Today is the 20th of Sivan, a date which for close to three hundred years was commemorated as a fast day with selichos throughout most of Eastern Europe. The fast was first instituted by the Shach for his immediate family in response to the massacres of Tach v’Tat (1648-49) that directly affected his community and ...

By: Joseph Geliebter, Ph.D. Yizkereim’s Zachor…Lo Tishkach campaign, which took place on Taanis Esther, accomplished its central goals of making people aware that for the generation of those who survived the Holocaust the final moments of ne’ilah are approaching and that we, their descendants, must ensure that the crimes committed by Amalek—the Nazis and their collaborators—against our nation during the ...

This year we have the unique confluence of Taanis Esther occurring before Parshas Zachor. Grasping the significant symbolism of this year’s calendar – where we recite Avinu Malkeinu at Mincha before we are given the directive to “Never forget what Amaleik has done to us!” – Dr. Joseph Geliebter, founder of the acclaimed Yizkereim annual ...

By Elisheva Schlam “Strike on Heaven,” the seventh in a series of Holocaust documentaries, powerfully showcases the tenacity of the Jewish people and their unwavering commitment to Torah, despite the desperation they lived with daily under the Nazi regime. The film, jointly sponsored by the Zechor Yemos Olam division of Torah Umesorah and the Rabbi Leib Geliebter Memorial Foundation with ...

During the recent Three Weeks period, over 15,000 people across North America, Israel, Australia and Europe participated in 160 presentations of the Holocaust documentary, Sh’eiris Hapleitah, literally translated as “The Remnant that Escaped.” Sh’eiris Hapleitah, is the second in the Yizkereim series of Holocaust documentary films. This film presents the inspirational narrative of the concentration camp survivors after their ...

“Shanghai Miracle” Inspires Thousands The dramatic and miraculous escape of 300 Mir yeshiva boys to Shanghai, China during the Holocaust was remembered by more than 10,000 people in 90 venues around the globe during the recent sefirah period.  “Shanghai Miracle,” the first of the Yizkereim series of Holocaust documentary films, inspired audiences from Austin, Texas to British Columbia, ...