Help feed Israel’s Holocaust Survivors this Rosh Hashana
United Soup Kitchens in Israel (USK), a network of 22 public restaurants serving free home-cooked meals daily to over 8,650 diners, is attempting to raise $50,000 to help continue to provide daily nourishment to those who need it.
Campaign to help feed Israel’s Holocaust survivors aims to raise $50,000
Thousands of people are regularly served by USK, including 8,000 Holocaust survivors who are impoverished.
Newly discovered film footage shows US soldiers liberating Jews from train
“I was at a loss for words,” said Jacob Barzilai, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, after recognizing himself.
June 4 is third annual Holocaust Survivor Day
Jewish groups around the world will recognize “our heroes, teachers and inspiration.”
Memories in a Living Room – How Yitzhak survived the Holocaust without losing faith
For one day each year, the entire Israel focuses its attention on the six million Jews who were brutally murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.
Likud Bill Threatens Aid to Holocaust Survivors
The bill calls for imposing a 65% tax on all donations received by Israeli NGOs from foreign government organizations.
Where Holocaust commemoration succeeded and where it failed
Museums, archives of testimonies and educational efforts preserved the survivors’ legacy. Still, that won’t counter contemporary antisemitic hatred and disinformation.
Nearly 150,000 Shoah survivors live in Israel
They include 521 immigrants from Ukraine who fled after the Russian invasion.
Have Holocaust Survivors from the Former Soviet Union been forgotten?
After the war, the events of the Holocaust were downplayed by the Soviet authorities and survivors were silenced.
New exhibit on DP camps showcases ‘extraordinary energy’ of the Jewish people
Stateless survivors of genocide with nothing left to their names, many of Europe’s remaining Jews began to rebuild their lives in displaced persons camps scattered around the continent. A new exhibit at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, planned in conjunction with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, tells the story of how, […]
