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The Encyclopedia of
the Righteous Among the Nations
Highlights of Yad
Vashem’s Activity in 2003
Buchman
Memorial Prize 2003
Gertner Scholarship
Encourages Excellence in Holocaust Research
Yad Vashem Marks its
50th Anniversary
Recent Visits at Yad Vashem
Recent Visits at Yad Vashem
On 8 February, the American Jewish
Committee Board of Governors visited Yad Vashem as part of its
trip to Israel. The 130-person delegation was led by President
Harold Tanner, Executive Director David Harris, Board of Governors
Chair Robert E. Goodkind, and Board of Governors Policy and
Program Chair Mimi Alperin. Also participating were family members
of diplomats who had helped save Jews during the Shoah—Louise
von Dardel, niece of Raoul Wallenberg;
Agnes Hirschi,
daughter of Carl Lutz; Manli Ho, daughter of Dr. Feng Shan Ho; and
Abigail Bingham Endicott, daughter of Hiram “Harry” Bingham IV—in
Israel accompanying the exhibition “Visas For Life.”
After a brief introduction by Chairman
of the Directorate Avner Shalev in the new Visitors’ Center
(pictured), the group toured the construction site of Yad Vashem’s
new Holocaust History Museum and Hall of Names, as well as the
International School for Holocaust Studies. Afterwards, Alperin
chaired a panel discussion focusing on Yad Vashem’s new projects
and activities; the resurgence of antisemitism; the work of the
International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem; and the
historic visit to Auschwitz by a delegation of Israeli Arabs,
which included a preparatory seminar at Yad Vashem.
Actor Richard Gere (center) was given a tour
of Yad Vashem by Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the
Directorate Irena Steinfeldt (left) on 11 December 2003,
accompanied by Chemi Peres, Chairman of I.V.A, Israel
During his visit to Yad Vashem on 4
March, Romanian Minister of Education, Research and Youth
Alexandru Athanasiu (left) committed to bringing
high-school students to Yad Vashem for educational programs,
developing new Holocaust curricula for Romanian schools, teacher
training for educators, and a Romanian-language Holocaust
textbook. Chairman of Yad Vashem Avner Shalev said Yad Vashem
would be pleased to serve as pedagogical consultant and provider
of educational services and content, and that this cooperation was
an important step for Romania in coming to terms with its past.
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Over 500 foreign tour operators, representatives
of tourism institutions, and journalists visited Yad Vashem on
23 February. As Israel’s second most-visited site (after the
Western Wall), Yad Vashem is committed to meeting the evolving
needs of organized groups as well as individual visitors. The
group—participants in the Third Annual Prime Minister’s Conference
for Tourism to Israel—were given an exclusive multi-language tour
of the new Holocaust History Museum and Hall of Names (pictured),
due to open in March 2005. They learned about preparations for the
uploading of the Central Database for Shoah Victims’ Names
this summer, a major cantorial concert planned for June, and the
International and Multi-Generational Gathering of Holocaust
Survivors and Their Families due to take place in May 2005.
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