By: Staff Writers

On Holocaust Remembrance Day in mid-April, the ICEJ’s Head of Diplomatic Protocol, Fine Ditoka, represented our global Christian following at the Yom HaShoah ceremonies held at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Fine was greeted at the entrance by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Yad Vashem Chairman Dr. Dani Dayan. She was then joined by fellow staff member Ariel Cohen in laying a wreath in the revered museum’s Warsaw Ghetto Square. Yom HaShoah is held to remember the more than six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, and to honour the Jewish heroes who bravely rose to fight against the Nazis, including those who took part in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during Passover in 1943.  

“As Christians, with all that is happening in the world, especially with rising antisemitism, this is not a time to be silent,” said Fine. “It is our biblical responsibility towards the nation of Israel to speak out. It is so important that we demonstrate openly our support for the Jewish people.”