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FRANCE
A reception was
held in Paris on 25 February in honor of the publication of Yad
Vashem’s new Lexicon of the Righteous Among the Nations, France
and the meeting between French President Jacques Chirac and
Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, Avner Shalev (second
from left). The reception was held at the residence of Israeli
Ambassador to France, Nissim Zvili (second from right) and
partner, Huguette Elhadad, and was attended by leading members
of France’s Jewish community including: Chief Rabbi of France,
Joseph Sitruk; President of the CRIF, Roger Cukierman
(right); President of the Consistoire Central, Jean Kahn;
President of the Paris Consistoire, Moïse Cohen; President of
the French Society for Yad Vashem, Dr. Richard Prasquier; close
friend of Yad Vashem, Maxi Librati; and friends and supporters
of Yad Vashem. Pictured on left: Miry Gross, Assistant Managing
Director,
International Relations Division.
Copyright ©2004 Yad Vashem The Holocaust
Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
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