Daily Podcasts Video Research

Unique Yad Vashem exhibit and street naming highlight NYC’s commitment to remember the Holocaust

JL;DR SUMMARY New York City has inaugurated two significant initiatives to honor Holocaust remembrance, coinciding with International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Holocaust SurvivorsEric AdamsYad VashemHolocaust RemembranceJewish SurvivorsArt ExhibitAuschwitz LiberationNyc City HallYad Vashem Way

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"A unique Holocaust art exhibition opened this week in New Yorks City Hall."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"The exhibit on display for the week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau was toured by NYC Mayor Eric Adams, Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan, and members of the New York City Council on Wednesday."
Israel
"Both the art exhibit and the street dedication reflect New Yorks importance as home to the worlds largest concentration of Holocaust survivors outside of Israel."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 43006
Cairo Source ID 42
Retrieved 2025-01-30 05:30:59 UTC
Curated 2025-01-30 08:30:32 UTC