The annual Yom HaZikaron (Israel Memorial Day) ceremony memorializing Jews murdered in anti-Semitic attacks around the world, along with fallen Israeli servicemen and women and Israeli victims of terror, will take place this Wednesday, 3 Iyar, at 9 AM in the plaza of the Jewish Agency headquarters building in Jerusalem (48 King George Street).

This year’s ceremony will center on the murder of 37-year-old Jewish teacher Moshe Ya’ish Nahari, a father of nine from the town of Raydah in Yemen, who was shot to death by a radical Islamist in 2008. Nahari’s widow and several of his children, who made aliyah following his murder, will take part in the ceremony. His daughter, Leah, will address the gathering.

The ceremony is being hosted by The Jewish Agency for Israel in partnership with the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), Keren Hayesod-UIA, The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), and Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA (JFC-UIA).

The ceremony will be attended by Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the World Zionist Organization Avraham Duvdevani, Chairman of the KKL-JNF Board of Directors Danny Atar, JFNA Senior Vice President for Global Operations and Director General of the JFNA Israel Office Rebecca Caspi, Director General of the JFC-UIA Israel Office Yossi Tanuri, and CEO and Director General of The Jewish Agency for Israel Alan Hoffmann.

According to Jewish Agency data, some 200 Jews have been murdered in anti-Semitic attacks around the world since Israel’s establishment in 1948. Their names are written on a memorial that will be placed in the plaza for the duration of the ceremony.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)