• Remembering Ray Fishler, z”l

    Posted by MOTLorg on November 19, 2018

    We mourn the loss of holocaust survivor and March of the Living educator, Ray Fishler, z”l, who travelled with our New York/New Jersey Region for many years. Ray was born in Kazimierza Wielka, Poland, a small town near Krakow, in 1925. His family included 3 brothers and 2 sisters, as

  • Yad Vashem Interview with Miriam Ron, Witness to the Events of Kristallnacht

    Posted by MOTLorg on November 8, 2018

    “This is Not the Story of Someone Else” This exclusive Yad Vashem interview with Miriam Ron was published in our newsletter Teaching the Legacy (December, 2008). Mrs. Ron discusses her experiences and memories surrounding Kristallnacht, the expulsion to Zbaszyn, and her childhood in Germany. Could you please give us a short introduction of yourself?

  • 80 years to Kristallnacht – Our Duty as Alumni

    Posted by MOTLorg on November 8, 2018

    Dear Fellow Marcher, My name is Jimmy Garber. I am a second generation participant of the March of the Living. I took part in the March of the Living in 2011 with the Mexican delegation and this year I am a student in Israel. As I’m sure the rest of you

  • Preventing anti-Semitism deserves more than a hashtag

    Posted by MOTLorg on November 7, 2018

    Action is critical for progress to be made Denouncing anti-Semitism must go beyond a hashtag to make real change. Within hours of the Oct. 27 shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, my social media channels were flooded with the hashtag #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism, which was prominently trending on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat,

  • Can Holocaust education combat antisemitism?

    Posted by MOTLorg on November 6, 2018

      At the annual European Jewish Association conference in Brussels, Arutz Sheva interviews Michel Gourary, Director of the European March of the Living Network, as to the efficacy of Holocaust education as a tool for battling antisemitism. When asked about whether learning about the Holocaust and knowing the story really

  • March of the Living Statement: Deadly attack on Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh

    Posted by MOTLorg on October 27, 2018

    The International March of the Living teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, one of which is the ongoing reoccurrence of hatred which we have seen rear its ugly head all too often. Today we witnessed a horrific and tragic act of antisemitism inflicted upon the Jewish community of Pittsburgh, proving

  • MOTL Alumni & Friends Reception at JFNA’s GA in Israel

    Posted by MOTLorg on October 22, 2018

    On October 22, 2018 March of the Living hosted an Alumni & Friends reception in Tel Aviv, featuring remarks from guest of honor MK Sharren Haskel, the youngest member of the Israeli Knesset and alumna of the March of the Living. Additional speakers included Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, Chairman of the

  • 30 Years of the March of the Living

    Posted by MOTLorg on October 19, 2018

  • Video: #marcha from Argentina

    Posted by MOTLorg on October 18, 2018

    “The story has always been told by us. Now teenagers have the floor.”  

  • “The Accountant of Auschwitz”

    Posted by MOTLorg on October 17, 2018

    Seventy years after WWII, Oskar Gröning, one of the last surviving members of the SS, goes on trial as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Three of the four survivors featured are March of the Living educators – Bill Glied Z”L, Max Eisen &