Holocaust

From wartime miracles to rebuilding a yeshiva from three students — the powerful journey of a true Torah giant.

Rabbi Mordechai Pogremanski, often called 'The Sublime Illui,' was a man of incredible character. Here are five remarkable stories about the great Rabbi, who left no descendants.

How a Soviet deception in 1946 condemned Jewish families to years of terror and death in the gulag

Fresh evidence uncovers massive sums never returned to Jewish families, reigniting the global call for accountability and transparency

During World War II, the Jewish community of Djerba faced grave danger under Nazi occupation. Through wise negotiation and what many saw as divine intervention, disaster was averted.

Striking portraits reveal the emotional stories of children who bear the names of Holocaust victims and survivors

While teaching in Casablanca, Paul met a kind and wise rabbi who helped him discover the beauty of Torah—and it changed his life forever.

From the horrors of Auschwitz, amidst hunger, disease, and forced labor, Shindy Miller documented the atrocities of the Holocaust with every fiber of her being. Written on hidden scraps of paper, her diary became a chilling testament and legacy for future generations. Now, two months after her passing, her daughter Dori unveils her inspiring story.

After 200 years and a miraculous rescue from Europe, the scroll is welcomed in a moving ceremony from the Nova memorial site

How a Judenrat leader secretly aided the resistance, saved lives, and chose to warn his people instead of obeying Nazi orders

The Holocaust claimed nearly everything he loved, but with vision and faith, Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman rebuilt the world of Torah

Despite starvation, fear, and brutality, Jewish prisoners staged an uprising that destroyed the camp and left an indelible mark of defiance

In a newly uncovered message to a New York welfare worker, Albert Einstein urges unity and moral courage

After losing his wife and eleven children in the Holocaust, Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam built a Torah empire and a hospital founded on compassion

Elchonon (Elchanan) Wasserman, the Chofetz Chaim’s greatest student: essential facts about his life, leadership and final moments of Kiddush Hashem.

How descendants of concealed Jewish families are reconnecting to their heritage through faith, memory, and community life in modern-day Poland

How a Jewish doctor outsmarted the Nazis by inventing a deadly illness and hiding dozens of Jews in hospital isolation wards

Amid the horrors of Nazi-occupied Holland, a German officer’s daring deception and divine providence combined to rescue an entire Sephardic community from extermination

From surviving World War II to building a family in Israel, his life story and legacy of strength continue to inspire

Nicole Raidman on discovering family loss, emigrating from Odessa and confronting modern antisemitism