Remembering The Fallen

More than 500 pay tribute to the men and women
who lost their lives in defense of Israel.

SHARON LUCKERMAN

Editorial Assistant

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IDF soloist Maya Lahyani sang Ma
Avarech ("How Can I Bless"), followed
by a few words from the last Israeli
soldier to be wounded in Lebanon,
Sgt. Runn Israeli.
Guest speaker Brig. Gen. Eival
Giladi paid tribute to the 18,000 sol-
diers who lost their lives since Israel's
fight for independence. Currently a
visiting fellow at the Hoover Institute
at Stanford University in California,
Giladi believes it is in Israel's best

arzheit candles flickered on
a long table as more than
500 people gathered
Tuesday, April 24, for the
Yom HaZikaron memorial ceremony
at Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
"It's a time to remember the soldiers
who have died to maintain peace in
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Nineteen teenagers representing
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gogue's sanctuary where towering
Israeli military flags were dis-
played. Bat Ami Abas, youth
shlicha, an Israeli emissary sent to
work with Detroit-area teens,
organized the event. She said the
same type of ceremony is done in
Israel, but there it takes place at
soldiers' graves.
"As future leaders," said flag
bearer Jessica Gershel, 17, of West
Bloomfield, "it's important we get
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involved now."
Shai Cohen and his son, Avraham,
"Israel has to remain a priority
of Israel and West Bloomfield,
in our hearts, in our homes, and
with Junaita Bustillos of Southfield,
in our minds for Israel to remain
write messages in the Book of Life.
a reality," said Susan Chomsky of
Southfield, attending with her
IDF veteran Runn Israeli
14-year-old daughter Rikki, who
participates in Yom HaZikaron ceremony.
wants to join the Israeli Defense
Brig. Gen. Eival Giladi
Forces (IDF).
remembers fallen soldiers.
When the lights dimmed, the
program began with teens carry-
ing flags through the sanctuary.
interest to have an independent
Remarks were made in English by
Palestinian
state. Though he doesn't
Barbara Cook, of Farmington Hills,
believe
that
Palestinian Authority
and by Daphne Feldman in Hebrew.
Chairman
Yasser
Arafat and the cur-
IDF veterans then lit six memorial
rent
leadership
are
prepared for a
candles. Each represented a war Israel
peace agreement, "eventually," he said ;
has fought during the past 53 years:
"slowly, slowly we will achieve peace."
the War of Independence in 1948, the
Once the program ended, the crowd
Sinai Campaign in 1956, the Six-Day
lingered
outside the sanctuary
War in 1967, the Yom Kippur War in
almost in anticipation of
schmoozing,
1973, the war in Lebanon from 1982-
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holiday
that
followed the next day,
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