Righteous gentiles

Remembering the Holocaust also means standing up to hate - opinion

Yom HaShoah is a sacred day of mourning, memory, and resistance, but it is also a call to remain alert.

THE WRITER’S family in Brussels prior to the Holocaust: Her mother Sonia (L) and aunt Hannie were Hidden Children saved by Madame Anciaux, a Righteous Among the Nations. Their father Saul Birnberg was murdered in Auschwitz; their mother Dora hid under an assumed identity.
 Footage from the The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous event in Warsaw, Poland. January 28, 2025.

'Heroic people': JFR honors Righteous Gentiles at Warsaw event

 PALESTINIANS FLEE the eastern part of Gaza City after they were ordered by the IDF to evacuate, earlier this week. The writer asks: ‘What if I had been born in Gaza? What if I had been raised to hate Jews and the Jewish state? Would I want to kill innocent people?’

In their shoes: If I was born in Gaza, would I have joined Hamas? - opinion

People stand still in Tel Aviv, as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 6, 2024

Searching for beacons of altruism amid the darkness of the Holocaust - opinion


Agents of Hope: The Righteous Gentiles of Novogrudok

Based on personal interviews that I carried out, the following are just some of the stories of tunnel escapees and their rescuers that will appear in my upcoming book.

 Righteous Gentile Maria Bobrowski is second from the right.

Negev town honors French sister city for saving Jews during Holocaust

The French town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon provided refuge for 5,000 people fleeing Vichy authorities during World War 2.

 Sign in Meitar grove.

Israel must reassess its handling of Holocaust school trips to Poland - editorial

Reaching an agreement with Poland is an opportunity to reassess how the Holocaust education trips are handled within Israel.

 Jewish Youth from all over the world participating in the March of the Living  seen at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in Poland, as Israel marks annual Holocaust Memorial Day, on April 16, 2015.

Yad Vashem commissions musical tribute to Chiune Sugihara

Symphony No. 6, “Vessels of Light,” as the performance is called, is dedicated to the heroic deeds of Chiune Sugihara.

 THE WORLD premiere of ‘Symphony No. 6, Vessels of Light’ in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Ari Mittleman’s path to his book on eight righteous heroes

Ari Mittleman: "I began to feel compelled to write during my last trip here in 2019, after the horrible attack at the Poway synagogue."

 Ari Mittleman.

Paths of the Righteous: An inspiring book about eight righteous heroes

Ari Mittleman’s magnificent “Stories of Heroism, Humanity and Hope,” the author’s subtitle, leave one feeling both inspired and humbled.

 Paths of the Righteous

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust and the Righteous Gentile

These three people are only a few drops in the ocean, but their humanitarian action served to help purify the poison in the Nazi sea.

 An aerial view of Yad Vashem

US Jewish group rush to aid 'Righteous Gentiles' in Ukraine

The foundation wasn’t going to ask elderly Ukrainians to find a notary in wartime. Instead it asked rescuers to submit “proof-of-life” photos: pictures of themselves and a copy of the day's newspaper

Wall of Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem.

Chilean diplomat who saved over 1,200 during the Holocaust honored

Chilean diplomat Samuel del Campo issued Polish and Chilean passports to over 1,200 Polish and Romanian Jews who were confined by Romanian authorities in the Chernivtsi ghetto.

 Samuel del Campo was stationed in Romania during World War II and issued passports to Jews before they were deported to Nazi camps.

Jewish Foundation for the Righteous gives $515,000 to righteous gentiles for Christmas

Righteous gentiles are non-Jews recognized for their efforts to protect Jews from Nazis and Nazi sympathizers during the Holocaust.

 A WOMAN from Poland places her hand near the names of family members honored at Yad Vashem in 2018 as Righteous Among the Nations.

Jewish group launches virtual tribute to heroic Righteous Gentiles

The virtual series by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous aims to educate the public on the hazards of spreading hate speech toward any racial or religious group.

Wall of Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem.