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Recent Visits to Yad Vashem
Edith Katz, a Holocaust survivor and her son Dr. Avi Katz
visited Yad Vashem, on April 1st together with a Mormon Delegation. During
their visit, Shaya Ben Yehuda, Managing Director of the International
Relations Division led a special ceremony in Yad Vashem’s synagogue.
Luis Ubinas,
President of the Ford Foundation and David Chiel, Deputy Vice-President,
Program Management of the Ford Foundation
visited the Yad Vashem
campus and toured the Holocaust History Museum.
Yad Vashem friend Martin Werber, and his family visited Yad Vashem
on July 10th, 2008
Jay and Deanie
Stein and family
from Jacksonville, Florida toured Yad Vashem and met with
Shaya Ben Yehuda for a special presentation in the Archive department.
Abbi and Jeremy
Halpern,
member of the board of the American Society for Yad Vashem and third
generation friend of Yad Vashem toured Yad Vashem on July 13th,
2008
Susan Saltz and
Lenore Ruben,
the granddaughters of the late Arthur Belfer, a benefactor
of the Valley of the Communities, visited Yad Vashem.
The Bielsky
family enjoyed a special tour of the Museum, led by Shaya Ben Yehuda,
Managing Director of Yad Vashem’s International Relations Division.
On July 20th
Brad and Robin Stein and family visited Yad Vashem.
The Scherzer family
from New York marked their son Jordan’s Bar Mitzvah at Yad Vashem.
The Levitsky
family
visited Yad Vashem and toured the Museum.
Berny Rosenshein
and
family celebrated a family Bat Mitzvah at Yad Vashem and toured the
Museum.
New Benefactors Paul and Vera Guerin
unveil the “Bridge to Life” dedicated in memory of Vera’s parents Nathan
and Lilly Shapell z”l. The Guerin’s donation will support educational
programs and IDF soldier visits at Yad Vashem.
Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev presents a plaque of appreciation to Vera
and Paul Guerin.
(L to R) David, Matthew and Rita Levy and International Relations Director
Shaya Ben Yehuda unveil the plaque dedicating the new Holocaust Studies
Program for Training US Educators. The program, dedicated in memory of
Rita’s father Nathan Katz z”l, will support seminars at Yad Vashem and in
the US to create a cadre of outstanding Holocaust educators.
(L to R) Director of Overseas Seminars Ephraim Kaye presents a token of
appreciation to Rita, David, and Matthew Levy.
Cultural Director Elizabeth Mundlak Zborowski and Chairman Eli Zborowski
of the American Society for Yad Vashem at the wreath-laying ceremony on
the morning of Yom Hashoah.
Elizabeth Mundlak Zborowski and Eli Zborowski lay a wreath at the central
remembrance ceremony on the day of Yom Hashoah.
Lenny and Beth Wilf, Benefactors of the Entrance Plaza and the children of
Holocaust History Museum’s major donors Harry Wilf z”l and Judith Wilf z”l,
visited Yad Vashem on a tour specially designed to explain the Holocaust
to their children.
Museum Benefactor Susan Crown (r) toured Yad Vashem together with Lesley
Said (l), Program Officer of the Arie and Ida Crown Memorial Foundation
Tom Spiegel (L), son of Benefactors Abe z”l and Edita z”l Spiegel, visited
Yad Vashem with Marilyn Winn, where they were met by Chairman Avner Shalev.
Yad Vashem friend Sid Ferenc visited Yad Vashem this spring and met with
Director of the International Relations Shaya Ben Yehuda. They viewed the
International School for Holocaust Studies, where groundbreaking on the
new International Seminars Wing will begin this summer.
Fred Lafer, Executive Director of the Marilyn and Henry Taub Foundation,
visited Yad Vashem and met with Senior Artifacts Curator Chaviva
Peled-Carmeli.
Yad Vashem Builder Jeffrey Katzenberg visited Yad Vashem with his family
for a special tour of the museum and campus.
Fred and Velva Levine of Houston (l) visited Yad Vashem for a special tour
of the campus together with Shaya Ben Yehuda (2nd from r) and longtime Yad
Vashem friend Benjamin Warren. Among several venues, they visited the
exhibition My Homeland: Holocaust Survivors and the State of Israel.
New friend Ygal Sonenshine led a delegation of the Young Presidents
Organization to Yad Vashem. After touring the museum, the participants
viewed a film telling the story of the Sonenshine family – the fate of
those who left Parczew before the war to build a life in Palestine and the
fate of those who remained behind.
(L to R) Yad Vashem friend Jim Breslauer visited with his stepson Frank
Parlato and were guided by Hazy Flint.
(R to L) Myra and Bob Kraft visited the Yad Vashem campus with their
grandson, Harry.
(R to L) Yad Vashem friends Mickey Shapiro and Nehama Gur visited the
campus and were guided by Hazy Flint.
Three generations of the Mills family of Chicago visited Yad Vashem for
the Bar Mitzvah of Tommy Mills. Here they are in the Synagogue where Tommy
received a special certificate.
The Quintas family of Chicago also marked their son's Bar Mitzvah at Yad
Vashem. Here David Jonathan Quintas receives his certificate from
International Relations Director Shaya Ben Yehuda.
(R to L) Gary and Karen Winnick of Los Angeles visited the campus where
they were guided by Guy Shemer.
Yad Vashem Builder Rose Zarucki visited the campus, including the Garden
of the Righteous Among the Nations, where she paid tribute to rescuers Jan
and Maria Barzal.
(Left to Right:) Elizabeth Zborowski, American Society for
Yad Vashem Chairman Eli Zborowski, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice,
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, President George
W. Bush, Deputy Director of the Yad Vashem Museums Yehudit Shendar, Yad
Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev
During President George W. Bush’s visit to Yad Vashem in January,
the American and Israeli official delegations met with Chairman of the
American Society for Yad Vashem, Eli Zborowski (2nd from left.)
Here they are pictured in the Museum of Holocaust Art viewing the
illustrated Bible crafted by Jewish artist Carol Deutsch who was murdered
by the Nazis. A portfolio-sized replica of the Bible was presented to
President Bush by Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev (right.)
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld and DreamWork’s CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg
visited the Yad Vashem campus and toured the Holocaust History Museum.
Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg of New York brought their entire family
for a special visit at Yad Vashem. While many of the younger grandchildren
visited the No Child’s Play exhibition, the adults toured the history
museum. Here the entire family is gathered in the Janusz Korczak Plaza
where Bat Mitzvah Rachel Sellinger is holding her Certificate.
(Left to Right:) Yad Vashem guide
Hazy Flint, David Mitzner, Director of International Relations Shaya Ben
Yehuda, Ira Mitzner, Laura Mitzner.
Yad Vashem welcomed 3 generations of the Mitzner family, Benefactors from
Houston. David Mitzner, Ira Mitzner, and Laura Mitzner toured the
exhibition “Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust.”
Tamar Hirschl and Harold Snyder – In January, Yad Vashem
friends Tamar Hirschl and Harold Snyder (left) toured the Holocaust
History Museum accompanied by Deputy Director of International Relations
Sari Granitza.
Yad Vashem friend David Steiner (center, blue shirt) brought much
of his family to Yad Vashem for a very special tour of the campus and the
museum. The Holocaust memoirs of David’s uncle Yona Steiner (as told to
David’s niece Deborah Steiner van Rooyen) were recently published by Yad
Vashem Publications in Hebrew and an English edition is expected later
next year.
In December, Israel Roizman (left) visited the Yad Vashem campus
with friends Richard and Jenny Rosen (center and 2nd from right)
for a special tour of the museum.
On October 17th, Yad Vashem held a ceremony dedicating the “Bearing
Witness” Garden, endowed through the generous gift of Lucian and Susan
Seifert (pictured) in memory of the Seifert family members who
perished in the Holocaust. Among those addressing the ceremony were Yad
Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev and former IDF Chief of Staff General
(res.) Moshe “Bugi” Ya’alon. The Seiferts are recent Benefactors of
Yad Vashem
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