Holocaust

Judah Gribetz, lawyer and counsel behind landmark Holocaust restitution plan, dies at 97

Gribetz was best known for creating a plan that distributed $1.288 billion in restitution to victims of the Holocaust.

Judah Gribetz, center, huddled with Gov. Hugh L. Carey, left, and Mayor Abraham D. Beame, right, during a meeting of New York’s Emergency Financial Control Board in 1977.
Forty-two immigrants became United States citizens during a swearing-in ceremony at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Calabasas, California, April 25, 2024.

The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, but American Jews can't declare victory - opinion

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to the press on the 21st sanctions package against Russia in Brussels, Belgium, June 9, 2026.

European Commission launches Project NERON to focus on antisemitism, fostering Jewish life

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, shown with President Donald Trump during an Oct. 7 remembrance event in 2024, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism on Dec. 18, 2025.

The US's fight against global antisemitism is at risk under the Trump administration - opinion


From Lithuania to Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor shares his story with diplomats

At the event organized by Zikaron Basalon and the Anti-Defamation League at the latter’s Jerusalem office, Clevs brought the diplomats back in time to when he was eight years old.

A Zikaron Basalon event held at the Anti-Defamation League office in Jerusalem on April 14, 2026.

PA turns Hitler’s ally into a Palestinian icon - opinion

The PA is sending a clear message: Its ongoing practice of rewarding and glorifying Palestinian terrorist mass murderers is neither new nor superficial.

Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, meeting with Adolf Hitler in 1941

Holocaust education gets a bad rap, but it’s not falling short, we are - opinion

Countering misinformation, disinformation, and lies with facts and evidence will always be an uphill battle, but in the end, Holocaust educators’ first responsibility is to get this history right.

Participants stand under the main gate with the lettering 'Arbeit macht frei' (Work sets you free) as they attend the annual March of The Living to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust during World War II, April 14, 2026.

Florida Jewish community says kaddish for children killed in Holocaust

The Conservative synagogue calls the program "Remember a Child," and at least a third of the members in the 150-family congregation participate.

RENEE ALBERSHEIM was murdered during the Holocaust. A Jewish couple in Florida has said the Mourner's Kaddish for her daily for years.

German pro-Israel activist, granddaughter of Nazis, warns: 'Antisemitism is threat to democracy'

Karoline Preisler, the granddaughter of a Nazi soldier and one of Germany's most well-known pro-Palestinian rally counter-protesters, warned about antisemitism in an interview with Walla.

Karoline Preisler during one of her counter-protests.

Netanyahu, officials lay wreaths after siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day

The wreaths in memory of Holocaust victims were hung on pedestals before a memorial torch. Netanyahu was the second to place his flowers, but stopped to steady and straighten the wreath.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials stand at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony.

Passing the torch: The march that changes everything

WATCH: Four alumni - three decades of marching - reflect on the experience that transformed their understanding of memory, identity, and responsibility.

Leading the Holocaust Museum LA delegation at Auschwitz

Memory depends on truth: The stories of Holocaust victims must be preserved - opinion

When asked what would happen when there are no more Holocaust survivors to tell their stories, Elie Wiesel replied, “Maybe you are the only hope I have – make it come true.”

Polish-born Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack shows his prisoner number tattooed on his arm during a news conference at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem June 15, 2009.

What I learned as a Venezuelan when the Iran war sent me to Poland - opinion

Reporting from Poland reaffirms that journalism is not simply about breaking news but about placing events in the deeper historical context that continues to shape the present.

THE WRITER (R) is seen alongside members of Fuente Latina’s Student Media Fellowship Program on a trip to Auschwitz.

Two Holocaust remembrance days: Why Israel’s is different - opinion

For the Jewish people, the Holocaust was a definitive warning against complacency.

A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Remembrance Day.