Posts Tagged: Dani Dayan
Israel Begins Leadership of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Israel this week assumed the presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), an intergovernmental organization comprising dozens of countries dedicated to combating antisemitism and...
Yad Vashem Chair: ‘Will Columbia Be Remembered as Heidelberg?’
i24 News - Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan sent a letter to Columbia University President Minouche Shafik amid the mass anti-Israel protests escalating over the...
US Holocaust Museum, Scholars Slam ‘Political’ Motives to Replace Yad Vashem Head
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, dozens of Holocaust scholars, and others have come to the defense of Dani Dayan, the chairman...
Israel Elected to Lead International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance in 2025
Israel will serve as President of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) for 2025, a year marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau...
Zelensky Seeking to Hold Pro-Ukraine Rally, Speech at Yad Vashem: Report
Embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to hold a rally for Ukraine at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum, during which he would...
Yad Vashem Condemns Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Use of ‘Propagandist Discourse’ Trivializing Holocaust
The head of Israel’s Holocaust memorial and museum Yad Vashem condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the accompanying use of "propagandist discourse." “Yad Vashem deplores...
Outrage Erupts Over Antisemitism Panel Featuring Noted Adversaries of Israel
Outrage erupted on Twitter over the weekend after the far-left anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace announced it will be co-sponsoring a panel on antisemitism...
Rashida Tlaib Accused of Spreading ‘Vicious Blood Libel’ After Tweeting, Deleting Claim Jews Killed Palestinian Child
Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib faced a firestorm of criticism on Sunday after retweeting a false assertion on the micro-blogging website accusing Jews of murdering a...
Jews in Israel and the Diaspora Must Take Action to Bring Themselves Together
“Building a nation is not like building a society. Its foundations run deeper. The goal is to unite the people by working on our revival,...
Video Shows Hezbollah Members Attacking UN Vehicles in South Lebanon
A video broadcast on Wednesday shows what appear to be Hezbollah members physically attacking members of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL. In the...
New York Cardinal: Israel-Vatican Ties Have ‘Made the World a Better Place’
New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan said this week that ties between Israel and the Vatican have "quite literally made the world a better place," the...
New York Times Terror-Attack Headline Is Called ‘Disgraceful’
An array of mainstream pro-Israel voices are expressing concern about a headline over a New York Times web article about a terrorist attack. Israel’s consul general...
Israel Finding New Ways to Make Its Case to the American Left
BOSTON -- The conventional wisdom about the US-Israel relationship in recent years is that if Israel has strong support on the political right and among...
With Promotion of MAG Sharon Afek, Israeli Military to Have First Openly-Gay Major General
The Israeli military will have its first openly-gay major general, following the pending promotion -- announced on Thursday -- of Sharon Afek, who serves as...
