Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

This year marks eighty years since the Warsaw ghetto uprising in Poland that began on the eve of Passover in April 1943. In commemoration of this event and the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, Israel established the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’...
Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Beginning at sunset on April 27th this year, Israel will hold memorial ceremonies throughout the country at schools, military bases, and places of business to recognize the heroes and martyrs of the Holocaust. Known as Yom HaShoah, this solemn national holiday has...