This Ongoing War: A Blog: 9-May-11: Israel remembers

Monday, May 09, 2011

9-May-11: Israel remembers

An IDF serviceman stands with head bowed at 11 this morning, while guarding
an Iron Dome anti-missile installation in the south of Israel. [IsraelToday.co.il]

Memorial ceremony today at the Kotel [Source]

Scenes like this one were repeated on every road, in every town and city
throughout Israel at 11 this morning. [Source]

One of this blog's authors was interviewed on Israel National Radio's Judean Eve program in connection with Remembrance Day, and spoke about the life of Malki Roth and the foundation that honors her memory. The audio of the interview is here.

The number of fallen soldiers recorded in Israel this year stands at 22,867 (says Haaretz), including 183 since last Remembrance Day. 2,443 civilian victims of terror are remembered; 13 names were added to that list in the past year. Remembrance Day is always the day before Israel's Independence Day (5th day of Iyar), the anniversary of the Proclamation of the State of Israel in 1948.

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THIS ONGOING WAR is not part of the activity of the Malki Foundation which was founded by us, Frimet and Arnold Roth of Jerusalem, on September 11, 2001. But it is inspired by the same tragic circumstances. The Malki Foundation (also known by its Hebrew name: Keren Malki) is a memorial to the life of our daughter, Malki who was murdered at the age of 15 in a massacre in the centre of Jerusalem carried out by Hamas.

Beyond its function as a remembrance of a beautiful life, the foundation provides tangible, concrete, invaluable support daily to several thousand Israeli families from every part of the religious and socio-economic spectrum: Christian, Moslem, Jewish, Druze and others who care at home for a seriously disabled child.

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If you care to make a positive and constructive contribution to the care of Israeli children with special needs - whether they're Christian, Moslem, Jewish, Druze or unconnected to any particular faith community - you can't do better than direct your donation to the work of the Malki Foundation.

It's the charitable organization we, the bloggers who produce This Ongoing War, established in 2001 in memory of our murdered daughter. Her name is Malki.

Keren Malki (in Hebrew, Keren means 'foundation' or 'fund') is efficient, effective, non-sectarian, non-political and unique in the good work it does. Thousands of families from every part of our richly diverse society here in Israel have benefited in concrete and meaningful ways. Donations to Keren Malki are tax-effective in Israel, Canada, UK and the United States.

There's also plenty of background at www.malkifoundation.org as well as on the Malki Foundation Blog.

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