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Three
generations of the Mitzner family from Houston visited Yad
Vashem on 27 December: David Mitzner (third from right), his
son, Ira (fourth from left), Ira’s wife, Mindy
(second from left), and their children Steven, Laura,
and Michael. The family—which recently became benefactors of
Yad Vashem—extensively toured the site. Pictured second from right:
Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate. Pictured far
left: Shraga I.Mekel, Director of Development, American
Society.
The American
Society for Yad Vashem held an
inaugural event in Massachusetts at the Davis Museum and Cultural
Center in February. The event was attended by 60 guests and included a
reception, a viewing of The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz
exhibit (containing artworks on loan from Yad Vashem), and a series of
addresses. Guest speaker was Yehudit Shendar, Senior Art
Curator, Yad Vashem Museums Division. Other speakers included Meir
Shlomo, Israel’s Consul General to New England; Julie Ross,
President of “Generations After”; and Shraga
I. Mekel
(left).
Among the
sponsors were: Judith and Douglas Krupp (center),
Linda
(right) and
Harold Schwartz, Rachel Goldstein and Jim Elkind,
Steve and Barbara Grossman, Katherine D. Kane,
Rachel and Mark Winkeller, Ellen Jawitz and
Robert Leikind. Guests included: Rick Mann, President of
New England Holocaust Memorial; Mary and Steven Ross,
founder of the Memorial, and son, Michael Ross.
The Young
Leadership Associates (YLA) of the American Society for Yad Vashem
hosted a buffet dinner entitled
“An Evening for the Children of Tomorrow,” at Dylan’s Candy Bar in New
York City on 30 January. The event was attended by American Society
Chairman, Eli Zborowski, and 400 guests. It benefited the
education programs of the American Society’s Education
Department, which recently held its fifth annual professional
development conference on Holocaust education at the Ramaz Middle
School on 26 January. Pictured on left: Aliza and Elie
Singer,
YLA Co-Chair.
Jan
(left) and Andy Groveman led a
national UJC solidarity mission to Israel. Among mission participants
who visited Yad Vashem on 12 December were: Marilyn (second
from right) and Jack Belz (right), National Vice Chairman of
the American Society, Southern Region. Pictured second from
left: Shaya Ben-Yehuda, Director of the International Relations
Division.
Ezra Katz
(third from right), Jan
(right) and Dan Lewis (left), and their daughter, Marilee
(second from right) from Florida visited Yad Vashem in January.
They met with Avner Shalev (second from left), and viewed the
model of the new Holocaust History Museum. Pictured third from left:
Shaya Ben-Yehuda. Ezra Katz is one of the founders of
the Miami Holocaust Museum.
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