Established in 1953 by a law from the Knesset (Israeli parliament), it falls close the anniversary of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. During Yom HaShoah ceremonies in the U.S., Israel and elsewhere, ...

(JTA) — Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, begins Sunday night, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and serving as a memorial day for the 6 million Jews ...

Every Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), television ... Nazi Collaborators Punishment Law,” which was passed by the Knesset in 1950. This law was responsible for what became known as ...

Members of the Jewish community observed Yom HaShoah on the University of Wisconsin campus beginning Monday at sundown. Yom HaShoah is a day of memory for Jewish people across the diaspora and ...

So are countless other memorial programs developed for Yom Hashoah, the international Holocaust remembrance day that this year begins the evening of April 20. They include films, prerecorded ...

Yom Hashoah is commemorated by Jewish communities all over the world. They take part in rituals to remember those who lost their lives during the Holocaust and to ensure that no similar atrocity ...