Dani Dayan
“Holocaust remembrance, education and research are the keys to fighting intolerance, hatred and anti-Semitism,” said Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan, who also discussed the rise in hate speech with the Argentinian president.
During the rare private audience, the two talked about “the importance of Holocaust research and remembrance in the Christian world,” according to a statement released by Yad Vashem.
$5 million have been earmarked for the center’s construction in Nof HaGalil. Once open, it will operate as a museum by a permanent staff trained by Yad Vashem.
Yad Vashem chairman denounces planned sale of some 20 Nazi items, including daggers, flags and an SS helmet • Auction house head dismisses criticism of “bleeding hearts and the self-righteous.”
“Jan. 27 should not be a regular day. Jan. 27 should be a day of reflection, … a day of prayer, … a day of meditation on how to honor the victims, how to improve combating anti-Semitism,” said Dani Dayan.
The former Israeli Consul General in New York and current chairman of Yad Vashem acknowledged that when he first came to the United States in 2016, he didn’t see anti-Semitism as the pressing issue it is today, believing that it might have been an “overblown phenomenon” in the United States.
On the 80th anniversary of the mass genocide the Nazis and their collaborators committed against Ukrainian Jews, a memorial center being built on the site will tell the story of the 1941 atrocity.
He told them: “I promise you I will do everything I can to carry the torch of remembrance and ensure that it is passed on to future generations.”
Mindy Klein, the wife of New York Yankees president Randy Klein, offered some words of advice to teen olim arriving via Nefesh B’Nefesh.
