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US Holocaust Memorial Council

Sid Rosenberg speaks at a campaign rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, New York, Oct. 27, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
May 2, 2025, 10:42 pm
Trump taps shock jock, Haredi publisher, Witkoff’s son for Holocaust Memorial Council
Sid Rosenberg and Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz join Mideast envoy Witkoff’s son Alex on panel, after president ousted Doug Emhoff and several other Biden appointees in very rare move
By Andrew Lapin
FILE - US Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks at the Democratic National Committee's holiday reception at the Willard Hotel in Washington, December 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
April 30, 2025, 1:01 am
Trump dismisses Doug Emhoff, other Biden nominees to US Holocaust Memorial Council
Kamala Harris’s husband slams president for ‘turning one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue,’ says move ‘dishonors the memory of 6 million Jews murdered by Nazis’
By Zeke Miller and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Kitty Dukakis, left, and Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis outside their home in Brookline, Massachusetts, March 7, 1989. (AP/David Tenenbaum)
March 26, 2025, 11:00 am
Kitty Dukakis, the first Jewish spouse of a US presidential candidate, dies at 88
She joined 1st US presidential commission on Holocaust, urged creation of Holocaust museum; after going public with her struggles, advocated for those dealing with addiction
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Andrew Giuliani (R) and Olympic figure skater Sarah Hughes attend the the world premiere of 'The Other Guys' at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
December 17, 2020, 1:53 am
Trump names Rudy Giuliani’s son and 2 other aides to Holocaust Museum Council
Other appointees are Mitchell Webber, a lawyer in Office of the White House Counsel, and Trump’s personal attendant Nick Luna; they are expected to fundraise for institution
By Ron Kampeas
Retired NBA player Ray Allen attends the 7th Annual Focos Gala at Mandarin Oriental Hotel on September 29, 2014 in New York City. (Rommel Demano/Getty Images via JTA)
August 5, 2017, 1:44 pm
Ex-NBA star Ray Allen pens moving account of his visit to Auschwitz
Retired player recalls ‘heavy’ air he felt entering former Nazi death camp, says ‘nothing really prepares you for being there’
By Gabe Friedman
A rededication ceremony at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, following an act of vandalism, on July 11, 2017. (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
July 12, 2017, 12:16 pm
Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated after vandalism
After one of the Shoah memorial’s glass towers was shattered last month, community leaders gather to unveil repairs and praise Boston’s response to the incident
By Matt Lebovic
Howard Lorber, president of the Vector Group, speaking at a ceremony in New York, April 14, 2016. (Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images for 160 Leroy)
May 11, 2017, 7:03 pm
Trump picks businessman Howard Lorber to head Holocaust Memorial Council
Jewish businessman, 68, is longtime friend of president and served as economic adviser during campaign
By JTA
Refugees who fled the Iraqi city of Mosul due to the fighting between government forces and Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, line up for heating fuel at the UN-run al-Hol refugee camp in Syria's Hasakeh province, on January 29, 2017. (AFP/Delil Souleiman)
February 1, 2017, 11:07 pm
US Holocaust museum urges government to protect refugees
DC-based institute cites millions of Jews who were unable to flee Nazi Germany in rare plea to president over controversial travel ban
By JTA
Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the White House Complex in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
January 17, 2017, 8:32 pm
Obama names aide Ben Rhodes to Holocaust Memorial Council
White House messaging guru on Iran deal and abstention in UN anti-settlements resolution to help lead nation in Shoah remembrance
By Eric Cortellessa
Interior of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, located south of the National Mall, on 14th Street, S.W., in Washington, DC (CC BY-SA AgnosticPreachersKid)
December 7, 2016, 8:49 pm
Obama taps 3 to serve on Holocaust memorial board
University dean, president of justice foundation and investment manager join 68-member council of museum trustees
By JTA
Elie Wiesel during a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, in 2009. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky, file)
September 13, 2016, 8:16 pm
US House approves resolution honoring Elie Wiesel
Unanimous resolution hails author’s efforts to prevent another Holocaust and ‘combat hate and intolerance in any manifestation’
By JTA
Tom Bernstein speaks at the National Days of Remembrance ceremony at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC on May 17, 2011 (screen capture: YouTube)
December 4, 2015, 9:22 pm
Obama backer gets second term as Holocaust memorial chair
Tom Bernstein had switched allegiances to Democratic candidate after supporting Bush in 2000 and 2004
By JTA
August 9, 2013, 5:14 pm
Odessa to receive second Jewish museum
Chabad-affiliated facility will share history of Ukrainian city whose Jewish population was decimated during Holocaust
April 17, 2013, 9:08 am
US delegates named to Warsaw Ghetto commemoration
Group includes Estelle Laughlin, a survivor of the Jewish ghetto, who wrote ‘Transcending Darkness’
April 10, 2013, 3:01 pm
Gordon, Schulman appointed to US Holocaust Memorial Council
Rabbi Samuel N. Gordon is the founding rabbi of Congregation Sukkat Shalom in Wilmette, Ill; Maureen Schulman is president of her public relations firm
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