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Yad Vashem recently created channels on YouTube for English and Arabic language videos. The videos include stories told by survivors of the Holocaust, speeches by prominent public figures including Elie Wiesel and Pope John Paul II, and information about Yad Vashem itself.

Be sure to spend time on Yad Vashem’s site as well for additional educational resources and historical research. I have used the site frequently to locate information, names, and identities of family members lost to the Shoah. Yad Vashem is The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority.

This year, Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, will be observed on Thursday, May 1.

A tip of the kippah to the JTA for sharing information about the YouTube channels. Check out the JTA site daily for current events; better yet, subscribe to their daily briefings and stay informed.

Photo: Leah Gepner Rukhkin and Hirshl Rukhkin, Pieski, Poland. Personal family collection.

Artwork courtesy of Class 2C of the Maaganim School and their teacher, Susan Tsairi, educational technology director and founder of Edureshet, the network for Israeli educators.

For some holiday flickr fun, check out this digital greeting card and its associated site:

MatzoGami slideshow (note: it plays slightly out of sequence)
MatzoGami site on flickr

Photos attributed to P&L Personality Plugin.

Looking for resources on Passover? Click on over to New Jewish Education, where Saul Kaiserman recommends a number of educational sites for Pesach. See especially the Jewish Agency for Israel’s online resource center, which houses materials in English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, and Spanish.