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Reflections on the Bondi Beach Terrorist Attack from Gary Samowitz, CEO, March of the Living Australia
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gary Samowitz (@garysamo) Morning. It’s 5:00 AM here in Bondi Beach. Just come to watch the sunrise behind me. I’ve been in Bondi the last few days, just trying to process what took place here. It’s been a really challenging couple of days, just […]
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International March of the Living Responds to Bondi Beach Shooting
‘Australia has looked away as hatred of Jews intensified. That silence led to today’s attack.’ International March of the Living issued the following statement regarding the terrorist shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi Beach, Australia, in which dozens have been reported killed or seriously injured: “This was not an isolated act of violence. The […]
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‘Being There Changes You’: Young Jewish Professionals Describe the March of the Living Experience That Became a Turning Point
Registration to the 2026 March of the Living is now open! When Tyler boarded the plane from Philadelphia, he carried with him the weight of a family history marked by loss, silence, and survival. His grandmother was born hiding in the forests of Austria, constantly on the run. His great auntie Perrie bore the tattooed […]
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87 Years Since Kristallnacht: A Statement from Holocaust Survivors Who Lived Through the 1938 Pogrom
Walter Bingham (101), George Shefi (94), and Paul Alexander (90) (Photo: Sam Churchill) We, Holocaust survivors, lived through the Kristallnacht pogrom as children in Germany. We saw with our own eyes how hatred turned to flames, how indifference became complicity, and how the world stayed silent as Jews were attacked. Today, 87 years later, we […]
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An Embrace Across Generations
When Holocaust survivors and survivors of October 7 walked together at the March of the Living, a bridge was formed between past and present At this year’s March of the Living, Holocaust survivors walked side by side with survivors of captivity and survivors of the October 7 massacre — a shared march of generations, linking […]
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“Silence is Not an Option”: Remembering Paula Lebovics, Z”L
International March of the Living mourns the recent passing of beloved Holocaust survivor and educator Paula Lebovics. Over the last few decades, Paula lived up to her lifelong motto, “silence is not an option”, volunteering at the USC Shoah Foundation, speaking at events organized by the Holocaust Museum of Los Angeles and the Museum of […]
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Marking A Somber Anniversary: 2 Years Since Oct. 7
Freed Hostages and families of victims of October 7th at the 2025 March of the Living Erev Yom HaShoah Ceremony at the Krakow Opera. (Yossi Zeliger) As we mark two years since the horrific day of October 7 and the difficult war that followed, we unite in prayer for peace and the return of all […]
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Reflection from Ori Megidish, who returned from captivity in Gaza and took part in the 2025 March of the Living
“Hearing Holocaust survivor Sarah Weinstein say the words ‘I am a happy woman’ brought me to tears — tears of pain and hope.” Reflection from Ori Megidish, who returned from captivity in Gaza and took part in the 2025 March of the Living. I joined this year’s March of the Living knowing it would be a deeply meaningful journey — as […]
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Remembering Ben Lesser Z”L
International March of the Living mourns the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator, Ben Lesser. Ben passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the age of 96, on the first day of, Rosh Hashanah. Born in Krakow Poland in 1928, the second youngest of five children, Ben survived the Holocaust, including four concentration camps […]
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84 Years Since Babyn Yar Massacre: Unidentified Victims Names Revealed
On September 29–30, 1941, on the eve of Yom Kippur, 33,771 Jews were murdered in just two days in Babyn Yar, a ravine in the capital city of Kyiv, Ukraine. It was the first of many massacres to be perpetrated there by Nazi Germany against the local population. Over the two years of German occupation, […]
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