Photo: Blake Ezra
On Yom Kippur, I Was Shot Protecting My Synagogue.
Now I Carry the Torch.
Yoni Finlay survived the 2025 terrorist attack on Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester. During the March of the Living, he found a way to honour life and remember those he lost.
They did not beat us.
Read his story Be a witnessOpen Letters to Students
Two survivors write to a new school year
Nate Leipciger writes to Jewish students. Eva Kuper writes to the wider student body. Together, their letters offer one shared appeal: choose courage over fear, dialogue over slogans and solidarity over indifference.
Photo: Kinneret Rifkind
Nate Leipciger
Never Let Hatred Define You
A 98-year-old Holocaust survivor writes to Jewish students as a new academic year begins.
Watch his video message in English or in Hebrew.
Photo: Ryan Blau
Eva Kuper
An Appeal to Students Returning to School
A Holocaust survivor asks every student, Jewish or not, to choose dialogue over slogans and solidarity over indifference.
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