The Jewish community in western Massachusetts began the observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

At the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon as “the main lesson of the Holocaust.” ...

In 2024, the commemoration took place on May 6. This year, Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day – as it is officially called – was particularly poignant because it fell 212 days ...

Yom HaShoah, typically falls out in April or May, and commemorates the 6 million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

The State of Israel assumed the presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on Monday (March 3), taking over from the United Kingdom.

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day is observed this year starting Sunday evening (May 5) and continuing through Monday (May 6).

Tonight brings in Israel's annual National Holocaust Remembrance Day. There is a ceremony in the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem. CorrespondentJoe Brown brings the latest.

This year, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, memory is not enough. We cannot afford to repeat the failure. No more words, we need action.

Emilia Justyna Powell speaks during her presentation at the Yom Hashoah- Holocaust Remembrance Day service at Temple Israel of Valparaiso in Valparaiso, Indiana, Friday, April 25, 2025.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is on Monday and with the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the day has even more significance.

Holocaust remembrance in Israel is observed on two different dates. The official date is the 27th of Nissan, set by the Knesset because it marks the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.