(JTA) – Vice President Mike Pence will attend a conference on the Holocaust in Israel.

The White House announced Jan. 15 that Pence and his wife, Karen, would attend the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial, in Jerusalem on Jan. 23. Haaretz quoted Israeli officials as saying that Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, also would attend. Pelosi’s office would not confirm the travel.

In a teleconference Wednesday with reporters, Cherrie Daniels, the State Department’s special envoy on Holocaust issues, and Elan Carr, the department’s special envoy to monitor antsemitism, said the State Department would honor the Holocaust rescuers this year. Carr also said the United States would seek to add countries to those adopting as policy the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. The definition includes Holocaust denial and certain forms of anti-Israel activity. He also said the U.S. would press countries to combat antisemitism, including on social media, and to secure their Jewish communities. “Antisemitism is on the rise and the stakes are high, but I want to stress that there’s also good news,” said Carr, who is Jewish. “There are many leaders around the world who are genuinely appalled by rising antisemitism and are committed to this fight.”