Sixty-Five years since the Liquidation - Beit Vilna 2008
The Association of Jews from Vilna and the Vicinity in Israel and the Second Generation Brotherhood, are honored to invite you, your family, and representatives of the next generation to a memorial event marking sixty-five years since the liquidation of the ghetto and the extermination of the Jewry of Jerusalem DeLita, to take place on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at Beit Vilna in Tel Aviv, 30 Sderot Yehudit ((Montefiore neighborhood) at 18:00.
Assembly and Light Refreshments - from 17:00
On the program:
* Opening Remarks, by Mr. Michael Schemyavitz, Chairman of the Board of the Association
* Words in the Name of the Next Generation, by Mickey Kantor
* Candle Lighting in Memory of the Martyrs of Vilna and the Vicinity
* Reading the Names of the deceased in the past year
* Verses from the Book of Psalms, El Malei Rachamim (God Full of Mercy) and Kaddish, by Rabbi Shaul Farber
Yiddish songs from Vilna, by the singer and actress Ruth Levin, today a leader in the revival of Yiddish culture, known for her performances and recordings of Yiddish song and plays.
- To conclude - The Partisan Anthem, Hatikva
Participating: Vilna Choir, conducted by Tamara Eitzes
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