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ONE-FIFTH OF ALL AMBASSADORS TO U.N. CURRENTLY IN ISRAEL
The purpose of the trip is to give the ambassadors, who are often called upon to vote on Israel-related issues a first-hand look at the challenges the country faces. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon is acting as a guide for some 20% of his fellow ambassadors to the UN, who are currently getting […]
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March of the Living diary: ‘The more we learn – the more questions we have’
Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational trust, was part of the 275-strong UK’s delegation to Poland for March of the Living, as more than 11,000 came together at Auschwitz to remember six million Jews. Following an emotional week of learning about Jewish history and Polish-Jewish life, she reflects on what Sunday 8th I […]
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DIARY FROM THE 30TH MARCH OF THE LIVING
One of the hundreds of survivors who participated in this year’s march: “The most wonderful miracle of all is the State of Israel.” AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU – Walking behind the Israeli and Polish presidents, together with the heads of Israel’s security branches, hundreds of Holocaust survivors and thousands of young people from around the world from Auschwitz […]
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UN ambassadors visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thirteen ambassadors to the United Nations from Africa, Europe and Latin America visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camps in Poland today on Yom Hashoah (Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day), as part of the 30th annual “March of the Living.” The delegation organized by the American Zionist Movement, in conjunction with Ambassador Danny Danon, Israel’s Permanent Representative […]
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Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin: “It is Impossible to Deny Polish Involvement in the Holocaust”
On Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah), Thursday, April 12, under the theme “From Holocaust to Redemption,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin led an international procession of more than 12,000 students and adults from around the world on the International March of the Living, which this year marks 30 years of the organization’s own Holocaust education programming […]
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Led by Israel’s President Rivlin, thousands attend March of Living in Poland
More than 12,000 people from 40 countries make two-mile march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, accompanied by heads of IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet and police Some 12,000 marchers from 40 countries — from Holocaust survivors to teenagers to senior Israeli officials — were participating in the March of the Living on Thursday in Poland. President Reuven […]
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UN Ambassadors Visit Auschwitz
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the American Zionist Movement brings UN ambassadors to Auschwitz. Ambassadors to the United Nations from Africa, Europe and Latin America on Thursday visited the Polish Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps, participating in the 30th annual March of the Living. The delegation arrived in Poland under the auspices of the American Zionist Movement (AZM). […]
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Holocaust Memory: The Next Thirty Years
The 2018 March of the Living marks thirty years since the first 1,500 participants gathered in Poland and marched along the path of memory that marchers have taken each year since. As we again gather in Poland to march together from Auschwitz to Birkenau, we are more than merely walking along the 3.2-kilometer path that […]
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Remarks by Ron Dermer, Israel’s Amb. to the US, at 2018 Erev Yom Hashoah Ceremony at the Krakow Philharmonic
“Ladies and Gentlemen, and especially the survivors and their families who are with us here tonight, This week, my wife Rhoda and I joined Phyllis and Richard Heideman on a remarkable March-of-the-Living journey. Our guide has been their extraordinary daughter, Dr. Elana Heideman, whose knowledge of the Holocaust is matched only by her passion to […]
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‘FROM HOLOCAUST TO REDEMPTION,’ RIVLIN TO LEAD 30TH MARCH OF THE LIVING
“Every facet of this march is historic,” President Reuven Rivlin said. President Reuven Rivlin will lead the International March of the Living procession in Poland this year as the organization marks its 30th anniversary under the theme, “From Holocaust to Redemption.” Among the more than 12,000 participants from around the world expected to march the […]
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