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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Aron Bell, center, light candles at an unveiling ceremony of a monument to the Heroes of Resistance at Nazi concentration camps and Jewish ghettos during the World War II, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, Russia, June 4, 2019. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
September 26, 2025, 11:19 am
Aron Bell, last of the Bielski brothers whose famed brigade saved 1,200 Jews, dies at 98
The youngest of the Jewish partisan brothers, Bell would sneak into the nearby ghetto to help convince imprisoned Jews to escape.
By Grace Gilson (JTA)
An installation commemorating the 136 Israeli hostages, still believed to be in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, is displayed at the National Library of Israel. Chairs bear photos of the hostages, each with a book personally selected for that specific person. Opened October 2023, unceremoniously due to the ongoing Israel Hamas war, the NLI hosts some 4 million books, newspapers, antique manuscripts, millions of historical photographs and rare recordings of cultural ceremonies. Credit: Nir Alon/Alamy Live News
March 4, 2024, 4:12 pm
National Library of Israel provides access to Holocaust and 7 October survivor testimonies
The library partnered with USC Shoah Foundation which allows Israelis to access testimonies from more than 52,000 Holocaust survivors and survivors of the October 7 massacre
By Jewish News Reporter
Former USC Shoah Foundation Executive Director Stephen Smith with survivor Edward Mosberg and Institute founder Steven Spielberg. Pic: USC Shoah Foundation
July 4, 2023, 1:40 pm
Christian founder of Holocaust Centre converts to Judaism: “I am no longer alone”
Former head of Shoah Foundation Stephen Smith converted following 30 years as a Holocaust scholar and advocate against Jew-hate
By Michelle Rosenberg
Holocasut survivor Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova, pictured in the 1990s (Photo: USC Shoah Foundation)
April 28, 2022, 9:01 am
Shoah Foundation shares ‘lost’ testimony of Holocaust survivor who died in Mariupol
Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova uses the interview to describe her childhood experiences navigating the war.
By JTA
October 7, 2021, 2:43 pm
Head of USC Shoah Foundation leaves role with heartfelt letter to all survivors
British-born Stephen Smith departs as chief executive of the California-based Foundation, founded by Steven Spielberg, saying it was 'the greatest honour of my life to work with you'
By Jack Mendel
Steven Spielberg
February 26, 2021, 9:53 am
Steven Spielberg’s Shoah foundation links up with UK schools to fight hatred
World-famous director's organisation is taking part in the ‘Stronger than Hate’ challenge, with the first prize being £5,000, and iPads also on offer
By Jewish News Reporter
Symcha Fiszel ITS Passenger List (Handout)
August 27, 2020, 11:04 am
Vast Holocaust database goes online
Nearly 20 million records are made available in act of ‘collective responsibility’, writes Stephen Oryszczuk
By Stephen Oryszczuk
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