Address: P.O.B. 3477
Jerusalem, Israel 91034
Phone: 972-2-644-3400
Fax: 972-2-644-3433
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Website: https://www.yadvashem.org
International School for Holocaust Studies: https://www.yadvashem.org/education/about-school.html
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Directors/Persons-in-Charge: Dani Dayan, Chairman and Tzvika Fayirizen, CEO
Principal Staff Members:
Shana Yerushalmi - Chief Financial Officer
Daniel Shalom - Chief Information Officer
Hadar Winter Golan - Director, Strategic Planning and Governmental Affairs Division
Dr. Haim Gertner - Director, Resource and Partnership Development Division
Medi Shvide - Director, Archives, Museums and Collections
Irit Filipowicz - Director, Archives Division
Dr. Gilad Olshtein - Lily Safra Chair of Holocaust Education; Director, International Institute for Holocaust Education
Dr. Yael Richler - Director, Content Development and Pedagogy, International Institute for Holocaust Education
Inbal Kvity Ben-Dov - Director, Commemoration, Culture, and Public Engagement Division
Iris Rosenberg - Director, International Affairs and Communications Division
Richelle Budd Caplan - Director, Global Initiatives Department, International Affairs and Communications Division
Ayala Cohen - Director, Human Resources and Operations Division
Dr. Iael Nidam-Orvieto - Director, International Institute for Holocaust Research
Dr. Robert Rozett - Senior Historian, International Institute for Holocaust Research
Dr. David Silberklang - Senior Historian, International Institute for Holocaust Research
Prof. Dan Michman - Head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research. Incumbent of the John Najmann Chair for Holocaust Studies
Prof. Dina Porat - Senior Academic Advisor
Year Established: 1953
Staff: Salaried - 400; Volunteer - 700
Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.yadvashem.org/visiting.html
Type of Organization or Mission: Established in 1953 by an act of the Israel Parliament, Yad Vashem sits atop the Mountain of Remembrance in Jerusalem, its campus covering some 45 acres in total, containing the largest repository of information on the Holocaust in the world. Yad Vashem's principal missions are commemoration and documentation of the events of the Holocaust, collection, examination and publication of testimonies to the Holocaust, the collection and memorialization of the names of Holocaust victims, honoring the Righteous among the Nations, research, publication and education. The official national ceremony opening Holocaust Martyr's and Heroes remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) takes place annually at Yad Vashem, with additional memorial ceremonies, research conferences, exhibitions and cultural events held throughout the year.
Services: The Yad Vashem Archives house over 169,000,000 pages of documentation; 120,000 survivor testimonies; over 430,000 photographs and the online Central Database of Shoah Victim's Names contains 4.3 million names. Holocaust History Museum; Museum of Holocaust Art; Archives; International School for Holocaust Studies; International Institute for Holocaust Research; Library and Visual Center; Yad Vashem Publications; Righteous Among the Nations Department; Monuments and Memorial Sites: Valley of the Communities, the Children's Memorial, the Hall of Names, Memorial to the Deportees, the Hall of Remembrance, the Synagogue, the Garden of the Righteous, the Memorial Cave, and more.
