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Their visit concluded in the Valley of the Communities, of which Tzippy's parents, Paula and William Mandell z"l, were Guardians. Their granddaughter Alexis (third from right) gave a moving speech displaying pride in the heritage of her family.

Left to right: Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem; Leonard Wilf, Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem; Zygmunt Wilf, Trustee and Secretary General of the Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem; Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate; Shaya Ben Yehuda, Managing Director of Yad Vashem's International Relations Division

On August 8th, 2013 Keene State College's Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies had a Community Reception in honor of the traveling version of Yad Vashem's new exhibition "I Am My Brother's Keeper - Fifty Years of Honoring the Righteous Among the Nations" hosted by C & S Wholesale Grocers and the original exhibition's primary supporters Jan and Rick Cohen (left) for area companies and businesses to introduce their employees and leaders to the exhibit and its themes of civic and community responsibility. Members of the Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce were also in attendance. Shaya Ben Yehuda (right), Managing Director of International Relations of Yad Vashem, was the keynote speaker.

The event took place on Monday, July 29th, 2013, with the original exhibition's primary supporters Jan and Rick Cohen (right) and keynote speaker Yehudit Shendar (left), Yad Vashem's Museums Division Deputy Director and Senior Art Curator.

Here from the second generation Leonard Wilf (second from left), Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem, and Zygmunt Wilf (left), Trustee and Secretary General of the Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem, tour the Museum along with Shaya Ben Yehuda (second from right), Managing Director of Yad Vashem's International Relations Division

Left to right: Leonard Wilf, Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem; Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate; Zygmunt Wilf, Trustee and Secretary General of the Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem; Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem; Dorit Novak, Director-General of Yad Vashem

Left to right: Leonard Wilf, Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem; Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem; Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate; Zygmunt Wilf, Trustee and Secretary General of the Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem.

Left to right: Nathan Eitan, former Director-General of Yad Vashem; Leonard Wilf, Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem; Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem; Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate; Zygmunt Wilf, Trustee and Secretary General of the Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem; Dorit Novak, Director-General of Yad Vashem; Shaya Ben Yehuda, Managing Director of Yad Vashem's International Relations Division

This was done as a token of thanks upon the dedication of The Yad Vashem Square generously endowed by The Wilf Families

Here from the second generation Leonard Wilf (second from right), Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem, and Zygmunt Wilf (center), Trustee and Secretary General of the Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem, are pictured with the families' recognition in the Museum along with Shaya Ben Yehuda (left), Managing Director of Yad Vashem's International Relations Division, Avner Shalev (second from left), Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, and Dorit Novak (right), Director-General of Yad Vashem

Top row, left to right: Manager of the United Nations Holocaust and Outreach Programme Kimberly Mann; American Society YLA Co-Chairs Barry Levine and Abbi Halpern; YLA Founding Chair Caroline Massel; American Society Executive Board Member Jeremy Halpern; American Society Director of Education Dr. Marlene W. Yahalom; YLA member Jessica Mauk. Bottom row, left to right: Director, Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest Barbara Wind; past President and current Executive Board Secretary of the Association of Teachers of Social Studies of the United Federation of Teachers and Sage editor, Carolyn Herbst.

Here Leonard Wilf (right), Chairman of the American Society for Yad Vashem, and Zygmunt Wilf (second from left), Trustee and Secretary General of the Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem, are with Dr. Haim Gertner (left), Director of the Yad Vashem Archives, on a behind-the-scenes visit

Mark Moskowitz (left), member of the Executive Committee of the Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem, laid a wreath on behalf of the Society with his brother Dan Moskowitz (right) and niece Deena Moskowitz (second from right) during the ceremony in the Warsaw Ghetto Square the morning of Yom Hashoah 2013, following the siren and moment of silence commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. His mother survivor Rose Moskowitz (second from left) and sister-in-law Wendy Moskowitz (center) were also in attendance

Left to right: YLA Event Chair Barry Levine; American Society Executive Committee Board Member Jeremy Halpern; YLA Co-Chair Abbi Halpern; American Society Chairman Leonard A. Wilf; and YLA Co-Chair Jeffrey Wilf.