News

Elderly and Youth join together to plant herbs.
Yael's Holy Land Reflections
Tu B’Shvat: The Quiet Work That Brings New Life
Yael talks about the symbolic meanings of growth and change for Tu B'Shvat.
Read More
View of the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, Holland, where Jewish Anne and her family hid during the Holocaust. Anne Frank's diary was found after the end of World War II. December 19, 2011.
Stories
Remembering Holocaust Survivors: Eva Schloss
Eva and her family moved to Amsterdam to escape the Nazis. This was where she met her friend, Anne Frank.
Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 16, 2025.
Stand For Israel Blog
Trump: Iran Intervention Remains an Option
Trump issued a warning to Iran unless a new nuclear agreement is reached.
Read More
While the Skokie location is closed for renovations, the Illinois Holocaust Museum has opened an exhibit space in downtown Chicago, continuing its mission of sharing the stories and history of the Holocaust and transforming them into lessons about civil rights and genocide. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to open our eyes and ears to the horrors experienced and inflicted during that period, and the museum’s special presentation of Experience360 does just that in a new and innovative way. The Illinois Holocaust Museum was founded in 1981 in response to a proposed neo-Nazi march in Skokie in 1976. The entry corridor to the museum space is themed around this event. Holocaust survivors who had resettled in Skokie—at the time home to the largest per capita population of survivors outside of Israel—were not willing to run and hide. Accompanied by their neighbors, they organized a march of their own. The signs they carried now hang from the ceiling and line the walls, alongside newspaper clippings from the time. Legal battles followed over whether the neo-Nazi group’s hateful rhetoric was protected under the First Amendment, sparking ongoing debate. For those who survived what that rhetoric represented, and for those who understand history, this was never a matter for debate. The museum was founded to educate—and to explain why.
Fellowship Blog
Illinois Holocaust Museum Presents Experience360
In the heart of Chicago, the Illinois Holocaust Museum presents new exhibits and experiences.
Read More
Marcel and Miriam Zelinsky - LeMa’anam/Paths of Fellowship 2025 - Rishon LeZion, Israel - March 31, 2025 elderly woman with Anael Soika (IFCJ Staff), walking down ramp outside - parking lot - blue and pink patterned blouse, dark yellow backpack - white T-shirt with IFCJ logo - seen from behind - arms around each other - parking lot - cars parked
Israel in the News
Standing With Holocaust Survivors in Israel
About 28% of Holocaust survivors in Israel are homebound and foregoing care. The Fellowship and our partners help provide support.
Read More
Ambulances from Magen David Adom and IFCJ being prepared for transfer to Druze and Christian communities in Syria. Yellow ambulances.
Fellowship Blog
Project Spotlight: Ambulances for Christian Druze Communities
The Fellowship donated five Magen David Adom ambulances to Druze medical teams.
Read More
entrance to Auschwitz concentration camp
Fellowship Blog
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Demands Moral Clarity — Not Hypocrisy
Our US CEO and Global COO Robin Van Etten speaks about International Holocaust Remembrance Day asks of us.
Read More
Pictures of slain hostage Ran Gvili at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 26, 2026.
Stand For Israel Blog
Final Hostage Ran Gvili Recovered
After 843 days, Ran Gvili's remains have been returned to Israel.
Read More
“He Was Like a Grandson to Me,” - joint initiative of the Foundation for the Welfare of Holocaust Victims and IFCJ Asher Volach - elderly man, black framed glasses - tan recliner
Stories
Holocaust Survivor Population Now at 196,000
The annual report also says that the median age of Holocaust survivors has rose to 87.
Read More
The night of January 19, 2026 a Russian bomb landed within meters (yards) of the Great Choral Synagogue of Odesa. The explosion caused damage to the main synagogue, blowing out windows and doors. One security guard was injured and is receiving medical care. Built in 1840, the Great Choral Synagogue of Odessa has withstood pogroms, the First and Second World Wars, and decades of Communist repression. It will, G-d willing, withstand this act of Russian aggression as well—and it will once again be vibrant, active, and thriving.
Stand For Israel Blog
Historical Synagogue Hit by Missile, One Injured
Odesa's Great Choral Synagogue was damaged by a missile. A security guard was injured.
Read More
Israeli soldiers seen near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, January 20, 2026.
Stand For Israel Blog
IDF Uncovers and Dismantles More Hamas Tunnels
The IDF's Kfir Brigade found and destroyed an abandoned tunnel used by Hamas.
Read More
A Wizz Air plane preparing to land at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, May 24, 2025
Stand For Israel Blog
Galilee Medical Center Doctors Save Woman Aboard Flight
The Israeli doctors' intervention when a passenger suffered a cardiac event saved her life.
Read More