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World marks Yom HaShoah. All over the world commemorations have been taking place to honour the millions of victims who lost their lives during the Holocaust. At a Toronto event, survivors spoke of the need to pass the torch to the next generation now that living survivors are in decline.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued statements commemorating the Shoah (in Israel, memorial ceremonies take place across the country, including the annual two-minute siren where the entire country comes to a pause). In Poland, thousands are taking part in March of the Living, walking down a 3-kilometre path from Auschwitz to Birkenau.

For a comprehensive guide to Yom HaShoah 2016, click here.

Women in Parliament summit invites all females to participate…unless you’re Israeli. According to reports, Israeli women were banned from participating in the first Women in Parliament (WIP) summit to take place in the Middle East, held today in Amman, Jordan. The head of Jordan’s House of Representatives apparently made the decision to highlight “the Palestinian cause.” Because banning Israeli women simply because of their nationality and nothing else encompasses what this summit is all about, right?

At least David Duke is happy. Many Americans and politicians are irked now that Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP candidate (keep your eyes open for a third party candidate, people) but there’s at least one guy who’s thrilled at Trump’s success. David Duke, the former Klu Klux Klan grand wizard (and Trump’s biggest supporter), lauded Trump’s victory in Indiana this week, saying that it will wrestle control away from those damn “Jewish extremists.”

Speaking of role models…. Former London mayor Ken Livingstone continued his attack on Israel, Jews, and our history during an interview with an Arabic-language television station based in London this week. Basically, he says that before Israel, there was peace in the Middle East and the entire area’s conflicts should be blamed on Zionism. There’s several quotes here worth highlighting, from “The creation of the State of Israel was fundamentally wrong” because the Palestinians were there before the Jews apparently (ask an archaeologist about that one, Ken) to “Hitler wanted to deport all the Jews to Israel.” Guess he never heard of the Madagascar Plan, either.

An unbreakable bond, even in death. Sophie Helcman, a Holocaust survivor who spent most of her adult life in the U.S. before making aliyah at 89, promised her parents that she would take care of her younger brother, Sol, when World War II broke out. Last month, she learned that Sol was dying from cancer – he passed away shortly after. She then grew ill herself, and after his body arrived in Israel for burial, she died, just days after her brother. “She vowed to her parents that she would take care of her brother until the end and she kept her vow,” Helcman’s daughter said.

Remember the scene with the ring from Schindler’s List? Before he died, Jozef Gross, one of the Jews saved by Oskar Schindler during the Holocaust, gave his son Louis an unassuming box he almost threw away. Fortunately he didn’t, however, once he came to realize that it contained a model of the ring Schindler was given by those he saved toward the end of the war. It’s an incredibly rare find – with the utmost historical significance.

ESPN Jerusalem. Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Centre will reportedly be participating in an annual basketball tournament organized by ESPN, which hands out a $2 million (US) prize to the winning team. According to Maccabi Tel Aviv all-star David Blu (who’s on the team), the Jerusalem squad has a real chance at winning.

#TBT Yom HaShoah edition. Since it is Yom HaShoah (and also, Thursday) I do believe it’s an appropriate time to revisit Remedy’s “Never Again,” a gritty rap song about the Holocaust. The lyrics are moving, but also powerful. Trust me, you’ve never heard anything else like it.

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