“The Holocaust and its legacy are a formative dimension of Israel’s national memory and identity as a Jewish and democratic state. That is reflected in Israel’s very substantial involvement in IHRA and unique contribution to the realization of the organization’s mandate and goals.”
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Joined the IHRA
1998
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 January
Yom HaShoah
27 of the Hebrew month of Nisan
Ruth Cohen-Dar (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – Co-Head of Delegation
Yossi Gevir (Yad Vashem) – Co-Head of Delegation – Museums and Memorials Working Group – Academic Working Group
Anat Bratman-Elhalel (Ghetto Fighters’ House) – Memorials and Museums Working Group
Haim Saadon (Institute Ben Tzvi) – Academic Working Group
Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen (Ariel University) – Academic Working Group
Iris Rosenberg (Yad Vashem) – Memorials and Museums Working Group
Richelle Budd-Caplan (Yad Vashem) – Education Working Group
Robert Rozett (Yad Vashem) – Academic Working Group
Yael Richler (Yad Vashem) – Education Working Group
Maya Romm (Yad Vashem) – Presidency team
Natalia Sharav (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – Presidency team
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.