring courage in the face of evil and indifference - opinion

To date, Yad Vashem has recognized around 30,000 Righteous Among the Nations.

|ByTOVA HERZL
THE WALL of Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem.
Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 12, 2026, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Israel to mark Holocaust remembrance, but ceremonies disrupted by Iran war

Despite a pause in Iranian missile salvos against Israel and a relaxation of Home Front safety regulations, Yad Vashem on Sunday confirmed that there would still be no live ceremony.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
THIS YEAR’S eight survivors carry within them an enormous sweep of Jewish history: ghettos, pits, forests, camps, cattle cars, shootings, hiding places, and then, after all that, lives rebuilt in Israel. Here, President Isaac Herzog stands beside the memorial torch at Yad Vashem.

Lighting the torch: The survivors at the heart of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony

HOLOCAUST AFFAIRS: This year, eight survivors will take part in key roles in the state ceremony on Monday evening at 8 p.m.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
(L-R): MEIR HIRSCHFELD, 1936. IDIT PAPA, 1942

Letters of love and survival: A Holocaust love story preserved at Yad Vashem

A young Orthodox couple in Hungary exchanged messages that sustained them through forced labor, ghettos, brazen escapes, and months in hiding.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Other cities should follow New York's example and establish Yad Vashem Way - opinion

Initiatives like NYC's Yad Vashem Way remind us that not only must we commemorate Holocaust victims but also actively combat the antisemitism and hatred that continue to permeate today's society.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByDANI DAYAN
'THIS PAST week's co-naming of a street in New York City as Yad Vashem Way is a significant turn in events; in a city that never sleeps, this street sign stands high as a beacon of remembrance and a call to action for all humanity,' the writer states.

NYC street in Manhattan's Upper East Side renamed 'Yad Vashem Way'

The location in the Manhattan borough was chosen in the vicinity of Rabbi Arthur Schneier’s iconic Park East Synagogue, done as a testament to NYC Jewish immigrants who survived the Holocaust.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
'THIS PAST week's co-naming of a street in New York City as Yad Vashem Way is a significant turn in events; in a city that never sleeps, this street sign stands high as a beacon of remembrance and a call to action for all humanity,' the writer states.

Rabbi Lau moved the audience at the European Commission’s Holocaust Memorial Ceremony

JANUARY 31, 2025ByMARK FISH

Israeli inmates meet with Holocaust survivors on Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

The meeting was held as part of a program entitled "Victory of the Spirit." 

JANUARY 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the meeting conducted between Holocaust survivors and inmates. January 27, 2025.

EU hosts Auschwitz liberation event at Beit Juliana

In attendance were Holocaust survivors, the ambassadors of EU countries and the EU ambassador, Dimiter Tzantchev, as well as the Chairman of Yad Vashem, Dani Dayan.

JANUARY 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
EU hosts holocaust event at Herzliya retirement home

Yad Vashem chair denounces Musk's statements to far-right German party rally

Musk spoke in favor of voting for the far-right party, saying 'I'm very excited for the AfD; I think you're really the best hope for Germany...fight for a great future for Germany,'

JANUARY 26, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Elon Musk appearing before an AfD conference, January 25, 2025

Israel's Second-Most Visited Site: Yad Vashem

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode E99

JANUARY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The dome above the Hall of Names in Yad Vashem.

80 years on, how do we keep Yad Vashem relevant for visitors? - opinion

Yad Vashem is the second-most visited site in Israel after the Western Wall, and it is important for it to reach a wide audience.

JANUARY 19, 2025ByMARK GORDON, DAVID ZEV HARRIS
Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 16, 2023, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Yad Vashem exhibit at Austrian parliament rolls out fate of Jews in post-Anschluss Vienna

The seed for the current project was sown last year when a similarly-themed exposition was given pride of place at the Bundestag, the German parliament building in Berlin.

NOVEMBER 3, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS
ICHARD FINALY (far left) with his family circa 1914-15.

Holocaust exhibit opens in Austrian parliament, Yad Vashem's Dayan meets top officials

Dayan met with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, President Alexander Van der Bellen, and Wolfgang Sobotka, President of the Austrian Parliament, along with Jewish community leaders. 

OCTOBER 15, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.