New York City honors Holocaust Center and survivors with a street naming
Yad Vashem Way is the initiative of Mayor Eric Adams and Council Member Keith Powers, with the City Council’s endorsement
On Thursday (January 30) the City of New York honored Yad Vashem and the victims of the Holocaust with a street named after the world’s largest Holocaust remembrance center
The dedication of “Yad Vashem Way” came two days after International Holocaust Day, on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
The unveiling of the street sign was attended by Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem and Rabbi Arthur Schneier, senior rabbi of the Park East Synagogue as well as community leaders, Holocaust survivors and political leaders
Congressman Jerry Nadler, Borough President Mark Levine, and Council Members Keith Powers and Julie Menin were in attendance.
“Yad Vashem Way” is located on the corner of East 67th Street and 3rd Avenue – down the block from the Park East Synagogue
Dayan said,
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"It is very appropriate to have such a street in a city like New York, where the Park Street Synagogue is located, and which was a home to so many survivors trying to rebuild their lives after the Holocaust”
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“Recognizing and remembering the victims of the Shoah is so important, especially these days, when antisemitism is rampant again all over the world, including in New York”
