Yad Vashem

View of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, “City of Gold,” is the capital of Israel and is regarded as a holy city by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. It is located in the Judean Mountains between the northern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Jerusalem became Israel’s capital in 1948 when the country […]

Jerusalem

Yad Vashem
In 1953, The Knesset, Parliament of Israel established the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes” Remembrance Authority – Yad Vashem. The intention of this was to document the history of the Jewish people during the Holocaust. The museum, built at the foot of Mount Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance (Har Hazikaron) […]

Yad Vashem