Former World War II Red Army officers at a Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem

Academics and Holocaust Survivors Oppose Naming of Far-Right Figure to Chair Yad Vashem Museum

Renowned Jewish historian, Deborah Lipstadt, together with nearly 160 academics, historians, museum curators and Holocaust survivors have signed a petition opposing the appointment of Effi Eitam as the new chairman of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. The Anti-Defamation League has also joined the campaign against the appointment of Eitam, a former…

Child of holocaust survivors at Demonstration in support of Gaza in Toronto, rally from Queens Park to the US consulate on July 24, 2014 (Photo: Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto)

Holocaust survivors condemn Israel for Gaza massacre

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors have signed a letter, published as an advertisement in the New York Times, condemning the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and calling for a boycott of Israel. According to the letter, the condemnation was prompted by an advertisement written by Elie Wiesel and published in major news…

MK Khenin participated in a march on behalf of rights for Holocaust survivors

  MK Dov Khenin (Hadash) participated on Sunday afternoon, in a march on behalf of social rights for Holocaust survivors on the eve of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day. The march, organized by the non-profit organization “Aviv Le’nitzolei Ha’shoah” (Spring for Holocaust Survivors) take place in honor of survivors. Participants, including elderly rights organization, “Ken Le’zaken”…

Polish premier Beaty Szydło and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during which they signed the joint statement on Tuesday, November 22, in Jerusalem

Israel Adopts Warsaw Narrative, Ignores Polish Holocaust Crimes

A joint statement issued on Tuesday, November 22, by the Israeli and Polish governments makes no mention of Polish persecution of Jews during the Holocaust despite the several paragraphs in the statement devoted to Holocaust remembrance. Critics charge that Poland’s right-wing government has been trying to obliterate any reference to such persecution and other unpleasant…