Magic Moments group soon to leave for Baltimore

On Wednesday, "Magic Moments", a Melitz project, held a general rehearsal in front of parents and guests. This delegation of teens from three Ashkelon schools will be leaving in less than a week. Their coordinator is teacher Anat Peled from Mekif Daled, a "Gesher Hai" school.

They will conduct "Soldiers Memorial Day" ceremonies in three synagogues in Baltimore. 

Soldiers Memorial Day in Israel (Yom HaZikaron) is the day before Independance Day (Yom Haatzmaut). Yom Hazikron is the day on which Israel honors its fallen servicemen and women. It's the day we remember the cost of peace, and acknowledge the ultimate sacrifice paid by our fallen soldiers and their families. This is a very small country and so there is almost no-one in Israel who does not have a connection to someone who gave their life for our country. This sad day of remembrance ends with Erev Yom HAatzmaut when we celebrate our independance. 

 

Home again

Shalom to all my friends. I'm back home after 8 days visit to Baltimore with our new Mayor's delagation. I landed the morning of Yom Hazikaron , and asked the taxi driver to wait till I drop my lugguage at home and take me directly to my daughter's school - the Art school.

Every year I go there for the Yom Hazikaron ceremony. This year it was even more important for me to be there. It's the ceremony that the senior class of that year are doing. This year it was my daughter's class.

In a couple of months they will all be soldiers! I know these kids since 1st grade. Looking at them reading Izkor for fallen IDF soldiers made us all cry. These young men and women, now 18 years old, and my daughter among them, are our future army. Hard to get it....

Yom HaZikaron Ceremony at the Art School

My daughter Shir and and the Senior Class during the Ceremony

Hadar Madnick, future Shinshin, taking part in the Yom HaZikaron Ceremony