Holocaust Remembrance Day

‘Remembrance is constantly evolving’: This year’s Yom Hashoah Holocaust memorials are forced online by the coronavirus

The coronavirus outbreak has the forced ceremonies and testimonies, which include survivors whose health is always precarious, online.

Yad Vashem to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with global name-reading from home initiative

The campaign, #RememberingFromHome #ShoahNames calls on the international public to recite the names of Holocaust victims, record the name reading and share the video on social media using the campaign’s hashtags.

A Vienna high school acknowledges its own harsh truth about the Holocaust

As Austria comes late to wrestling with its past, a teacher takes the initiative in remembering the expulsion of 50 Jewish students.

Global

First-ever official US delegation joins March of the Living at Auschwitz

Politics

Americans have a ‘moral obligation’ to combat anti-Semitism, Trump says in Yom Hashoah proclamation

Politics

Democratic National Committee: Exchange on Holocaust Day ‘insensitive’

Politics

Jewish Cabinet member on Holocaust day: ‘Fear of the other’ rising in US

United States

Obama calls for solidarity with European Jews, Jewish students on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Israel

Arab-Israeli lawmaker compares Israel to Nazi Germany

United States

UN’s Ban heckled in address at New York synagogue

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