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In partnership with the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site will host the exhibit, “Visa for Life: Diplomats Who Rescued Jews,” that details the courageous actions of nine individual diplomats who rescued Jews during the Holocaust and who were some of the foremost human rights defenders of their time. The exhibit also focuses on the collaboration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Jewish community in the struggle for Civil Rights. The exhibit will be on display in the D.R.E.A.M. Gallery of the National Park Service Visitor Center from May 5th – July 25th, 2010. Admission is free.

Out of fear of Nazi Germany, many countries refused to issue visas to people wishing to flee the Holocaust, even though this often meant the difference between life and death. Fortunately, some diplomats (official representatives of foreign governments) disobeyed their superiors and issued visas anyway, saving tens of thousands of people from death by allowing them to immigrate to other countries not under the control of the Nazi regime.

To date, over 22,000 non-Jewish people have been recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations” for risking their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust, and many other heroes remain unknown. Only 18 of these recognized people were diplomats, yet the contributions of these few men saved the lives of tens of thousands of Jews. Although tens of thousands were saved, an estimated eleven million people were murdered during the Holocaust. In an era of near total moral collapse, these diplomats risked everything to help strangers uphold the most basic human right: the right to live.

The same values that inspired the exhibition’s diplomats to risk their lives to save others, the belief in equality, justice, and the sanctity of human life; also inspired those who fought for the civil rights of all Americans during the 1950s and 60s. Here in Atlanta and through out the South, Jews risked their lives and livelihoods to support Dr. King and his fellow civil rights activists. To these Jews, to save one life is to save the world.

Additional sponsors include the King Center, Morehouse College, the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College, the Rabin-King Initiative, The Temple, the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, the American Jewish Committee, the Bremen Museum, the Istanbul Center, the American-Turkish Friendship Council, the Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta, the Honorary Consulate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Honorary Consul General of Turkey, and the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta.

Atlanta's Jewish and Israeli communities were in Phillips Arena on Wednesday, part of a crowd of nearly 15000 gathered to watch the NBA match-up between the city's Hawks and the Kings of Sacramento.  But the those in attendance were there to see something other than just the game, they were there to see Kings' player and Israeli basketball sensation Omri Casspi.

CLICK HERE to read more about the exciting game.

The Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast is proud to announce that Ambassador Reda Mansour, Consul General of Israel, has assumed the deanship of the Consular Corps in Atlanta.  Consul General Carlos Layus of Argentina ably served as dean for the past two years.

CLICK HERE to read more about the Ambassador's new appointment.

As part of an initiative to foster cooperation between African Americans and Jews, U.S. Consul General of Israel to the Southeast Reda Mansour was inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Sponsors at historically black Morehouse College on April 2.

The ceremony was part of Morehouse's Science and Spiritual Awareness Week. It marked the public launch of the Rabin-King Initiative, named for Israel's late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Morehouse alumnus Martin Luther King Jr., two men who were committed to peace, and who were both struck down before their time because of their beliefs

CLICK HERE, to read about the Initiative in a recent news piece.

CLICK HERE, to watch our video content about our partnership with Morehouse College.

The Consulate General of Atlanta to the Southeast is proud to assist you in anyway possible in obtaining a speaker for your function. 

If you are interested, please visit our speakers bureau webpage to submit your request forms and to view the various speakers from which you may choose.

To visit our speakers bureau, CLICK HERE.

Shalom y'all,

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