PRESIDENT RIVLIN: ISRAEL IS THE ‘MARCH OF THE LIVING’ FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE

“The establishment of the State of Israel is a miracle, though it is not self-evident, and it is something that must be experienced to be believed and understood.” President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday warmly welcomed some 6,000 young students from 40 countries across the world who took part in 30th

My first time in Poland; the gentle chaos of defiance

This week I visited Poland for the very first time. I’ve probably avoided this journey because I grew up in a Holocaust-drenched-home and then lived in Holocaust-steeped-Israel. A few years ago, I visited Lithuania where our family comes from and where, in the village which my great-grandfather left, 2,000 Jews

ONE-FIFTH OF ALL AMBASSADORS TO U.N. CURRENTLY IN ISRAEL

The purpose of the trip is to give the ambassadors, who are often called upon to vote on Israel-related issues a first-hand look at the challenges the country faces. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon is acting as a guide for some 20% of his fellow ambassadors to the

March of the Living diary: ‘The more we learn – the more questions we have’

Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational trust, was part of the 275-strong UK’s delegation to Poland for March of the Living, as more than 11,000 came together at Auschwitz to remember six million Jews. Following an emotional week of learning about Jewish history and Polish-Jewish life, she reflects

DIARY FROM THE 30TH MARCH OF THE LIVING

One of the hundreds of survivors who participated in this year’s march: “The most wonderful miracle of all is the State of Israel.” AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU – Walking behind the Israeli and Polish presidents, together with the heads of Israel’s security branches, hundreds of Holocaust survivors and thousands of young people from

UN ambassadors visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Thirteen ambassadors to the United Nations from Africa, Europe and Latin America visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camps in Poland today on Yom Hashoah (Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day), as part of the 30th annual “March of the Living.” The delegation organized by the American Zionist Movement, in conjunction with Ambassador

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin: “It is Impossible to Deny Polish Involvement in the Holocaust”

On Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah), Thursday, April 12, under the theme “From Holocaust to Redemption,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin led an international procession of more than 12,000 students and adults from around the world on the International March of the Living, which this year marks 30 years of the

Led by Israel’s President Rivlin, thousands attend March of Living in Poland

More than 12,000 people from 40 countries make two-mile march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, accompanied by heads of IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet and police Some 12,000 marchers from 40 countries — from Holocaust survivors to teenagers to senior Israeli officials — were participating in the March of the Living on

UN Ambassadors Visit Auschwitz

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the American Zionist Movement brings UN ambassadors to Auschwitz. Ambassadors to the United Nations from Africa, Europe and Latin America on Thursday visited the Polish Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps, participating in the 30th annual March of the Living. The delegation arrived in Poland under the auspices of

Holocaust Memory: The Next Thirty Years

The 2018 March of the Living marks thirty years since the first 1,500 participants gathered in Poland and marched along the path of memory that marchers have taken each year since. As we again gather in Poland to march together from Auschwitz to Birkenau, we are more than merely walking