Jewish and Israeli Holidays
David Caspi, 84, recalled the experience in two wide-ranging interviews with JNS.
A total of 24,213 soldiers have lost their lives in service to the nation since 1860.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had barred passage across the Green Line, citing the “complex security situation.”
Keren Hayesod, the Jewish Federations of North America, the Jewish Agency of Israel and the World Zionist Organization unite.
The Jewish Federations last week said it had decided not to boycott the prime minister as demanded by obscure and unnamed groups.
Commemorations begin at sundown on April 24 and ends 24 hours later, when the Jewish state ushers in its 75th Independence Day.
All members of Congress are invited to pre-record remarks; Joel Griffith of Heritage says “this unjustly allows her to rehabilitate her image.”
Court-watchers tell JNS they sense a narrow approach to the decision, leaving important workplace religious-freedom questions unresolved.
Politicians should take care to deliver unifying messages at ceremonies in military cemeteries, the Defense Minister says.
The opposition leader accuses the government of trying to “dismantle democracy.”
The Israeli president also met with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
NBC Radio and the AJC teamed up on “The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto,” penned by Jewish playwright Morton Wishengrad.
