Yom Hashoah
Lena Goldstein, pictured ahead of her 100th birthday earlier this year, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday night. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 15, 2019, 1:38 pm
Shoah survivor Lena Goldstein passes away at 100
TWO weeks after lighting a candle at Yom Hashoah, 100-year-old Lena Goldstein died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday night.
By Joshua Levi
The MOTL 2019 Australasian student group at Auschwitz.
May 10, 2019, 12:00 am
A walk to remember
EACH year more than 10,000 people from around the world descend on Auschwitz to take part in March of the Living (MOTL). Coinciding with Yom Hashoah last week, together they took the three-kilometre walk to Birkenau – a silent tribute to all victims of the Holocaust. 
By Rebecca Davis
Eva Heyman
May 3, 2019, 10:23 am
Holocaust victim’s story told on Instagram
MILLIONS of people have been flocking to Instagram, transfixed by the story of a Jewish teenager … during the Holocaust.
By Nathan Jeffay
Holocaust survivors light the memorial candles. Photo: Giselle Haber
May 3, 2019, 12:00 am
Shoah survivors ‘inspire us’
ONE year after commencing his directorship of the Australian War Memorial, Dr Brendan Nelson had one of the most meaningful experiences of his life.
Henri Korn, Holocaust survivor and guide at the Jewish Holocaust Centre, speaks with visitors. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 25, 2019, 12:00 am
From solemnity to celebration
WITH Pesach almost over, the community now turns to preparing for the highs and lows of the three "Yoms".
By Peter Kohn
Lighting of the memorial candles at a past Yom Hashoah commemoration in Sydney. Photo: Giselle Haber
April 25, 2019, 12:00 am
Yom Hashoah: Memorials and memories
THIS year's theme for the Sydney Yom Hashoah commemoration is "Memorials and Memories". How do we keep history alive in our communities?
By Danny Hochberg
Dr Brendan Nelson. Photo: Lex Mrocki
April 23, 2019, 12:00 am
Nelson to headline Sydney’s Yom Hashoah commemoration
AN injection of youth participation, a distinguished keynote speaker in Dr Brendan Nelson, and free events in three parts of Sydney that share the theme of Memorials and Memories will make for a powerful and diverse Yom Hashoah commemoration program commencing later this month.
By Shane Desiatnik
Yom Hazikaron commemoration 2016. Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 15, 2018, 12:01 am
A time to remember, a time to party
IN the wake of Yom Hashoah, we look ahead to another week of commemorations and celebrations in the days ahead.
By Rebecca Davis
March of the Living participants at Auschwitz. Photo: Emmanuel Santos
April 13, 2018, 11:29 am
‘We are still here’
This Yom Hashoah marks the 30th anniversary of March of the Living. Participants from over the years share their very personal highs and lows with Rebecca Davis.
By Rebecca Davis
From left: Holocaust survivors Susan Warhaftig, Agi Adler, Peter and Yvonne Halas, Dasia Black Gutman and Charlotte Vidor. Photo: Giselle Haber
April 27, 2017, 12:02 am
Sydney remembers the six million
“THE single most important thing that the Jewish community does is remember the victims of the Holocaust,” said NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Jeremy Spinak at the Yom Hashoah communal commemoration.
By Yael Brender
Shoah survivors together with their families on stage. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 27, 2017, 12:01 am
Melbourne commemorates Yom Hashoah
THE Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s (JCCV) annual Yom Hashoah Commemoration for 2017 was held on Sunday night with an estimated 1000 people in attendance.
Josh Frydenberg and Ze’ev Elkin sign a joint declaration of intent on environmental cooperation.
April 27, 2017, 12:00 am
Frydenberg in Israel
Josh Frydenberg, Minister for the Environment and Energy, was in Israel on a visit to make progress on issues discussed during Benjamin Netanyahu’s February trip to Australia.
By Nathan Jeffay
The NSW Young Greens' graphic.
April 27, 2017, 12:00 am
NSW Young Greens’ ‘offensive’ post
The NSW Young Greens have been criticised for stating on Yom Hashoah that both the Liberal and Labor parties love “locking people in concentration camps”.
By Joshua Levi
Maccabi Victoria young athletes will pause to commemorate Yom Hashoah. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 21, 2017, 12:00 am
Young athletes to remember Shoah victims
To commemorate Yom Hashoah, the Jewish Holocaust Centre is partnering with Maccabi Victoria to honour those who lost their lives to the Nazi genocide.
Larnce Gold's photograph, taken using a drone over Bondi Beach.
April 21, 2017, 12:00 am
Image inspires remembrance
Photographer Larnce Gold instantly knew he’d captured a powerful bird’s eye image of Holocaust remembrance at Bondi Beach just after dawn.
By Shane Desiatnik
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