Holocaust Remembrance in Israel, 5758.
May 1st, 2008 by elie
Tag Archive for 'memorial'
Today’s word: טקס
April 30th, 2008 by elie
We attended the Yom Hashoah tekes (טקס or ceremony) tonight, organized by the neighborhood Scouts and Bnei Akiva kids.
It was very much a small-town tekes. A few things came to mind while I stood and watched:
It never occurred to me before how it must have been for the Mizrachi population to get to Israel in [...]
Rally at Kikar Rabin for namesake’s memory.
November 2nd, 2007 by elie
On Saturday night an assembly is being held in the memory of Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 12 years ago in the kikar that now has his name.
Based on the giant sign I saw hanging in the square and based on some of the articles and other signs I’ve see, there seems to be a [...]