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Holocaust survivors

Doug Emhoff poses with the United States Women's National Team before a training session in Auckland, New Zealand, July 20, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Brad Smith-USSF-Getty Images for USSF)
Posted inSports

A Jewish guide to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis July 21, 2023
Protesters dressed as oppressed women from the TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" at a protest against the Netanyahu government's proposed judicial reforms outside of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2023. (Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, happenings, comings & goings — July 2023

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 18, 2023July 19, 2023
​​The Claims Conference delegation for negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors meets in Berlin, May 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Claims Conference)
Posted inWorld

Germany agrees to record $1.4 billion in annual Holocaust reparations as survivors age

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev June 15, 2023
Eugene Ginter makes the chocolate sandwich that his mother made for him after he was liberated from Auschwitz. (Photo/Ellen Silverman)
Posted inFood

New cookbook showcases Auschwitz survivors’ recipes — and resilience

by Rachel Ringler and JTA September 1, 2022
Joe Biden speaks to Holocaust survivors Giselle Cycowicz (right) and Rena Quint (left) during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, July 13, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Debbie Hill-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Biden kneels to meet with Holocaust survivors during visit to Yad Vashem

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA July 14, 2022July 14, 2022
“You can hear a pin drop when I tell my story,” says Sy Karfiol.
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

‘My childhood ended’: Sacramento Holocaust survivor Sy Karfiol recounts harrowing tale for spellbound audiences

by Dan Pine June 30, 2022June 30, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inNews

$36 million on the table for Holocaust survivors in California

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
A view of the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial complex on the eastern outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, after it was hit with Russian missiles, Mar. 27, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Sergey Bobok-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

In Israel, some Holocaust survivors from Ukraine feel ambivalent about their war-torn country of birth

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA April 29, 2022
Former prisoners of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at an International Holocaust Remembrance day event at the former camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Damian Klamka-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

A global day of Holocaust remembrance grows in scope — and urgency

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA January 27, 2022January 27, 2022
a marble sculpture in the shape of an upright book next to a stone wall
Posted inNews

Oregon Holocaust Memorial hit with antisemitic graffiti

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 4, 2021May 4, 2021

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