Tag: Yad Vashem
Germany to receive law-enforcement training on anti-Semitism from Yad Vashem
Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperating with Yad Vashem to train German police about anti-Semitism during her visit this week to the Holocaust museum and memorial in Jerusalem.
She...
IDF General Staff visits Yad Vashem for day of Holocaust education
The Israel Defense Forces General Staff held a study day dedicated to commemorating the Holocaust at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Monday. Israel marks Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, over the course of 24 hours starting on the...
Art mural pays homage to ‘Righteous Among Nations’ heroes in Greece
A new street mural in Greece honors two non-Jewish Greek citizens recognized by Yad Vashem as “Righteous Among the Nations” for saving Jews during the Holocaust.
The art display in the city of Patras pays tribute to...
Yad Vashem cuts ties with Roman Abramovich after UK announces sanctions
Israel’s Yad Vashem announced on Thursday that it was cutting ties with its second-largest private donor, Roman Abramovich. The notice came shortly after the Russian billionaire was named as one of seven oligarchs being...
Bennett, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visit Yad Vashem
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Yad Vashem on Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
Sholz was in Israel for his first official visit since taking...
Roman Abramovich commits more than $10 million to support Israel’s Holocaust museum
Roman Abramovich made a more than $10 million pledge to Yad Vashem earlier this week to support efforts in the realm of Holocaust research and remembrance.
The pledged funding will go toward enriching Yad Vashem’s...
Holocaust survivors up in arms over planned auction of Nazi memorabilia
Holocaust survivors and those involved in efforts to maintain the memory of the Shoah are up in arms over plans to put some 20 Nazi artifacts up for auction next week.
Among the artifacts to...
‘ABC News’ suspends Whoopi Goldberg over Holocaust remarks
ABC News president Kim Godwin announced on Tuesday that Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of the morning talk show “The View,” would be suspended for two weeks after her controversial remarks during a Jan. 31 episode of...
Yad Vashem chairman invites Whoopi Goldberg to visit Holocaust museum
The chairman of Yad Vashem on Tuesday invited talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg to visit the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem to learn more about the causes of the Shoah. The invitation came on the...
First permanent Holocaust exhibit comes to Muslim-majority Indonesia
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem opened the first permanent exhibition in Indonesia about the Nazi genocide of Jews during World War II, reported Ynet.
It is one of Yad Vashem’s “Ready2Print” exhibitions aimed at...