Yad Vashem

Alex, a proud member of the Zionist Youth movement Hashomer Hatzair, lives in Kibbutz Nir Oz. On October 7, he was ripped away from his family and disappeared without a trace.

The Hamas Atrocities Documentation Center has the goal of documenting the actions of Hamas, which it described as the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.

The annihilation of an entire Jewish civilization in Lithuania is an indelible stain on that nation’s history. However, I firmly believe that memories of Jewish Lita must endure.

Dayan was invited as the keynote speaker for a special meeting of the Lithuanian Parliament and to participate in commemorative activities honoring the Holocaust victims in Lithuania.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: These types of relationships between Israeli institutions and their sister organizations in the world are complex and have many times become ugly disputes.

Yad Vashem said it will end its longstanding affiliation with the American Society for Yad Vashem, created in order to assist with funding.

Using political motivations to fire Dayan from his Yad Vashem post would be a mistake.

Sources in Yad Vashem told The Jerusalem Post last week that Netanyahu wasn’t happy with Dayan’s approach to boycott extreme-right-wing politicians, and felt that he is “too independent.”

Yad Vashem has become a focal point for scrutiny from some Israeli officials, mainly Education Minister Yoav Kisch.

"Maintaining the independence of such institutions around the world is key as we face efforts to distort/deny the facts of the Holocaust."