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WHITE HOUSE Medal of Honor ceremony for Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds.

Trump posthumously awards WWII hero Roddie Edmonds with Medal of Honor

By Lara Sukster Mosheyof , TZVI JASPER

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in Jerusalem, February 26, 2026.

Netanyahu, Modi announce new economic and security deals in Jerusalem

By Miriam Sela-Eitam

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Yad Vashem with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25, 2026.

Netanyahu, Indian Prime Minister Modi tour Yad Vashem Holocaust museum

By FRAIDY MOSER

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at Israel’s Knesset during his visit on February 25, 2026.

India stands with Israel firmly, PM Narendra Modi tells Knesset

By KESHET NEEV , CORINNE BAUM , James Genn

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a press event as he delivers joint declarations alongside France's President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbai on February 17, 2026.

What to expect as India's Modi visits Israel for first time since 2017

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds is being awarded a Medal of Honor in 2026 for his bravery in protecting Jewish troops in World War II.

US soldier who protected Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a press event as he delivers joint declarations alongside France's President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbai on February 17, 2026; illustrative.

Modi to visit Israel, address Knesset, meet with Netanyahu

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

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

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

By Grace Gilson/JTA

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

At the crossroads of Holocaust remembrance

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Megilat Hitler, now displayed at Yad Vashem's active synagogue, which opened on January 1.

Faith under persecution: Yad Vashem exhibit on keeping the Jewish calendar in the Shoah opens

By HANNAH BROWN

As International Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches we ask whether the lessons of the past have taught us anything?

Happy(ish) New Year: Holocaust remembrance as warning in an age of resurgent antisemitism

By RUTH MARKS EGLASH

The documents discovered by Peled’s daughter in Krakow before undergoing conservation work.

Hidden shoe box reveals 80-year-old Holocaust family secrets

By RUTH MARKS EGLASH

Actor Rodie Kozlovsky performs in a play incorporating the works of the late German artist and Holocaust survivor Leo Haas at Yad Vashem’s newly opened theater.

Yad Vashem chairman: Holocaust memory is under sustained attack

By DANI DAYAN