I n late February 1945, among the first reports on the horrors of Auschwitz was one by a Polish officer, Lt. Wacław Lipiński, who wrote in the Polpress Bulletin, “Those who have survived …
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By Fiamma Nirenstein
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2/12/25
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Not all barbarians dress like terrorists.
That was what kept running through my mind as I wandered last week through the world premiere of “Anne Frank, The Exhibition” at the Center …
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By Karen Lehrman Bloch
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2/12/25
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The blizzard of executive orders and policy changes enacted by President Donald Trump in the first days of his second administration have, as a New York Times headline put it, left many liberals and …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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2/5/25
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The way Dani Dayan figures it, many people will walk along 67th Street in Manhattan, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, and notice the new sign for “Yad Vashem Way” and have no idea what the …
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By Vita Fellig, JNS
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2/5/25
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Nathaniel Lazan, husband of Holocaust survivor and author Marion Blumenthal Lazan, died on Jan. 26 at age 92.
Lazan’s legacy lives on at the Young Israel (Ahavat Yisrael) where he was a …
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By Melissa Berman, LI Herald with The Jewish Star
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2/5/25
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The Park Slope location of the Israeli restaurant Miriam was the target of an antisemitic attack on Sunday, hours before the beginning of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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By JNS Staff
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1/29/25
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KRAKOW, Poland — A Polish woman and her son last week turned over a cache of at least 500 objects recovered more than 80 years ago from the Auschwitz death camp, including a child’s …
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By Canaan Lidor, JNS
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1/29/25
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Ceremonies were held around the world on Monday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The annual commemoration was proclaimed by the United Nations in November 2005, marking the date of …
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By Josh Hasten, JNS
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1/29/25
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In the 20 years since it was created by a vote in the UN General Assembly in 2005, International Holocaust Remembrance Day has become a staple of the world community’s calendar. It has even …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/29/25
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The sentiment “Never Again,” once a solemn vow against repeating the horrors of the Holocaust, has eroded in the face of rising global antisemitism and the ideological tides that now …
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By Fiamma Nirenstein
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1/29/25
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