Holocaust survivors participating include Smil Bercu Sacagiu, 87, whose home was hit by a rocket from Gaza, Jacqueline Gliksman, 81, whose home was torched by a Palestinian infiltrators, and others.
Thinking about those who are currently hostages takes the survivors back to the camps, the hiding places, and the persecution they endured as children.
It’s easily noticeable that so many of the doctors and nurses I work with at Hadassah Medical Organization are the sons and daughters of Holocaust survivors.
Yom Hashoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, gains added significance amidst the Israel-Hamas war, commemorating the October 7 attack as "a sample of the Holocaust."
"We are making tremendous efforts. We have already returned half, when people didn't believe we would return anyone, and I can tell you that we are determined to bring back everyone," Netanyahu
It took awhile for Kindetransport survivors to gain recognition. But the emotional ripples from the event are still very much with us.
The institute said it pays a supplement to survivors’ pensions and those who have no pensions due to their low-income threshold and to ensure at least a minimum income for subsistence.
Israel's Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry announced that 86 Holocaust survivors had died since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
The survivors, many of whom live alone, also reported loneliness and low quality of life since the war.
The risk of falling and having a hip fracture and the prevalence of osteoporosis has been shown to be increased among men and women who lived under the Nazi regime or in a Nazi-occupied country.
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