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Conductor and composer Leo Geyer in concert
Music from Auschwitz orchestras pieced together and heard for the first time
By Jenni Frazer
A chance conversation at the Nazi death camp in 2015 and a painstaking ‘jigsaw’ ever since led to this week’s first airing in 80 years
Conductor and composer Leo Geyer in concert
November 30, 2023, 11:09 am
Music from Auschwitz orchestras pieced together and heard for the first time
A chance conversation at the Nazi death camp in 2015 and a painstaking 'jigsaw' ever since led to this week's first airing in 80 years
By Jenni Frazer
Uriel Goldberg with his grandfather, Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg. Pic: Uriel Goldberg
November 17, 2023, 12:15 pm
The survivor, his grandson and the enduring struggle for Jewish survival across generations
EXCLUSIVE: Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg and his IDF reservist grandson Uriel Goldberg on passing the torch in the fight against Jewish persecution.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Pedestrians viewing a Jewish-owned store in Berlin damaged during Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938.
November 9, 2023, 10:32 am
85 years on from Kristallnacht, Holocaust survivors say they again feel unsafe as Jews
In testimonies released for the anniversary of the ‘Night of Broken Glass’, survivors from around the world call out for help in fighting rising antisemitism
By Michelle Rosenberg
Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London ahead of a hearing regarding the UK Holocaust Memorial, an issue that has also divided the Jewish community.
November 7, 2023, 12:13 pm
Holocaust Memorial Bill returns as government pledges to tackle antisemitism
A vow to build a Holocaust memorial and learning centre was first made in January 2015.
By Jewish News Reporter
“There is a talk about clearing Hamas out of Gaza. Isn’t that a little bit like the Final Solution?”
November 3, 2023, 7:01 pm
BBC defends right to compare Israel’s actions against Hamas to Hitler’s Final Solution
Audience member’s contribution to flagship Question Time debate – suggesting war on terrorists is akin to the Holocaust – remains on iPlayer
By Richard Ferrer
Former Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks. Credit: Blake-Ezra Photography
November 2, 2023, 1:22 pm
OPINION: What would Rabbi Sacks be saying about 7 October?
He would be pleading with us not to give up hope, but to be active, wherever we are, however we can, to protect our ancient homeland and the world’s only Jewish state, writes Dan Sacker
By Dan Sacker
The word ‘Gaza’ daubed in red paint outside the Wiener Holocaust Library in central London.
November 2, 2023, 12:25 pm
‘Gaza’ daubed in red paint outside the Wiener Holocaust Library
Police and CST alerted after a graffiti attack outside the world's oldest Holocaust studies library and research centre.
By Richard Ferrer
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan. Credit: Twitter/X
October 31, 2023, 12:46 pm
Yad Vashem lashes out at Israel’s UN ambassador for wearing yellow star
Yad Vashem commented on Gilad Erdan's display of the yellow star at the UN, saying it 'dishonours both the victims of the Holocaust and the State of Israel'
By JN Reporter
Left to right: Gad Liebersohn, 21; Yarin Amar, 22; Yaelle Bonnet, 21. All survived the massacre at the Tribe of Nova party outside Kibbutz Re'im on Oct. 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
October 11, 2023, 10:35 pm
‘The Holocaust, all over again’
In survivors’ words, the massacre at the Israeli rave near Kibbutz Re’im on the Gaza border
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
(L to R) - Dr Charles H. Middleburgh – Dean of Leo Baeck College, Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris - Principal of Leo Baeck College, Jeffrey Orenstein - chair of the Czech Scroll Memorial Trust
October 5, 2023, 9:26 am
Leo Baeck College adopts historic Czech Memorial Scroll
"An orphan scroll, a legacy of the Shoah", the Brno Sefer Torah was written in Czechoslovakia in the 1880s
By Michelle Rosenberg
October 4, 2023, 9:10 am
VR film on Holocaust survivor showing at London Film Festival 
New technology changes the way stories are told
By Noah Cruickshank
Daniel Sheffer with Hamburg's Chief Rabbi Bistritzky,right
September 29, 2023, 11:36 am
Torah crown looted from shul during Kristallnacht discovered in German antique shop
The crown of the Bornplatz Synagogue now has pride of place in Hamburg Jewish community's temporary shul ahead of its £113million planned reconstruction
By Michelle Rosenberg
Rise of the Nazis. Pic: BBC
September 27, 2023, 4:02 pm
OPINION: Journey of remembrance had reached a crucial juncture
Alex Brummer reflects on the power of media in confronting the horrors of the past
By Alex Brummer
Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Several Jewish advocacy organizations condemned members of Parliament on Sunday for giving a standing ovation to a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War. Credit: The Canadian Press/Alamy Live News
September 27, 2023, 9:10 am
Speaker of Canadian parliament resigns after applauding ex-Nazi soldier
98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a former volunteer fighter in a Waffen SS unit, was applauded as a "hero" in the Canadian parliament.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, receives a standing ovation after addressing the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, September 22, 2023 in Ottawa, Canada. Credit: Ukraine Presidency/Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/Alamy Live News
September 26, 2023, 10:14 am
Canadian PM lambasts ‘deeply embarrassing’ standing ovation for ex-Nazi soldier
98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a former volunteer fighter in a Waffen SS unit, was applauded as a "hero" in the Canadian parliament.
By JN Reporter
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