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Finnish FM visits Jerusalem for first time since 2016, discusses regional issues with FM Sa'ar

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosted Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in Jerusalem, marking the first such visit in nearly a decade amid EU discussions on Israel.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar hosting his Finnish counterpart, Elina Valtonen, at the Foreign Ministry, Jerusalem, February 15, 2026.
Layla Blenden.

Layla Blenden: Jewelry of kindness

HESSY TAFT poses holding a photograph of herself taken in 1935 by well-known German photographer Hans Ballin during an interview with Reuters July 9, 2014.

Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91

President Isaac Herzog (C) flanked by Dayan and IHRA Secretary-General Michaela Küchler at the IHRA plenary

At the crossroads of Holocaust remembrance


EU hosts Auschwitz liberation event at Beit Juliana

In attendance were Holocaust survivors, the ambassadors of EU countries and the EU ambassador, Dimiter Tzantchev, as well as the Chairman of Yad Vashem, Dani Dayan.

  EU hosts holocaust event at Herzliya retirement home

Yad Vashem chair denounces Musk's statements to far-right German party rally

Musk spoke in favor of voting for the far-right party, saying 'I'm very excited for the AfD; I think you're really the best hope for Germany...fight for a great future for Germany,'

 Elon Musk appearing before an AfD conference, January 25, 2025

Israel's Second-Most Visited Site: Yad Vashem

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode E99

 The dome above the Hall of Names in Yad Vashem.

80 years on, how do we keep Yad Vashem relevant for visitors? - opinion

Yad Vashem is the second-most visited site in Israel after the Western Wall, and it is important for it to reach a wide audience.

Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on April 16, 2023, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Yad Vashem exhibit at Austrian parliament rolls out fate of Jews in post-Anschluss Vienna

The seed for the current project was sown last year when a similarly-themed exposition was given pride of place at the Bundestag, the German parliament building in Berlin.

 ICHARD FINALY (far left) with his family circa 1914-15.

Holocaust exhibit opens in Austrian parliament, Yad Vashem's Dayan meets top officials

Dayan met with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, President Alexander Van der Bellen, and Wolfgang Sobotka, President of the Austrian Parliament, along with Jewish community leaders. 

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer.

Remembering Alex Dancyg: A bridge between Poland and Israel, killed by Hamas

Alex Dancyg was a man deeply committed to peace, yet tragically his life came to an end as a Hamas hostage.

 ALEX DANCYG

ISIS hack targets Yad Vashem Zoom seminar commemorating Tisha b'Av

During the seminar by Yad Vashem, a message appeared telling participants that they were hacked by ISIS and showed images of swastikas.

 Israeli soldiers look up at pictures of victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre, ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day starting this evening, at the Hall of Names, in Jerusalem April 27, 2022.

From Yad Vashem to the site of Supernova, bearing witness is critical - opinion

When we bear witness, we have the honor of standing with those who are suffering and sharing just a fraction of their pain.

 MEMBERS OF a Passages delegation attend a memorial gathering for the victims of the Supernova massacre.

Education is the silver bullet for combatting antisemitism - opinion

The International Conference is a recognition that Holocaust education must adapt to the changing dynamics of our world

 THE WRITER addresses the International Conference on Holocaust Education at Yad Vashem, this week.