Yad Vashem cuts ties with US fundraising partner
The American Society for Yad Vashem has accused the Holocaust memorial’s chairman Dani Dayan of attempting to “raid” an endowment built for the museum’s perpetual support.
Yad Vashem using AI technology to restore Shoah memory
“A human being could not go over all the material which houses a treasure-trove of material for the world in terms of Holocaust education.”
Weddings, birthdays, bar-mitzvahs: New Yad Vashem online exhibit shows how Jews continued to choose life during the Holocaust
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem has launched the online exhibit “Personal Milestones during the Holocaust.”
The Latest Yad Vashem Fiasco
The Jerusalem-based World Holocaust Remembrance Center, which professes not to “fall prey to any political agenda,” is defending its recent hire of a post-Zionist “conscientious objector” who compared the IDF to the Nazi Wehrmacht.
A Different Take on the EffieE Eitam / Yad Vashem Dispute
A storm of criticism has erupted over the possible nomination of Israeli war hero Effie Eitam, the son of a Holocaust rescuer, to the chairmanship of Yad Vashem, Israel’s main Holocaust institution.
German Chancellor Merkel Visits Israel, Meets with Netanyahu, Visits Yad Vashem
Germany’s long-term Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel yesterday evening, ahead of several meetings between her and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and their respective country’s ministers.
For Israel’s 70th, Yad Vashem Hosts “Generation to Generation” Mission
Marking Israel’s 70th anniversary, Yad Vashem brought friends and supporters from around the world on a mission to explore Holocaust commemoration and education in the 21st century.
From Vision and Dream to Fulfillment: Israel Yearning During and After the Holocaust
A new exhibition marking Israel’s 70th anniversary, highlights how Jews yearned for the Land of Israel during and immediately following the Holocaust.
Israel Opens Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem Memorial
Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Rivlin, and dozens of Holocaust survivors gathered at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on Sunday night as Israel ushered in the annual Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day.
How One Man’s Gentle Christian Faith Saved Jewish GIs From Nazi Death Camps
In a remarkable story that almost went untold, a devoutly Christian US Army sergeant refused to turn over his Jewish soldiers to the Nazis, even after a gun was placed to his head.