Holocaust

As matzah returns to our tables this Passover, one survivor’s story from Auschwitz reveals how a single mitzvah can illuminate a lifetime and beyond.

He was a professor in Tokyo who stood up for Jews during the Holocaust. Years later, Setsuzo Kotsuji returned to the Mir yeshiva as Rabbi Avraham ben Avraham.

For over 3,000 years, Jewish families have testified to the Exodus on Seder night. Discover why this unbroken chain is powerful historical evidence.

Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds saved about 200 Jewish-American POWs in 1945; 80 years later, the U.S. will award its highest military honor

Activists plan demonstration at Buchenwald after memorial barred keffiyeh-wearing visitor

A sixteenth birthday. A Rebbe’s furrowed silence. A forgotten act of bread in the Łódź Ghetto that returned decades later to save a life.

From a Polish cheder to Nazi labor camps and finally to Jerusalem, one man’s lifelong devotion to Birkat Hamazon reveals how unwavering faith and heartfelt gratitude transformed suffering into a powerful story of survival and spiritual strength

A powerful true story of faith, persistence, and redemption, revealing how one emotional encounter after World War II changed the fate of a family and shaped the future of a great rabbi in Israel

A powerful Holocaust era story of faith, sacrifice, and a single heartfelt request that led to seven sons becoming world renowned Torah scholars, fulfilling a Rebbe’s emotional blessing decades later

Rabbi Nissen Mangel recounts a powerful Passover night inside an extermination camp, where hundreds of prisoners risked their lives to sing the Haggadah and keep the spirit of the Jewish soul alive

Rabbi Eliezer David Ganzfried’s astonishing survival story reveals how unwavering faith sustained a twelve year old boy standing before Mengele in Auschwitz

How a Bnei Akiva emissary rescued centuries old Torah scrolls from Europe, brought them to Israel, and created a living legacy of faith, memory, and family tradition in Jerusalem

Ronit Friedman always knew her grandmother’s survival was extraordinary. An open door in Krakow returned her to a family story hidden for eighty years.

How Jewish law transforms revelation into ethics, human dignity, and moral responsibility

Lawmakers say newly uncovered Nazi-linked funds raise questions about whether Holocaust victims were fully compensated, and how Nazi officials escaped justice

A Jewish perspective on the Holocaust, free will, hidden good, and how belief in a compassionate God can coexist with history’s greatest tragedy

Broadcaster’s wording on Holocaust Memorial Day sparks global Jewish concern over dilution of historical truth amid rising antisemitism

New Claims Conference survey finds widespread Holocaust ignorance in Ireland, and heavy online exposure to denial among youth