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Why (and When) We Pause to Remember the Holocaust Throughout the Year

Around this time of year, as we commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, I often hear a familiar question: “Wait…didn’t we just commemorate the Holocaust in January?” It’s a fair question, and the answer is yes…and also no.

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From Fragment to Whole

 In late 2014, the Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program received an extremely important submission — a...

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Cholent: Tasting the Past

 The Rohatiner extended family before the war. Bronia (back row, fifth from the left) is standing beside her sister,...

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Understanding What Genocide Really Means

Defining Genocide Article II of the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide...