Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

2007

Behind the Headlines on Holocaust Memorial Day, at Least, Israel Feels Popular at the U.N.

Israel’s United Nations delegation usually visits the towering General Assembly hall en masse only to fend off the latest accusation of wrongdoing. So it must have felt bizarre for Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman to have to pause for applause more than a half-dozen times in the course of an address. But Monday was no ordinary […]

2006

Yom Hashoah Feature on Rwanda Visit, Students Learn of the Consequences of Genocide

It has been 12 years since the Rwandan genocide, but underlying tensions remain. Some won’t talk about the past. Others live near those who tried to kill them. Nightmares, court cases and blame-game tactics all are part of the legacy left by Rwanda’s genocide. Those concerns resonate deeply with the Jewish people, whose own history […]

2006

Yom Hashoah Feature Israeli Survivors and Teenagers Perform Stories of the Holocaust

On stage, a spotlight focuses on a girl with thick, dark braids. She is asking her father what the word “war” means, but there’s no time to explain. Rinat Birger, 13, plays the role of Tsila Lieberman, a Holocaust survivor from Poland who escaped Auschwitz. Lieberman also sits on stage just a few feet behind […]

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Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

Behind the Headlines on Holocaust Memorial Day, at Least, Israel Feels Popular at the U.N.

Yom Hashoah Feature on Rwanda Visit, Students Learn of the Consequences of Genocide

Yom Hashoah Feature Israeli Survivors and Teenagers Perform Stories of the Holocaust

Yom Hashoah Feature Survey: Americans Trail Europe in Knowledge About the Holocaust

Yom Hashoah Feature As March of the Living Kicks Off, Poles Learn About What Was Lost

Yom Hashoah Feature 60 Years After War’s End, Berlin Remembers Europe’s Murdered Jews

Yom Hashoah Feature in Israel, Old Friends Before the War Are Reunited As Holocaust Survivors

As Yom Hashoah Gains Traction, Debate Grows over How to Mark It

Yom Hashoah Feature: a Child of Holocaust Survivors Learns to Cope by Writing Poetry

On Yom Hashoah, Israel Honors Role of Survivors

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