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New Website Allows Users to Remember and Honor Israel’s Fallen

by TheTower.org Staff |

In anticipation of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, which will be commemorated Tuesday night and Wednesday, two organizations in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs have established a website to allow users to remember and honor the 23,632 soldiers and security forces who have died defending the land of Israel.

The website, Yizkereim, (Hebrew for “Remember them”), was produced by Olami, an organization seeking to connect Jewish students with their heritage, and the Afikim Foundation, which attempts to connect Diaspora Jewry to Israel. The two educational organizations partnered with Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.

The website allows users to search through a database of names. Each name is accompanied by a biography and an account of the circumstances under which the hero died. When a user chooses to honor one of the heroes, he or she can register and choose to perform a good deed, study religious texts, say Psalms, or give charity (Tzedaka.) The user can also send a message to the hero’s family.

Yizkereim will store the names of all of users of the website who commit to honor the fallen heroes, as well as the action they volunteered to perform. A record of the users and their actions will be stored digitally at the new Memorial Hall of Israel’s Fallen on Mt. Herzl.

The goal of Yizkereim is “to remember Israel’s fallen soldiers and security forces in advance of Yom HaAtzmaut, when we will joyously celebrate the 70th anniversary of Israel,” a statement released by Olami, announcing the inauguration of Yizkereim, said. “We must remember that without the 23,632 soldiers and security forces who sacrificed their lives defending and protecting our land, we would not be privileged to celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut. We are obligated to perpetuate their memories.”

The statement concluded, “Olami, in partnership with The Afikim Foundation and Israel’s Ministry of the Diaspora, has initiated Yizkereim – Honor Israel’s Fallen, in order to meaningfully pay tribute to each one of these fallen heroes.”

[Photo: Yizkerem ]

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