Phyllis Greenberg Heideman

President of International March of the Living

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Dec 2, 2024, 6:27 PM

Memorializing October 7: Lessons from Holocaust Education

Illustrative image of students visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp site in Poland, April 16, 2015. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

More than a year has passed, but the Jewish world continues to grapple with the trauma and profound implications of October 7, 2023, a day that marked the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. On that tragic day,...

Nov 9, 2022, 1:20 PM

Kristallnacht in Dubai: Finding hope despite a rising tide of extremism

A group of young leaders from Lebanon, Syria, and Gulf countries join the Sharaka organization on the March of the Living, visiting Auschwitz, April 27, 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)

As more and more people know less and less about the Holocaust, new allies in the fight against hate and antisemitism are emerging in the lands of the Abraham Accords

Aug 10, 2021, 2:41 PM

When it comes to fighting hatred, our athletes can lead the way

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar arrives at the NBA Awards on Monday, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, June 24, 2019. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Sports junkies and casual observers alike just spent 16 days glued to the wall-to-wall coverage of the events. Beyond the competition itself, what has always captured our imagination about sport is its ability to serve as a mirror for society....

Apr 8, 2021, 2:30 PM

This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day is more relevant than ever

As Yom HaShoah -- Holocaust Remembrance Day -- is upon us, Jewish communities around the world are once again standing together in solidarity to remember our six million ancestors who perished in the Holocaust. Since its inception in 1988, close...

Nov 9, 2020, 11:09 AM

Kristallnacht: A warning from history still not heard

November 9th marks 82 years since Kristallnacht – The Night of Broken Glass. It signaled the start of two days of terror for the Jews of Germany and Austria. Synagogues, Jewish homes, shops, schools and institutions were ransacked, tens...

Apr 16, 2015, 2:43 PM

Never take the emotion out of the Holocaust

The March of the Living program is purposely designed to touch participants' hearts, not just their minds

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Phyllis Greenberg Heideman is president of International March of the Living, the annual international Holocaust education program.