Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Holocaust, Antisemitism, Missionaries (9/12) Previous Document: Question 15.3: How do I get tickets to see the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum? Next Document: Question 16.1: Why is antisemitism used to mean anti-Jewish? Aren't Arabs Semites too? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Answer: Yad Vashem is the Holocaust memorial of the Jewish people. Located in Jerusalem Israel, it was established in 1953 by an act of Parliament. At the core of the Holocaust was the decision to kill the Jews--six million of whom were murdered. These events are of monumental significance for the contemporary world and, by directing visitors to confront this history, we hope to stimulate them to grapple with issues that strike at our basic nature as human beings and to gain insights about our societies and about ourselves. The name YAD VASHEM comes from a passage in the Book of Isaiah: "And to them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial ... an everlasting name [a "yad vashem"], that shall not be cut off." (chapter 56, verse 5). Yad Vashem is available via WWW using the following URL: [5]http://www.yad-vashem.org.il/ User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Holocaust, Antisemitism, Missionaries (9/12) Previous Document: Question 15.3: How do I get tickets to see the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum? Next Document: Question 16.1: Why is antisemitism used to mean anti-Jewish? Aren't Arabs Semites too? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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