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

Remembering Alex Dancyg: A bridge between Poland and Israel, killed by Hamas

Alex Dancyg was a man deeply committed to peace, yet tragically his life came to an end as a Hamas hostage.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024ByGIL LEWINSKY
ALEX DANCYG

ISIS hack targets Yad Vashem Zoom seminar commemorating Tisha b'Av

During the seminar by Yad Vashem, a message appeared telling participants that they were hacked by ISIS and showed images of swastikas.

AUGUST 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli soldiers look up at pictures of victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre, ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day starting this evening, at the Hall of Names, in Jerusalem April 27, 2022.

From Yad Vashem to the site of Supernova, bearing witness is critical - opinion

When we bear witness, we have the honor of standing with those who are suffering and sharing just a fraction of their pain.

JULY 29, 2024ByAVERY CHENAULT
MEMBERS OF a Passages delegation attend a memorial gathering for the victims of the Supernova massacre.

Education is the silver bullet for combatting antisemitism - opinion

The International Conference is a recognition that Holocaust education must adapt to the changing dynamics of our world

JULY 4, 2024ByDANI DAYAN
THE WRITER addresses the International Conference on Holocaust Education at Yad Vashem, this week.

Guardians of the Holocaust’s legacy

The New Moshal Shoah Legacy Campus and the David and Fela Shapell Family Collection Center to open at Yad Vashem

JULY 1, 2024ByPENINA HOROWITZ
THE NEW Moshal Shoah Legacy Campus on the Mount of Remembrance; aerial photo.

European Union to co-sponsor new immersive Yad Vashem exhibit

The new project aims to resurrect Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust, bringing forward surviving testimonies in immersive detail with the use of new technologies. 

MAY 29, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi, and Yad Vashem chairman, Danny Dannon, at Yad Vashem, May 28, 2024.

October 7 hero creates 'Survived to tell' initiative to recount survivor testimonies

Turning tragedy into teachable moments through virtual reality: This project aims to spark a global dialogue rooted in empathy and recognizing our shared humanity.

MAY 16, 2024ByNIMROD PALMACH
“Survived to Tell – Be the Witness” experience.

The state of Holocaust education is dire, and the situation is failing survivors - opinion

The rot goes much deeper and has spread among the highly educated who don’t dispute that the Holocaust happened – and even commemorate it.

MAY 12, 2024ByANDREA SAMUELS
‘THE WORLD Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’; Holocaust education, which includes books like this one, is failing survivors, says the writer.

Holocaust researchers use AI to search for unnamed victims

The technology used can quickly and efficiently process testimonies and identify names.

MAY 6, 2024ByREUTERS
Visitors tour an exhibition ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day, at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Observing with renewed urgency post-Oct. 7

Remembering, reflecting, and raising awareness: Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024 in the shadow of Oct. 7.

MAY 5, 2024BySIMMY ALLEN
View of Lublin Street in Chełm, Poland, pre-war. (Courtesy Yad Vashem, Source: ‘Chelm Yizkor Buch,’ published by the Chelmner Landsmannschaft in Yiddish, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1954)