Holocaust survivors
Remembering Rochelle Furstenberg: A groundbreaking writer, editor, and literary critic
Rochelle grew up in Chicago, and later moved to New York to continue her studies. Her husband, Prof. Hillel Furstenberg, was born in Berlin and escaped with his family to New York in 1939.
"The eternity of Israel will not falter. The people of Israel live."
Police investigating threats against prominent Munich Holocaust survivor and AfD opponent
Beyond the Headlines: 'But I already heard the shofar at Selichot' - opinion
Maccabiah 2026: Where Jews from all over the world kvell with pride - opinion
People from more than 40 countries flew thousands of miles across continents to be in Israel, at a time when this can’t be taken for granted.
Herzog warns of 'alarming' surge of antisemitism at Romanian pogrom memorial ceremony
In his speech, Herzog made a connection between the antisemitism of the Holocaust era and the antisemitism Jews experience in the present day.
'Shards of Laughter': Giving people permission to laugh through painful topics
The play’s arc takes us from 1924 Munkács, a Czechoslovak town with deep Hungarian roots, through the Holocaust years and to present-day Australia.
Holocaust survivor, Yom Kippur War hero Colonel Simcha Applebaum dies at 99
Having moved from the horrors of the Holocaust to dedicating his life to the revival of the Jewish state, his experiences are the essence of the story of the Jewish people in the 20th century.
Haifa court stops auction of yellow star, Holocaust-era documents
Yad Ezer La-Haver operates the Holocaust Museum in Haifa and manages the shelter that provides lodging and food for tens of Holocaust survivors.
Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, who moved back to Germany in his 80's, dies aged 101
Weinberg, who was born in Rhauderfehn in 1925, passed away in the town of Leer, not far from his birthplace in northwest Germany.
Renowned psychologist and Auschwitz survivor Edith Eger dies at 98
“I don’t have time to hate. I don’t forget what happened to me. I may not overcome it – I think I came to terms with it, and I was able to integrate it,” Eger said in a 1998 interview.
When food becomes memory: Alon Shaya's culinary tribute to Holocaust survivors
How one Israeli-American chef is transforming Holocaust stories into dishes that preserve identity, resilience, and remembrance
'Am I a murderer?' Yad Vashem restores a Jewish ghetto policeman's Holocaust confession
A Holocaust-era diary that was buried, distorted, is now finally being shared
Abe Foxman's death marks end of an era for American Jews - comment
He stood for what that generation of US Jews was able to do: leave the immigrant experience behind, build within the US, and climb the country's institutions far enough to actually use the access.
