Yad Vashem

November 9, 2018, 7:09 pm

A girl’s doll is a poignant reminder of the horrors of Kristallnacht

Lore Mayerfeld donates a children’s toy to a new Yad Vashem exhibition — one which she carried as her family fled to the US after the pogrom indicating the onset of the Holocaust

By Hillel Kuttler

The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City forms the backdrop to a tour guide holding up a picture of the ancient Jewish Temple. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

October 8, 2018, 1:06 pm

Riled tour guides warn new bill could skew tourists’ Israel experience

Legislation that would allow non-licensed guides for pilgrims and some foreign groups, set for Knesset debate this month, would lower standards, threaten livelihoods, guides say

By Sue Surkes

German Chancellor Angela Merkel lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on October 4, 2018 (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)

October 4, 2018, 10:46 am

At Yad Vashem, Merkel says Germany has ‘everlasting’ duty to fight anti-Semitism

German chancellor, visiting Israel with her cabinet, says Nazi violence and persecution of European Jews ‘broke with civilization’

By TOI staff and Agencies

A Bedouin child writes on a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of her expected visit to Israel on Wednesday, in the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, Oct. 2, 2018. Arabic on the poster reads, "save Khan al-Ahmar" and "save our school." (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

October 3, 2018, 6:33 am

Merkel heads to Israel amid deep disagreements over Palestinians, Iran

Berlin says trip, beginning Wednesday evening, will focus on economy, innovation and technology; chancellor to receive her third Israeli honorary doctorate

By Raphael Ahren

Slomo Koves, chief rabbi of the Chabad-affiliated Unified Israelite Congregation of Hungary (EMIH), speaks during a commemoration marking the Memorial Day of the Hungarian Holocaust victims in the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary, on April 19, 2017. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

September 15, 2018, 3:36 am

Controversial historian won’t run Hungarian Holocaust museum, new owners say

Maria Schmidt has repeatedly equated and lumped together the Holocaust and the Soviet domination of Hungary

By JTA

Jonny Daniels’ From the Depths organization honored three Poles for risking their lives to save Jews. (Jonny Daniels/Facebook)

September 13, 2018, 10:38 pm

Yad Vashem questions honors for 3 Poles as rescuers of Jews from Holocaust

Museum says credit given by From the Depths organization is based on unclear information and could result in public being misled

By JTA

September 8, 2018, 12:14 am

Chabad Hungary joins Holocaust museum project boycotted by other Jewish groups

The House of Fates has been shunned by Jewish organizations over its leader’s equating of Nazism with Soviet communism

By JTA

President Reuven Rivlin (right) and President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, Jerusalem, September 4, 2018 (Mark Neyman/GPO)

September 4, 2018, 12:41 pm

Duterte says he’ll buy only Israeli weapons… because there are no restrictions

Meeting President Rivlin, Philippines leader says US, Germany, and China impose limitations on arms sales; Rivlin tells him ‘Hitler was the devil himself’

By TOI staff

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on September 3, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

September 3, 2018, 6:38 pm

At Yad Vashem, Philippines’ Duterte pledges to fight ‘insane rulers’ like Hitler

Visiting president, who once likened himself to Nazi leader in vow to kill millions in drug trade, calls for learning lessons of ‘horrific and benighted period of human history’

By Michael Bachner

President Rodrigo Duterte gestures to his security not to provide him an umbrella as he reviews the police under a sudden downpour to mark the 117th Philippine National Police Service anniversary at Camp Crame in suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines, Aug. 8, 2018. With him is Philippine Natinal Police Chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

September 2, 2018, 5:27 am

Duterte due in Israel to gun for new arms, honor Philippines’ past saving Jews

Hardliner president, who once favorably compared himself to Hitler, will lay wreath at monument honoring his country’s work to help 1,300 Jews escape the Nazis

By Raphael Ahren

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during his visit to Israel on July 20, 2018. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

July 20, 2018, 1:10 pm

Hungary’s Orban visits Western Wall to wrap up Israel trip

Ending brief, controversial visit, Hungarian prime minister places note in cracks of Jerusalem holy site, learns history of Temple Mount

By AFP and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at a memorial ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp and to honor the victims of the Holocaust, in Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, on International Holocaust Memorial Day. January 27, 2010. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

July 6, 2018, 3:28 pm

Israel said to protest to Warsaw over PR campaign on Holocaust law deal

Diplomats reportedly tell Polish counterparts that ads reprinting controversial declaration ‘violate’ understanding reached to end spat over historical narrative

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on June 27, 2018, to discuss Poland's amended Holocaust Law. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

July 6, 2018, 2:57 pm

Polish off the Holocaust law deal: 6 things to know for July 6

The joint declaration by Israel and Poland which absolves the European country of involvement in Nazi crimes causes an uproar in the Jewish state

By Adiv Sterman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath during a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on April 24, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Amir Cohen)

July 5, 2018, 9:24 pm

Netanyahu aides insist Yad Vashem approved controversial Holocaust declaration

Hours after national memorial slams joint Israeli-Polish statement as ‘highly problematic,’ PM’s negotiators say chief historian signed off on text

By Tamar Pileggi

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks with Education Minister Naftali Bennett on November 13, 2017 in the Knesset. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 5, 2018, 5:17 pm

Bennett: Israel-Poland Holocaust declaration ‘a disgrace, saturated with lies’

Following criticism from Yad Vashem, education minister calls agreement a ‘betrayal of Holocaust victims,’ says it won’t be taught in schools; opposition leaders slam Netanyahu

By Raoul Wootliff