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Dena S Year12, Odelya W Year12, Rebecca G Year12 and Alex F Year 11. Haberdashers February 2026
February 5, 2026, 10:58 am
How we commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day at our school
A Haberdashers school assembly became a shared moment of reflection grounded in Jewish memory, at a time when many British schools have chosen not to commemorate HMD
By Haberdashers Students
Abbots Hill School, Hemel Hempstead
January 30, 2026, 10:30 am
Sunday Times school of the year links Holocaust to Israel’s conflict with Hamas
EXCLUSIVE: In a now deleted post, Abbot's Hill's deputy head said, 'Commemorating HMD or being Jewish does not mean condoning atrocities in Gaza'
By Michelle Rosenberg
Undated handout photo issued by Church of Scotland of the proposed artwork for a mural in Paisley dedicated to a Scottish missionary, Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis after caring for Jewish schoolgirls in Budapest.Thursday January 29, 2026. Photo: Cameron Brooks/Church of Scotland/PA Wire
January 29, 2026, 12:35 pm
Artwork for mural dedicated to Scot who cared for Jewish girls unveiled
Matron Jane Haining was arrested in Budapest in April 1944 and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where she was sent to the gas chambers
By JN Reporter
Havant Borough Council mayor Councillor Munazza Faiz
January 27, 2026, 5:34 pm
Hampshire mayor randomly inflates Holocaust death toll to 12 million and erases Jews from memorial
Labour councillor Munazza Faiz's false statement on Holocaust Memorial Day branded “an insult to victims and survivors”
By Michelle Rosenberg
Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald (left) and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer applaud Holocaust survivor, Mala Tribich, as she addresses a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. Picture date: Tuesday January 27, 2026.
January 27, 2026, 11:13 am
Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich tells Starmer’s top team ‘Remembering the past is no longer enough’
In historic event, PM collaborates with the HET charity, inviting a survivor to deliver moving testimony to a meeting of his full Cabinet in Downing St on Holocaust Memorial Day
By Lee Harpin
AJR chief executive returns to Kibbutz Ni r Oz. Pic: Courtesy
January 27, 2026, 9:41 am
Rebuilding the fabric of kibbutz life after 7 October
How does a devastated community return after psychological trauma? Michael Newman pays respects at the Kibbutz Nir Oz of his youth
By Michael Newman
Holocaust survivor Paul Sved, 87, who was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, in February 1938, with his son Richard pictured at their London home during an interview with the Press Association ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day. Pic: PA Wire
January 27, 2026, 9:37 am
87-year old Holocaust survivor comforted ‘to know my son will keep telling my story’
Richard Sved aware his father 'won’t be able to do it forever'
By JN Reporter
Yvette Cooper address FCDO HMD event
January 26, 2026, 2:14 pm
Cooper warns at Foreign Office Holocaust event of violent effects of hate in today’s society
Daniela Grudsky Ekstein, the Chargé d'affaires at the Israeli Embassy, also speaks at moving event
By Lee Harpin
Sir Sajid Javid Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
January 21, 2026, 9:16 pm
INTERVIEW Sir Sajid Javid: We must get Holocaust lessons into more schools than ever before
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Conservative minister tells Jewish News of his ambitious goals as Holocaust Memorial Day Trust chair
By Lee Harpin
Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons Event Date 21/01/2026 Copyright ©House of Commons
January 21, 2026, 4:22 pm
Commons Speaker hosts moving Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony
Mala Tribich MBE told how she and her brother were the only members of her family to survive the Holocaust
By Lee Harpin
The HMD 2026 of AJR in Belzise Squre Syangogue on 20 1 2026. Photos taken by Adam Soller Photography©
January 21, 2026, 12:48 pm
AJR Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration brings four generations together
Powerful candle-lighting ceremony led by survivors Mala Tribich, Ivor Perl, Jackie Young and Joanna Millan, alongside their descendants
By Michelle Rosenberg
Mayor of London gives reading at City Hall HMD event
January 19, 2026, 1:18 pm
Mayor of London joins survivors and communal leaders for moving HMD service
City Hall event featured moving testimonial from Holocaust survivor Annick Lever
By Lee Harpin
The HMD 2025 of AJR in London Belsize Sqaure Synagugue on 20 1 2025. Photos taken by Adam Soller Photography©
January 19, 2026, 12:50 pm
Sharp decline in Holocaust Memorial Day participation among schools after Hamas attacks
HMD is 'an act of human memory' said Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
By JN Reporter
HET's Karen Pollock speaking to students in Auschwitz on the organisation's Lessons From Auschwitz project with UJS
January 27, 2025, 10:11 am
OPINON: 80 years on, the weight of memory grows heavier
Today's anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation is a stark reminder of the past—and the urgent duty to preserve it for the future.
By Karen Pollock
The Anne Frank Trust annual lunch at the Hilton Hotel attended by HM The Queen. Photo by Ian Jones
January 24, 2025, 9:37 am
Queen’s rallying cry: ‘Never forget Holocaust atrocities amid rising antisemitism’
Addressing the annual Anne Frank Trust UK lunch, Camilla urged those gathered to “heed the warning” of survivor Marian Turski
By Adam Decker
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