Western Wall Heritage Foundation says notes contain heartfelt requests for peace, reconciliation and stronger ties between nations; prayer notes cleared from Western Wall stones and transferred for religious burial ahead of Passover

Ultra-Orthodox teenagers studying in yeshiva high schools embarked on a journey through Nazi death camps and historic Jewish sites in Poland; 'Today, they know where they came from, and this is another step toward building a more united Israeli society'

Israeli Embassy in Germany successfully intervened to cancel philosopher Omri Boehm’s speech at a Holocaust remembrance event at the Nazi Buchenwald camp, citing his minimizing of the Holocaust and criticism of Yad Vashem; Ambassador Ron Prosor condemned the invitation, calling it an insult to Holocaust victims and accusing Boehm of distorting history for political purposes.