How Jan. 27 came to be International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
A historian of the Holocaust and curator of the Auschwitz exhibition, now in Toronto, invites all who gather on Jan. 27 to ...
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80 years since Auschwitz liberation, Charleston Jewish Federation honors Holocaust victims
“One is today, and that is for people of all backgrounds to do sort of that commemoration and then in April there is Yom HaShoah, which is the Jewish day of remembrance for the Holocaust ...
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It has been 80 years since Auschwitz
Holocaust survivors and guests sit at the Auschwitz-Birkenau former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, during ...
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Cages, starvation and fasting on Yom Kippur: More testimonies from freed hostages emerge
the hostage soldiers sought to preserve their Jewish identity and decided to fast on Yom Kippur and refrain from eating leavened bread on Passover. Agam Berger, the last of the five soldiers to be ...
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Unique Yad Vashem exhibit and street naming highlight NYC’s commitment to remember the Holocaust
A unique Holocaust art exhibition opened this week in New York’s City Hall. In “The Wandering Jew,” a 1947 oil-and-canvas ...
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Observing Holocaust Remembrance Day
On the 27th of Nisan, corresponding to April 12, Jews around the world and humanity will mark Yom Ha’shoah — officially Yom Ha’zikaron La’shoah V’hag’vurah, which translates to The Day ...
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What is Yom Kippur?
Yom Kippur means 'Day of Atonement' and is the most sacred and solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Yom Kippur is a day to reflect on the past year and ask God's forgiveness for any sins. Jews do ...
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Festivals and commemorations Yom Hashoah
Yom Hashoah is commemorated by Jewish communities all over the world. They take part in rituals to remember those who lost their lives during the Holocaust and to ensure that no similar atrocity ...