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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

My Brother's Keeper: 2012 Yad Vashem Memorial (April 18 in Jerusalem)

from www1.yadvashem.org/ announcement:

The official Opening Ceremony for Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day will take place on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 20:00, in Warsaw Ghetto Square, Yad Vashem, Mount of Remembrance, Jerusalem.
Israel’s President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak. Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council will kindle the Memorial Torch. Joseph Melamed will speak on behalf of the survivors.
During the ceremony, Holocaust survivors will light six torches. First torch: Bat-Sheva Dagan second torch: Anatoly Rubin; third torch: Eliezer Lev-Zion, fourth torch: Chasia Vardi, fifth torch: Yehuda Widawski; sixth torch: Artemis Miron. During the ceremony, short videos of the torchlighters’ testimonies will be shown (produced and directed by Shlomo Hazan).
The traditional memorial service will take place during the ceremony. The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yonah Metzger will recite Psalms. The Rishon Lezion Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar will recite Kaddish. El Ma’aleh Rahamim, a Jewish prayer for the souls of the martyrs, will be recited by IDF Chief Cantor Lt. Col. Shai Abramson.

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