Keir Starmer pledges to build Holocaust memorial and expand Holocaust education across UK schools

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Keir Starmer pledges to build Holocaust memorial and expand Holocaust education across UK schools

(JTA) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new initiative to expand Holocaust education across British schools, and said the government would build a long-promised Holocaust memorial next to Parliament. Starmer made the pledges Monday at an event with 500 guests, including British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, hosted by the United Kingdom’s Holocaust Educational Trust. Starmer cited declining participation in Holocaust Memorial Day ev…