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- Yom HaShoah - Yom HaShoah (Yom HaZikaron laShoah Ve'laGvura) (יום השואה , יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה), translated into English as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" - is a day set aside for remembering the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. In Israel, it is a national memorial day.
- Holocaust Memorial Day and Genocide Remembrance Act - A law passed in the Alberta Legislature with unanimous consent of all parties in November 2000. This law provides recognition for Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) that falls in April/May according to the Jewish lunar calendar.
- March of the Living - The March of the Living, also called The March of Remembrance and Hope, is a dynamic educational program which brings students from all over the world to Poland, where they explore the remnants of the Holocaust. On Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah), Participants march silently from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built during World War II.