Jerusalem – Israeli leaders and soldiers stood in silence and bowed their heads for one minute at the Western Wall on Sunday evening as a memorial siren blared across the country in commemoration for Israel’s Memorial Day.
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The ceremony, which was attended by President Reuven Rivlin , Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and Police Commissioner Roni Alshich marked the beginning of the day which honors the 23,544 security forces who have died defending the State of Israel since the beginning of the modern Jewish movement in the Land of Israel in 1860 and victims of terror.
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May HaShem continue to defend and make prosperity in Medinat Yisroel. And may our tough IDF be the spearpoint defending the Jewish people there! This June marks 50 years since our return to Yerushalaim and HaKotel…
#1 True Yid Says what ever….. but…..
I would not say it is the opposite, you can live a very frum life here with little problems and not much money needs, but the problem is the polarization of people meaning too many people in Eretz Yisroel have become more and more extremist in their thinking of the other Jew.
We need more people like Rav Grossman and Chabad to go out to reach the other not yet religious Jew and less extremism.