Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust
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| June 2023 | Scholars, politicians, and media figures criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Yoav Kisch for attempting to remove Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan from his position, which was seen as threatening the institution's independence. |
| 2022 | Prof. Dina Porat concluded her role as Chief Historian of Yad Vashem. |
| August 2021 | Dani Dayan succeeded Avner Shalev as chairman of Yad Vashem. |
| May 6 2021 | Yitzhak Arad, former chairman, passed away. |
| February 2021 | Avner Shalev concluded his service as chairman of Yad Vashem. |
| 2020 | Plans to appoint Effi Eitam to head the institution were criticized due to alleged racist remarks. |
| February 2020 | Yad Vashem officially apologized for 'inaccuracies' and 'partial' facts presented at the previous month's World Holocaust Forum. |
| January 2020 | Yad Vashem participated in the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, which was later criticized for presenting partial facts and excessively emphasizing Russia's role in ending World War II. |
| April 2019 | Yad Vashem granted the title of Righteous Among the Nations to Konstanty Rokicki and offered 'appreciation' to Aleksander Ładoś and Stefan Ryniewicz for their efforts during the Holocaust, which sparked controversy among family members of Polish diplomats and Holocaust survivors. |
| April 2019 | Yad Vashem started a new collection center to house and conserve millions of Holocaust artifacts. |
| 2018 | Renamed the International Book Prize to honor Benny and Tilly Joffe, Holocaust survivors whose family was murdered in the Holocaust |
| 2018 | Yad Vashem chief historian Dina Porat participated in developing a compromise agreement between Israeli and Polish governments about Poland's Holocaust record, moderating a Polish law that criminalized assertions of Polish complicity in Nazi crimes. |
| July 2 2016 | Elie Wiesel passed away while serving as vice chairman of the Yad Vashem council. |
| 2013 | Launched an online campaign in Arabic to promote Yad Vashem's website, reaching over 2.4 million Arabic speakers and tripling website traffic. |
| 2011 | Prof. Dina Porat began serving as Chief Historian of Yad Vashem. |
| 2011 | Established the Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research in memory of Abraham Meir Schwartzbaum and his murdered family |
| 2011 | Avner Shalev received the City of Jerusalem's Patron of Jerusalem Award in recognition of his work in the city. |
| 2011 | Yad Vashem recognized 555 individuals as Righteous Among the Nations, honoring non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. |
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