Avner Shalev and Ran Yaakoby
Co-Heads of Israeli Delegation to the IHRA
Member country since: 1998
Remembrance Days: 27 January (International Holocaust Remembrance Day), 11 April (Yom HaShoah)
Richelle Budd-Caplan (Yad Vashem) – Education Working Group
Haim Gertner (Yad Vashem)
Yossi Gevir (Yad Vashem) – Memorials and Museums Working Group
Jane Jacobs (Yad Vashem)
Eyal Kaminka (Yad Vashem) – Education Working Group
Robert Rozett (Yad Vashem)
Haim Saadon (Yad Yiztchak Ben Tzvi) – Academic Working Group
Sharon Steinbaum (Ghetto Fighter's House Museum) – Memorials and Museums Working Group
The State of Israel remains appreciative of the distinct contribution offered by the IHRA’s very existence over the past 20 years, which has enabled meaningful, relevant and accurate Holocaust remembrance, education and research throughout the world. Obviously, the Shoah remains a deeply evocative, often charged issue for Israel and Israelis, and accordingly the work of Yad Vashem and other Israeli institutions reflects that unique, ever-present centrality. Through the unprecedented platform created by the IHRA on the diplomatic level, Israel has succeeded in developing close partnerships with various IHRA member governments, delegations and constituent institutions, together furthering worthy projects under the IHRA’s aegis.