IN COMMEMORATION OF ELIE WIESEL, JEWISH LEADERS GATHER IN HIS HOMETOWN

The event included an interfaith dialogue between representatives of Romania’s religious communities and Jewish leaders from Israel. SIGHET, ROMANIA – Local leaders and Jewish dignitaries from around the world gathered Thursday in Sighet, the birthplace of Jewish luminary Elie Wiesel, to protest rising antisemitism and commend town officials for acting swiftly after an antisemitic incident […]

Alumni Reflection: Ross Nimhauser, Southern Region USA, 2012 & 2018

The Holocaust can be an overwhelming topic for anyone who studies it, regardless of age. When I went on the March as a student six years ago I had the profound sense of duty to remember and embrace the memory of my family, thirteen of which perished in Majdanek. Going on the March as an […]

March of Many Meanings

April, 2018 marked my second opportunity to staff the March of the Living trip for Mid Atlantic Region of the United States as a representative of StandWithUs. The March brings thousands of Jewish teenagers and Holocaust survivors from around the world and Israel, which culminates with a silent march in Poland between Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II/Birkenau, […]

Remembering Ari Fuld, z”l

It is with great sadness and an organizational sense of loss that the International March of the Living joins the world Jewish Community in mourning the untimely and cruel death of Ari Fuld in Gush Etzion at the hands of a heartless murderer this past weekend. Ari was a living role model for all that […]

March of the Living changes lives

It was the fall of 2008 when my parents asked me if I had any interest in going on the “March of The Living.” My mother, a career Jewish professional and my father who studied in Poland in college and whose own father had been present on the liberation of several camps felt that it […]

Alumni Reflection: Geri Roth, International Adults 2018

It was an honor and once in a lifetime experience to participate in the March of the Living and especially to do so with my daughter, Lisa Roth. Although my background is not the same as hers, we share many of the same emotions. While in Poland, I felt extreme sadness and anger. I will […]

Alumni Reflection: Lisa Roth, International Adults 2018

My paternal grandparents, Elizabeth (Bubbie) and Samuel (Zaide) z’l Roth, survived the Holocaust. My Zaide passed away in 2010 at almost 98 years old just shy of 65 years of marriage to my Bubbie who is currently 92 years old and full of life. As the oldest of their eight grandchildren, I am extremely fortunate […]

March of the Living Report – Fall 2018

Remembering Senator John McCain

The International March of the Living is saddened by the passing of Senator John McCain, a staunch advocate for human rights and longtime friend of the State of Israel and the Jewish People.  “The Senator’s experience as a Prisoner of War sharpened his understanding of the plight of the victim and deepened his compassion for […]

March of the Living Statement on Hatred in Romania

We at the International March of the Living are both saddened and outraged by the contempt and hatred shown by the recent antisemitic graffiti painted in Romania on the Memorial House of the late Elie Wiesel, z”l. Professor Wiesel was the acclaimed voice of conscience and the moral compass for all peoples of the world. […]