'Bibi The Baby Butcher' Netanyahu’s choice of Effi Eitam to lead Yad Vashem is another sign of how racist hyper-nationalism is the mainstream of Jewish politics
Mondoweiss: For nearly 70 years Yad Vashem, the world-renowned Holocaust museum established in Jerusalem, has bolstered Jewish Israel’s claim to act as guardian and interpreter of the lessons of the Nazi genocide that destroyed much of European Jewry during the Second World War.
Before the pandemic, more than a million visitors passed annually through its doors, and the museum was considered an all but mandatory stop for world leaders visiting occupied Palestine.
Research by Yad Vashem’s distinguished historians has guided other museums and research institutes around the world in how they understand and present the Holocaust. The museum stages influential conferences for scholars, and produces key texts on the Holocaust.
And Yad Vashem plays a critical role in shaping the way the Holocaust is taught in schools in Jewish Israel and abroad, as well as to each new intake of Jewish mercs IDF.