WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will mark the annual commemoration of the Holocaust during a speech Monday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum ...
Rabbi Ted Falcon | Posted 04.30.2012
There is no adequate way to embrace the horrors of annihilation, of the Jewish people and of so many others, during those terrible Nazi years. Beyond name though it might be, it is important to remember, not only for our own sake, but also for the world's.
Chava Tombosky | Posted 04.19.2012
We must ask ourselves: Do we see our eyes filled with resentment and anger, or do we search our eyes for wisdom and sincere gratitude for having been given the determination to persevere despite the raw pain and ghosts that haunt us?
The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 04.19.2012
The horrific stories of the 6 million Jews who were gassed, starved and shot point blank throughout the Holocaust are well documented. But the number ...
The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 05.09.2012
Writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel once said, “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation...
Andrea Strongwater | Posted 04.19.2012
This year, I am choosing to remember what was lost and trying to bring it back to its place in history where not just the murders, but the culture, will be remembered.
Nick Bravin | Posted 04.19.2012
Jack will never forget the day his father was shot to death in a city park in Poland as he watched through a small office window. It was his 22nd birthday. Next week he will celebrate his 92nd. Not a day has passed that Grandpa hasn't remembered what has come to be called the Holocaust.
Ellen Cassedy | Posted 04.17.2012
On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, I will remember the six million who perished -- and I'll also remember a man I met in Lithuania, a man I'll call Steponas. I didn't expect to encounter an elderly gentile man intent on speaking to a Jew before he died. But I did.
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks | Posted 04.17.2012
As a people, we not only share a covenant of faith we also share a covenant of fate. Today, as the number of Shoah survivors sadly declines, the duty of remembrance falls on our generation and on future generations not yet born.
Leila Levinson | Posted 07.20.2011
Through the American GIs who liberated Nazi camps, the Holocaust found its way to American shores and infected an entire generation with emotional numbness and insecurity.
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster | Posted 07.04.2011
As I waited for the President's speech, I realized I really didn't know how I felt. Relief? Renewed sadness over 9/11? How are you supposed to feel when your enemy falls?
Posted 07.01.2011
Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor and author of more than 50 books. He is most famous for Night, the autobiographical story of his experiences in th...
Posted 06.28.2011
Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the official Israeli commemoration of the 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi Germany during World War II. Yom ...
Posted 05.25.2011
By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service (RNS) Hundreds of American rabbis used Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday (Jan. 27) to push media mogul ...
Religion News Service | Ken Garfield | Posted 05.25.2011
By Ken Garfield Religion News Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) A new voice is rising up to say "Never Again." In the language of the Holocaust, they ar...
Steven Gerber | Posted 05.25.2011
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, as we memorialize the myriad victims and recall their unimaginable suffering and degradation, Rabbis for Human Rights invite the worldwide Jewish community to consider its response to this "epoch-making event."
Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011
With Holocaust Remembrance Day -- Yom Hashoah -- coming up this Sunday, I want to share the tales of my friend Cecile, a Holocaust survivor.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011
On April 12th Jews the world over will gather to pray for the souls of six million of our brothers and sisters who were mass murdered by Nazi Germany ...
Avraham Burg | Posted 05.25.2011
This coming Sunday evening in Israel and around the Jewish world, is the Holocaust Remembrance Day. I will renew my vow: Never Again! Not just for us -- the Jews -- only, but for all of humanity.
Jerusalem Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Israel came to a standstill for two mournful minutes on Tuesday as air-raid sirens pierced the air in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Naz...
Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011
On these days of Holocaust remembrance, we honor the memory of millions who perished. We also pay tribute to those who somehow survived a massive and systematic attack on Jewish existence.
Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011
The worn four story buildings in Krakow overlooking the cafe where my family dines must once have housed families like my own.
AP | Posted 04.20.2012