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Now More Than Ever
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Education
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Holocaust Education: Directions and Challenges
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Building Bridges of Understanding
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Activities in Europe
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New on the
International School’s website
Educators’ Conference
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“Remember the
Days of Old”
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The Names Database:
“I waited 65 years to give her a kiss”
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Facing the
Future of Holocaust Remembrance
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The American Society
for Yad Vashem 25: Years of
Dedication to Holocaust Remembrance
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Eli Zborowski: A
Life Mission
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Gaining
Another Perspective: The Yad Vashem Delegation to Poland, 2006
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New
Publications
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News
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Joseph (Tommy)
Lapid Appointed Chairman of the Council
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New Shoah-Related
Lists Database Now Online
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New on the Web
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Events June –
September 2006
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New Display:
Drawings of the Trial of Klaus Barbie, “The Butcher of Lyon”
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News from the
Research Institute
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The Last
Survivor of Chelmno
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Annotator of
the Lodz Ghetto Chronicle
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Recent
Visits to Yad Vashem
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Friends Worldwide
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About the Magazine
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Credits
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Back Issues
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On 16 July, the government approved the appointment of Joseph (Tommy)
Lapid as Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, replacing Holocaust survivor
and former Chairman of the Knesset Prof. Szewach Weiss, after a seven-year
term of service. Yad Vashem Directorate Chairman Avner Shalev thanked
Prof. Weiss for “having devoted his efforts and energy over the years to
commemorating the Holocaust.”
Joseph (Tommy) Lapid, a Holocaust survivor, was born in 1931 in Novi Sad,
Yugoslavia. He arrived in Israel in 1948, built a career in journalism and
went on to serve as Director of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. Lapid,
who holds a law degree, served for seven years as a member of Knesset,
including two years as Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister. He
resides in Tel Aviv and is married to author Shulamit Lapid.
“As a Holocaust survivor I regard the transmission of the memory of the
Holocaust—now and in the future, to young people and adults, in Israel and
around the world—as a sacred obligation,” Lapid said upon his appointment.
Avner Shalev added, “I welcome the decision to appoint to the position a
public figure who views Holocaust commemoration as an important value to
be strengthened in Israel and abroad.”
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