Congratulations to Jeffery Pinnick, Simon Reiss, and Ben Helfgott. Mr. Pinnick has graciously agreed to take on the role of Chairman of the Yad Vashem UK Foundation, while Mr. Reiss and Mr. Helfgott have been installed as honorary lifetime Presidents.

In June 2005, Michael and Jackie Gee, Allan and Diana Morgenthau, and Rosalyn Springer, members of the Sherman family, attended the dedication of “The Last Jews” – the gallery of the new museum endowed by the Archie Sherman Charitable Trust. Naftali Lavi, himself a survivor of Auschwitz gave the keynote address.
 

Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Directorate of Yad Vashem, presenting the thanks of Yad Vashem to the members of the Sherman family.

Allan Morgenthau, Rosalyn Springer, Diana Morgenthau, Jackie Gee and Michael Gee

Ben Helfgott, former chairman of Yad Vashem UK Foundation and currently a lifetime President, came to Yad Vashem along with the members of the Forty Five Society to endow The Teachers’ Garden in honor of the educators who perished in the Holocaust and in memory of their family members and loved ones who died in the Shoah. After the ceremony the group went on a tour of the new museum and then attended the premiere of the movie “The Boys”  - a documentary on the experiences of the members of the Forty Five Society who as young boys were rescued from concentration camps at the end of the war and sent to live in England.
 

Members of the Forty Five Society of England

Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Directorate of Yad Vashem and Ben Helfgott, Chairman of the Forty Five Society, unveiling the plaque for the Teachers’ Garden

Arek Hirsch and his family came to Yad Vashem in November for the dedication of a classroom in the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem. The classroom was dedicated in honor of Mr. Hirsch – a survivor who donates countless hours of his time to educating and speaking about his experiences of the Holocaust to children and adults all over the world – by JNF UK and JNF Leeds, together with the Leeds Jewish community.
 

Gail Seal, President of JNF UK, Sid Cohen, Chairman of JNF Leeds, and Mr. Arek Hersh, are presented with the Yad Vashem menorah at the classroom dedication ceremony.

Members of the JNF UK national mission visit the museum along with Arek Hersh.

Sir Ronald Cohen of London, pictured at right, visited Yad Vashem with Sir Harry Solomon and Jonathan Kestenbaum.

Lloyd Dorfman and Anthony Wagerman on a visit to the museum with Solly Kaplinski, former Director of the English Desk, International Relations Division, Yad Vashem