The Claims Conference will increase funding for Holocaust survivors by $114 million, enhancing social services and education, ensuring dignified living and combating Holocaust denial.
In the 1940s, the US could have destroyed the death camps, but they decided against it. Today, Jews are under assault once more, and US President Joe Biden is facing a similar choice.
The Venezuelan-born Kaufman, best known for “The Laramie Project,” a play and HBO film about the murder of the gay student Matthew Shepard, had found his latest subject.
Israel Cappell details his remarkable survival in Nazi-occupied Europe.
"I was given the privilege to take part in commemorating the memory and heroism of our brothers and sisters who were murdered in the Holocaust," Herman said.
The International March of the Living brings together university leaders to combat antisemitism, educate on Holocaust history, and honor its survivors.
Mendi, torn between protecting his own family and his aging father, found himself in a harrowing position on October 7.
The program is committed to providing holocaust survivors with food every week for the rest of their lives. Additionally, it enables survivors to engage in various social and practical services.
Of the 52, four made aliyah since October 7 despite the country being launched into war against Hamas.
Holocaust survivors participating include Smil Bercu Sacagiu, 87, whose home was hit by a rocket from Gaza, Jacqueline Gliksman, 81, whose home was torched by a Palestinian infiltrators, and others.