http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors.aspx Amcha, which can be translated as “your people” or “with you” is a volunteer organization which provides support and assistance to Holocaust survivors. Israel Today reporter, Esti Eliraz visited the Netanya branch, founded in 2003 by Marga Jonowitz. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/amcha---for-the-benefit-of-holocaust-survivors/Default.aspx Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:36 +0200 http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/amcha---for-the-benefit-of-holocaust-survivors/Default.aspx This Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), take time to remember the victims of the Holocaust. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/take-time-to-remember-the-tragedy-of-the-holocaust/Default.aspx Wed, 3 Apr 2013 09:32 +0200 http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/take-time-to-remember-the-tragedy-of-the-holocaust/Default.aspx Visiting Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem often leads to emotional and unexpected encounters. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/an-emotional-encounter-at-yad-vashem/Default.aspx Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:30 +0200 http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/an-emotional-encounter-at-yad-vashem/Default.aspx The dire living situation of thousands of Holocaust survivors is a hot political topic in Israel. According to the coalition deal signed by Yesh Atid, a commitment has been made to increase the budget for Holocaust Survivor’s services. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/government-promises-funding-for-holocaust-survivors/Default.aspx Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:28 +0200 http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/government-promises-funding-for-holocaust-survivors/Default.aspx Passover is coming and still there are many Holocaust survivors who can’t afford to buy food for the holiday. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/give-a-holocaust-survivor-a-taste-of-freedom-this-passover/Default.aspx Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:39 +0200 http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/give-a-holocaust-survivor-a-taste-of-freedom-this-passover/Default.aspx Many years have passed since the terrors of the Holocaust, but the pain is very real for the victims, who still live with the memories and nightmares of the past. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/the-reality-of-being-a-holocaust-survivor-in-israel/Default.aspx Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:18 +0200 http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/the-reality-of-being-a-holocaust-survivor-in-israel/Default.aspx Polish peasants and villagers played an instrumental role in rounding up and denouncing Jews during the Holocaust, often taking initiative without any encouragement from the Germans, according to a soon-to-be-published study by Holocaust historian Jan Grabowski. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/polish-citizens-worked-to-finish-the-work-of-hitler/Default.aspx Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:59 +0200 http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/polish-citizens-worked-to-finish-the-work-of-hitler/Default.aspx Next month, The Pope's Jews hits book stores. In this historical account, author Gordon Thomas attempts to clarify the role played by Pope Pius XII, known as "Hitler's Pope," during the Second World War regarding Europe's Jewish population. Based on previously unpublished Vatican documents and first-hand accounts provided by Holocaust victims and wartime priests, the book reveals the existence of a secret operation personally overseen by the Pope to shelter Jews across Nazi Europe. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/new-book-discusses-the-role-of-hitler-s-pope-during-world-war-ii/Default.aspx Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:35 +0200 http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/new-book-discusses-the-role-of-hitler-s-pope-during-world-war-ii/Default.aspx Hungary, a country of approximately 100,000 Jews, began construction on Budapest's first synagogue on January 27, 2013, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Most of Hungary's Jews were killed in the Holocaust, but many of the survivors live in Israel today. http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/budapest-s-first-new-synagogue-in-eighty-years/Default.aspx Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:47 +0200 http://www.israeltoday.co.il/SupportIsrael/CharityforHolocaustSurvivors/tabid/236/post/budapest-s-first-new-synagogue-in-eighty-years/Default.aspx