Yad Vashem

Model of survival: The story of Holocaust survivor and octogenarian Yona Amit

'I don’t know why I was saved – why I from all the others. But I know that my task was to be one little part of bringing up our nation from the ashes to become a nation again, to come to Israel.'

By NATAN ROTHSTEIN
08/03/2025
 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem

'This can't be ignored': Rubio signs Survivors' Declaration at Yad Vashem

While at Yad Vashem, Rubio signed the Survivors' Declaration.

'Forgotten Childhoods': New Yad Vashem exhibit shows Jewish childhoods during Holocaust

Paintings at Yad Vashem depict childhood memories from Germany during the Holocaust.

Other cities should follow New York's example and establish Yad Vashem Way

Initiatives like NYC's Yad Vashem Way remind us that not only must we commemorate Holocaust victims but also actively combat the antisemitism and hatred that continue to permeate today's society.

By DANI DAYAN
03/02/2025

NYC street in Manhattan's Upper East Side renamed 'Yad Vashem Way'

The location in the Manhattan borough was chosen in the vicinity of Rabbi Arthur Schneier’s iconic Park East Synagogue, done as a testament to NYC Jewish immigrants who survived the Holocaust.

Israeli inmates meet with Holocaust survivors on Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

The meeting was held as part of a program entitled "Victory of the Spirit." 

   EU hosts holocaust event at Herzliya retirement home

EU hosts Auschwitz liberation event at Beit Juliana

In attendance were Holocaust survivors, the ambassadors of EU countries and the EU ambassador, Dimiter Tzantchev, as well as the Chairman of Yad Vashem, Dani Dayan.

  Elon Musk appearing before an AfD conference, January 25, 2025

Yad Vashem chair denounces Musk's statements to far-right German party rally

Musk spoke in favor of voting for the far-right party, saying 'I'm very excited for the AfD; I think you're really the best hope for Germany...fight for a great future for Germany,'

26/01/2025

Israel's Second-Most Visited Site: Yad Vashem

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode E99

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