The president appealed to the country to leave political discourse aside over Holocaust Remembrance Day in his speech at the Yad Vashem ceremony.
Holocaust survivor Efraim Mol was rushed to the hospital. In his place, the El Maleh Rahamim prayer will be recited by Shuli Rand.
This year, the central theme of Holocaust Remembrance Day will be the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Reza Pahlavi's trip underscores Israel’s message of unity with the Iranian people.
Yad Vashem has gathered 4,800,000 names of Jews children murdered during the Shoah. The Book of Names of Holocaust Victims is the single largest physical manifestation of remembrance of its kind.
Thanks to indefatigable efforts, we are finally giving Holocaust victims back not only their names but also through rare photographs, their faces.
According to Yad Vashem expert estimates, in the coming years, some 200,000-300,000 names could be added to the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names.
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