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Yom Hashoah 5780- 2020
Yom Hashoah this year took on a much more subdued tone than in normal times due to the strictures imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time ever the ceremony was broadcast online while the host and choir addressed … Continue reading
Posted in History, Israel news, Judaism
Tagged Holocaust, Holocaust Memorial Day, Shoah, Yom Hashoah
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Yom Hashoah 5779 – 2019
Yom Hashoah began at sundown this evening with the annual ceremony at Yad Vashem with torches lit in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Shoah. The ceremony began with the lowering of the national flag to half-mast. … Continue reading
International Holocaust Memorial Day 2019
It is International Holocaust Memorial Day today, and although it is not marked in Israel since we have our own Yom Hashoah after Pesach, this is a fitting time to both talk about the Shoah, to remember the different kinds … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, Incitement
Tagged antisemitism, Frank Foley, Holocaust Memorial Day, Jews, kindertransport, Labour antisemitism, Rachel Riley, Shoah, Yad Vashem
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Yom Hashoah 5778 – 2018
Yom Hashoah began at sundown this evening with the annual ceremony at Yad Vashem with torches lit in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Shoah. You can read the torchlighters life stories here. In his speech at … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, History, Israel news
Tagged antisemitism, chemical weapons, France, Hamas, Holocaust Memorial Day, Iran, Jewish people, Labour Party, Mireille Knoll, Sarah Halimi, Syria, Yom Hashoah
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International Holocaust Memorial Day 2018
Yesterday the world marked International Holocaust Memorial Day, amid rising hatred once again. In Warsaw, Poland, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson paid his respects in a solemn ceremony at a memorial to the Jews who died revolting against German … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, History
Tagged concentration camps, Germany, history, Holocaust Memorial Day, Jews, Poland, Shoah, WWII
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Yom Hashoah 5777 – 2017: the denial of history
Yom Hashoah began at sundown this evening with the annual ceremony at Yad Vashem. where President Reuven Rivlin reminded the world that: “The gas chambers were not built ‘as a crime against humanity’, they were built for the purpose of … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, Family, History, Israel news
Tagged Holocaust, Holocaust denial, Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom Hashoah
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