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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.
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.

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

 Did desiNew insights on the Antikythera Mechanism.

Greece’s Antikythera Mechanism upends timelines of technology

Entrance to Auschwitz I, the main concentration camp, Poland, 1940-1945.

Memory depends on truth: Why post-truth culture endangers Holocaust remembrance - opinion


From Der Judenstaat to modern Israel: Herzl’s vision in today’s world - opinion

Over 100 years after Herzl’s Der Judenstaat, Israel faces global antisemitism, internal divisions, and the ongoing fight for its survival.

Supporting a ‘Free Palestine’ as part of a ‘Stop Bombing Iran’ protest following the US attack on Iranian nuclear sites, near the US Embassy in London, June 23, 2025.

Looking back at George Washington’s 1790 letter, the root of American religious freedom

George Washington to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island, and the presentation of him by artist Arthur Szyk.

Declaration of Independence of the United States. New Canaan, 1950. Featuring George Washington.

Jerusalem highlights: February 13-19

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MAO concert (see Thursday)

A people without a plan is a people without a land: Zionism, goal-setting go hand in hand - opinion

Zionism without goals is not a mistake—it is a moral abdication, and we are standing inside it.

 THEODOR HERZL.

Knesset marks 60 years since building inauguration in traditional Tu Bishvat ceremony

The event celebrating Israel’s parliament is expected to host more than 2,000 visitors, including soldiers, police officers, Holocaust survivors, and students from schools across the country.

‎Inauguration ceremony of the Knesset building, August 30, 1966.

Josh Shapiro: Return of America’s oldest antisemitic trope - opinion

Josh Shapiro’s experience shows that Jews are still suspected of divided loyalties in US politics.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is seen speaking to suppporters. The Harris campaign’s suspicions of Shapiro’s loyalty is nothing new for Jewish Americans, the writer says.

Time for a Muslim Nostra Aetate: Reflections on 60 years of Catholic rapprochement toward Jews

Just as Nostra Aetate led to reconciliation between Judaism and Christianity, a similar document is needed to lead to a rapprochement between Judaism and Islam.

(FROM L): RABBI Yakov Nagen; Rafi Nahra, patriarchal vicar for Israel, based in Nazareth; and Rabbi Sarel Rosenblatt at the Vatican.

From exile to ecstacy? Israel’s enduring resilience in the face of crisis - opinion

Life for the Jewish people, and virtually anyone who comes within our circle, is unpredictable.

‘CHILDREN OF Jacob Sell Their Brother Joseph,’ by Konstantin Flavitsky, 1855.

‘True story, phony AI photo’ - opinion

For some time now, AI-generated Holocaust images have been flooding social media.

AN AI-generated image of a nurse holding a smiling woman in her arms in a concentration camp.

On This Day in 1945: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is liberated by Soviet Army

At last year's 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation, only 50 survivors attended the ceremony in Poland, and it is estimated that fewer than 1,000 Auschwitz survivors remain globally.

 Auschwitz concentration camp, operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during the Holocaust.