Jewish and Israeli Holidays
The president cited signing an executive order in December combating anti-Semitism, especially directed towards college campuses, as how his administration has been fighting bigotry against Jews.
Sixteen-year-old Ruth Cohen beat out 70 teenagers from 39 countries to become the first female student to have won the prestigious award in more than a decade.
IDF chief cantor tweaks the program, but gets to share prayers and his voice—a “gift,” he says, which can be used significantly as everyone is homebound to stop the spread of COVID-19.
“At first, we thought that it was incumbent on us to revive their memory, but we discovered that even more so, it is they, through our remembrance of them, who revive us,” said Rabbi Eliyahu Meirav.
“We will all be memorial candles to the lives they lived and to the lives they will never live. Our souls are bound up with yours,” stated Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin.
The alleged assailant, a 19-year-old Palestinian, was shot and wounded by a security guard at the scene before being taken into custody.
In line with public-health directives, military cemeteries are closed, and all ceremonies will be held without audiences with the lockdown to extend into Independence Day • Israel’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 208, with 15,589 confirmed cases.
For the first time in Israel’s history, ceremonies and honor guards on Yom Hazikaron will be held at military cemeteries without visitors due to coronavirus restrictions on gatherings.
Nearly 80 percent of Israelis are sabras and more than one-third are minors, according to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
The Jerusalem District Court ruling, on behalf of eight families, follows a decision last summer that the Palestinian Authority was liable for damages of up to NIS 1 billion ($284 million).
The IDF Musical Ensemble will perform with Eden Alene, an active soldier who will represent Israel in the next Eurovision Song Contest.
“People don’t realize how many Holocaust survivors are still here, living on their street,” said Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hasson-Nahoum. “It is a wonderful connection to the generations to see them face to face.”
