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Jewish Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Remarks by Eli Rubenstein Director of Education, International March of the Living International March of the Living Leadership Meeting Thursday, March 28, 2024 Jewish Resilience in the Face of Adversity Good morning, afternoon and evening to all: This week, I received an email from a representative of ANU – The Museum of the […]
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From Budapest to Auschwitz
2024 March of the Living Commemorates 80 Years Since Destruction of Hungarian Jewry in the Shoah At this year’s March of the Living, participants will mark 80 years since the annihilation of Hungarian Jewry during the Holocaust which began in the spring of 1944. Image: Holokauszt Emlékközpont, Budapest Prior to the March of the Living […]
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Joint March of Remembrance and March of the Living Thessaloniki
The Joint March of Remembrance, 81 years after the departure of the first deportation train from Thessaloniki to the death camp Auschwitz – Birkenau, took place on Sunday, March 17, 2024 with 1,200 marchers from Eleftherias Square to the Old Railway Station. This Joint March of Remembrance was organized by the Municipality of Thessaloniki, the […]
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New Film: Irena’s Vow
We are pleased to announce the debut of Irena’s Vow, premiering in US theaters April 15 and April 16 and across Canada April 19. The film tells the heroic story of Irena Gut Opdyke, a Polish nurse and a Righteous Among the Nations, who saved Jewish workers during the Holocaust. Our dear friend David (Dudi) […]
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Food, Hope & Resilience: A conversation with the author June Hersh and a Holocaust Survivor
Join us on March 14th at 5PM PT | 8PM ET for a conversation with June Hersh, author of Food, Hope & Resilience: Authentic Recipes and Remarkable Stories from Holocaust Survivors. Moderated by International March of the Living President, Phyllis Greenberg Heideman. REGISTER NOW BUY THE BOOK ABOUT THE BOOKThis vital collection of survivor stories […]
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Remembering Sara Rus Z”L
International March of the Living mourns the passing of Sara Rus z’l, Holocaust survivor and educator, who passed away on January 24, 2023 at the age of 96. May her family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. “I survived to tell what hatred can cause in humanity” – Sara Rus z’l I […]
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President Herzog hosts March of the Living Representatives and Kindertransport survivors
Holocaust survivors honored by the Israeli President Issac Herzog and the first lady Michal Herzog, International March of the Living Chair Dr. Shmuel Rosenman and Wendy Moskowitz (Yossi Zeliger) International Holocaust Memorial Day President Herzog hosts March of the Living Representatives and Kindertransport survivors Ceremony included survivors smuggled as children out of Nazi Germany to […]
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If We Never See Each Other Again – Premiere on JBS
A film based on interviews with Kindertransport survivors from the USC Shoah Foundation, produced by the International March of the Living, followed by an historical overview of the Kindertransport from noted Holocaust scholar Michael Berenbaum (American Jewish University). Directed by Naomi Wise Watch on JBS Sunday, Jan. 21 – 10:30pm Monday, Jan. 22- 4:00am Thursday, […]
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Journey of Hope: Retracing the Kindertransport after 85 Years
George Shefi, Paul Alexander & Walter Bingham near the Kindertransport memorial at Liverpool Street Station in London (Credit: Sam Churchill)[/caption] International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Honoring Kindertransport Survivors In the Shadow of the Hamas Terror Attack, March of the Living Joined Kindertransport Survivors on a Historic Journey Retracing their Escape from Nazi Germany 85 Years Ago […]
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Marking 100 Days Since October 7th Reflections from Eli Rubenstein
“I feel horrified by the loss of life that we have witnessed on October 7th and the brutality with which it was conducted. We had mass shootings, we saw children being shot in the arms of the mothers, but the brutality of people being decapitated, women being raped, people being burned alive, that brutality was […]
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