This is the Forward’s coverage of Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum and memorial.
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Fast Forward Hungary Jews Protest Nazi Occupation Memorial
Members of the Jewish community were among the demonstrators protesting the construction of a controversial monument to the Hungarian victims of the German occupation. Work on the statue began Tuesday in downtown Budapest, according to Klubradio, a news station known to be critical of the government. The protest was held that evening adjacent to the…
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Fast Forward Hungary Ruling Party Moves Right as Nationalism Rises
(JTA) — A lone heckler tried to disrupt him, but Hungarian lawmaker Janos Hargitai was undeterred as he spoke earlier this month at a memorial day gathering in Hungary commemorating the 1848 revolution there. The holiday marks Hungary’s attempt to break free from the Austrian Empire, and Hargitai, sandwiched between two Hungarian flags, was celebrating…
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem Won’t Join Hungary Nazi Occupation Museum Project
Yad Vashem has decided not to participate in a project to build a Nazi occupation museum in Hungary. The House of Fates project invited representatives of the Jerusalem-based Holocaust museum and memorial to attend an international meeting of experts to discuss the memorial center to be built in Budapest. Yossi Gevir, senior assistant to the…
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Fast Forward Bank of Israel Issues Anniversary Coin Honoring Yad Vashem’s 60 Years
A commemorative coin to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum was issued by the Bank of Israel. The coin was presented to Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev during a ceremony at Yad Vashem on Sunday night. The new Governor of the Bank of Israel, Dr. Karnit Flug,…
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The Schmooze Michael Bloomberg Honored by Yad Vashem
To shouts of “We love you mayor!” Michael Bloomberg mounted the dais at the November 10 American & International Societies for Yad Vashem’s Annual Tribute Dinner at the Sheraton New York Hotel to accept the Societies’ Remembrance Award. “If I have one regret,” said the soon-to-be-departing mayor, “it’s that my parents did not live to…
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Fast Forward Greek Premier Refuses To Wear Kippah at Yad Vashem
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras refused to cover his head at a Yad Vashem memorial ceremony. Organizers of the ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance urged Samaras to respect Tuesday’s ceremony and cover his head with a kippah or hat, but he laid a wreath at the memorial bareheaded, Ynet reported. Samaras is leading a…
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Fast Forward Egyptian Doctor Is First Arab Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations
JERUSALEM — An Egyptian doctor was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for helping to save a Jewish family during the Holocaust — the first Arab to be so recognized. Dr. Mohamed Helmy was recognized by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, the institution announced Monday. The memorial also cited Frieda Szturmann, a German woman,…
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Fast Forward Mennonite Is Righteous for Saving French Jews
Lois Gunden, an American Mennonite who helped save Jewish children in France during the Holocaust, was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. The Israeli Holocaust memorial made the announcement on Monday. Gunden becomes the fourth American to be named a Righteous Gentile. Gunden will be honored posthumously at a ceremony to take…
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