A street in New York City is named 'Yad Vashem Way' in honor of Israel's Holocaust memorial and museum. The street naming coincides with Holocaust Remembrance Day events. The street is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan near Park East Synagogue. Yad Vashem chairman, Israel Consul General, and local leaders are present at the ceremony. The head rabbi of Park East, a Holocaust survivor, expresses the significance of the street naming as a personal and emotional moment.
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