TV and film icon declines role after criticism from some bereaved parents over her signature on a petition last year calling to end the 'horror' in Gaza

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Yad Vashem announces that the live broadcast of this year's event, under the theme 'The Jewish Family During the Holocaust,' has been replaced by a taped program, without giving a reason

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