And then? Independence Day! Let me backtrack a bit. Every year in Israel after Passover, a siren sounds across the country to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. When the siren sounds, its tradition...
Tag - Yom Hashoah
Union Rules Broken When Jews Forced To Dig Own Graves
The executioners’ union might also demand involvement. Riga, Latvia, April 11 – The head of a local professional association voiced dissatisfaction with the way mass execution of area...
Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Day 2014 from the Shuk in...
This video was shot today at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem. Holocaust Remembrance Day began last night in Israel. All the flags are at half mast and last night there was a ceremony at Yad...
Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013
Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel started out in its standard manner here in Jerusalem. As the sun set Sunday night, the city ground to a halt as pretty much all commerce shut down. The Adopt-A...
Holocaust Memorial Day 2012
Today at 10 am Israel time, sirens sounded across Israel, and pedestrian and vehicular traffic came to a standstill in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in honor of those that resisted the...
Holocaust Memorial Day / Yom Hashoah in Jerusalem, Israel 2011
Known officially in Israel as Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, it is Israel’s day of commemoration for the those who perished in the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis and their allies...