Holocaust Remembrance Day events held throughout Israel
Apr 17, 2023 20:25:00 GMT -5
Post by shalom on Apr 17, 2023 20:25:00 GMT -5
Holocaust Remembrance Day events held throughout Israel
This year, the central theme of Holocaust Remembrance Day will be the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, MAARIV ONLINE Published: APRIL 17, 2023 09:44
Updated: APRIL 18, 2023 04:09
(photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)
Holocaust Remembrance Day began on Monday evening with a series of ceremonies across the country, with the official state ceremony beginning at 8 p.m. at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
The Yad Vashem ceremony was streamed ive on YouTube with an English translation.
Six memorial torches commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust were lit at the start of the Yad Vashem ceremony by six of the about 147,000 remaining Holocaust survivors living in Israel.
This year, the central theme of Holocaust Remembrance Day will be the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
For the first time, Yad Vashem, in cooperation with the Our 6 Million (Shem Vener) organization, will hold a memorial candle-lighting ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at the site. The audience participating in the main ceremony will be invited starting at 5:30 p.m. to light a memorial candle bearing the name of a Holocaust victim before entering the ceremony.
On Tuesday, the general public is also invited to light memorial candles bearing the names of those who perished in the Holocaust at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Square between the hours of 11:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Yahrzeit candles with names of Holocaust victims are giving away to the public ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, April 26, 2022 (credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
Yahrzeit candles with names of Holocaust victims are giving away to the public ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, April 26, 2022 (credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
The public is also invited to visit the new Book of Names exhibit at the site - a huge book that presents the names of the 4.8 million victims of the Holocaust that Yad Vashem has collected from its founding to the present day. Yad Vashem is in a race against time to collect items and document the testimonies of as many surviving Holocaust survivors as possible and invites the public to coordinate such documentation by phone at 02-6443888 or by email at collect@yadvashem.org.il.
At the same time as the main rally in the presence of President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, many memorial rallies were held on Monday evening, the first of which was that of the Massuah Institute in Tel Yitzhak, which focused on the importance of passing on memories to future generations, in the presence of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and the commander of the Air Force, in which six Holocaust survivors also lit memorial torches.
Simultaneously, the annual ceremony was held at the "Testimony House" Museum for Holocaust Remembrance in Nir Galim, which this year focused on the story of Greek Jewry during the Holocaust, marking the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the large Jewish community in Thessaloniki.
148,763 Holocaust survivors living in Israel
An up-to-date assessment of the situation of the Holocaust survivors living in Israel can be found in the data of the National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi). 148,763 Holocaust survivors live in Israel and are entitled to pensions, as of last month, of which 65% receive a nursing subsidy. Out of all those entitled to nursing care, 22,967 (24%) receive nursing at the most serious level.
Moreover, almost a third of the Holocaust survivors in Israel (31%) are entitled to supplement their income with a veteran's pension to guarantee them a minimum income for subsistence. This includes 46,450 Holocaust survivors, of whom 69% are widowed, living alone or unmarried, and only 31% still live with their spouses. 61% of the survivors are women and 39% men.
Yarona Shalom, director-general of the National Insurance Institute, called on the public to "be sensitive if there is a Holocaust survivor who needs relief in alleviating loneliness, and, if necessary, contact the National Insurance Institute. If you know a single Holocaust survivor who does not receive an allowance or whose nursing condition has worsened, contact the National Insurance Institute's counseling for the senior citizen and their family at *9696 or at 02-6709857. The line operates from Sunday to Thursday between the hours of 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m."
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This year, the central theme of Holocaust Remembrance Day will be the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, MAARIV ONLINE Published: APRIL 17, 2023 09:44
Updated: APRIL 18, 2023 04:09
(photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)
Holocaust Remembrance Day began on Monday evening with a series of ceremonies across the country, with the official state ceremony beginning at 8 p.m. at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
The Yad Vashem ceremony was streamed ive on YouTube with an English translation.
Six memorial torches commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust were lit at the start of the Yad Vashem ceremony by six of the about 147,000 remaining Holocaust survivors living in Israel.
This year, the central theme of Holocaust Remembrance Day will be the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
For the first time, Yad Vashem, in cooperation with the Our 6 Million (Shem Vener) organization, will hold a memorial candle-lighting ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at the site. The audience participating in the main ceremony will be invited starting at 5:30 p.m. to light a memorial candle bearing the name of a Holocaust victim before entering the ceremony.
On Tuesday, the general public is also invited to light memorial candles bearing the names of those who perished in the Holocaust at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Square between the hours of 11:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Yahrzeit candles with names of Holocaust victims are giving away to the public ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, April 26, 2022 (credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
Yahrzeit candles with names of Holocaust victims are giving away to the public ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, April 26, 2022 (credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
The public is also invited to visit the new Book of Names exhibit at the site - a huge book that presents the names of the 4.8 million victims of the Holocaust that Yad Vashem has collected from its founding to the present day. Yad Vashem is in a race against time to collect items and document the testimonies of as many surviving Holocaust survivors as possible and invites the public to coordinate such documentation by phone at 02-6443888 or by email at collect@yadvashem.org.il.
At the same time as the main rally in the presence of President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, many memorial rallies were held on Monday evening, the first of which was that of the Massuah Institute in Tel Yitzhak, which focused on the importance of passing on memories to future generations, in the presence of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and the commander of the Air Force, in which six Holocaust survivors also lit memorial torches.
Simultaneously, the annual ceremony was held at the "Testimony House" Museum for Holocaust Remembrance in Nir Galim, which this year focused on the story of Greek Jewry during the Holocaust, marking the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the large Jewish community in Thessaloniki.
148,763 Holocaust survivors living in Israel
An up-to-date assessment of the situation of the Holocaust survivors living in Israel can be found in the data of the National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi). 148,763 Holocaust survivors live in Israel and are entitled to pensions, as of last month, of which 65% receive a nursing subsidy. Out of all those entitled to nursing care, 22,967 (24%) receive nursing at the most serious level.
Moreover, almost a third of the Holocaust survivors in Israel (31%) are entitled to supplement their income with a veteran's pension to guarantee them a minimum income for subsistence. This includes 46,450 Holocaust survivors, of whom 69% are widowed, living alone or unmarried, and only 31% still live with their spouses. 61% of the survivors are women and 39% men.
Yarona Shalom, director-general of the National Insurance Institute, called on the public to "be sensitive if there is a Holocaust survivor who needs relief in alleviating loneliness, and, if necessary, contact the National Insurance Institute. If you know a single Holocaust survivor who does not receive an allowance or whose nursing condition has worsened, contact the National Insurance Institute's counseling for the senior citizen and their family at *9696 or at 02-6709857. The line operates from Sunday to Thursday between the hours of 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m."
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