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Jewish people will celebrate 4 holidays of the Modern Jewish
History between 9 April and 10 May 2002:
- 27 Nissan (9 April) - Yom HaShoah - veagvura - The Holocaust and Heroism
Memorial Day;
- 4 Iyar (16 April) - Yom HaZikaron - The Memorial Day of the Soldiers
of Defense Army deceased in Arabian-Israeli Wars;
- 5 Iyar (17 April) - Yom HaAtzmaut- Independence Day of Israel;
- 28 Iyar (10 May) - Yom Jerusalem - The Day of Jerusalem.
These days are special for us because they apply to the recent
events and many of us were their witnesses. On 21 April about 70 members
of Karaganda City Community gathered in the conference hall of the Regional
Museum of Local Lore and History. Natalya Sokhrannaya - the actress of
the Drama Theatre compered the program. There were book and photo exhibitions,
dedicated to Holocaust - the elimination of more than 6 million Jews.
The poems full of emotional content and tragic spirit written by Ilya
Erenburg, Musa Dzhalil and Lev Rozhetskin were read there. The most exciting
moment of the evening was a story told by Arkadiy Lipmanov ex-prisoner
of ghetto and Zlata Milkhman - Leningrad blockade survivor.
Jacob Gamarnik veteran of the Second World War, medical officer
and the Chairman of Hesed Board made a speech on behalf of Community Administration.
The teachers of Sunday School read a short lecture about the first steps
of formation Israel as a state. Alexander Abramovich coordinator of Religious
Program showed the religious meaning of the Memorials Days and told about
the latest Israeli news. The meeting was finished with Moment of silence
and singing "Atikva".
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The participants in the local lore museum |
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Ghetto prisoner, pensioner Arkadiy Lipmanov |
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Zlata Milkhman - Leningrad blockade survivor, pediatrician |
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