Holocaust

State Hanukka candle-lighting ceremony dedicated to Holocaust survivors

Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem, New York City and Berlin attended Hanukka candle-lighting ceremonies held in their honor on Thursday.

In Jerusalem, the official state candle-lighting ceremony was, for the first time, dedicated to survivors and their reemergence from darkness into light, at the initiative of the Conference on Jewish Material…

Lighting Hanukkah Candles Under the Swastika’s Shadow

Millions of Jews around the world will light a menorah to celebrate Hanukkah. Akiva Mansbach will be one of them. But his isn’t just any menorah. In its multigenerational life, its light has also touched the darkness.

In Kiel, Germany, in 1932, Rabbi Dr. Akiva Posner and his wife, Rachel, lit the menorah and placed it on their window sill….

From The Garden of the Righteous at Israel’s Yad Vashem

Part 2: Young Jewish Girl’s Harrowing Escape from the Nazis

Part 1: Young Jewish Girl’s Harrowing Escape from the Nazis

A Tour Through Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial

Avi Dichter Pt. 4: On His Family Being Killed in the Holocaust and the Purpose of His Mission

World’s oldest man, an Israeli Holocaust survivor, dies at 113

The world’s oldest living man, Yisrael Kristal, died on Friday one month before his 114th birthday.

In 2016 Kristal, born September 15, 1903, had been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest man.

Kristal, who lived in Haifa, had lived through both World Wars and survived the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Last year he finally…