Memorial Day in Israel

A bereaved mother from our community wrote: "Today all of the people of Israel unite and bow their heads to honor their fallen beloved who gave their lives in the wars of Israel. Much pain is buried in the hearts of bereaved parents, widows and orphans. We can only pray that we will know no more bereavement and death."

Among our members are soldiers and families of those who have fallen in army service – may God comfort the bereaved, keep the soldiers safe and bring peace with our neighbors so that we might live the promises of the Prophets:

The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. Many peoples shall come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more (Isaiah 2:1-4).

Song of Hava Alberstein: The Sand will Remember