On Erev Yom Hazikaron, all of Machon went to a Masa event (an organisation in charge of worldwide Israel programs) where we heard a number of stories of Olim and native-born Israelis who had lost their lives. One of these stories included Nir Cohen, and his family was present and lit a memorial flame in honour of him and other soldiers and victims of terror.
Jacs was the representative of Machon to help Natan Sharansky lay a wreath on behalf of the Jewish Agency.
The next day, Machon took us to the national military cemetery, Har Herzl. There was a short ceremony where we saw Bibi speak, and a number of important figures lay wreaths including Shimon Peres, the Sephardi & Ashkenazi chief rabbis of Israel and Benny Gantz, the head of IDF.
In the afternoon, as ANZAC day coincided with Yom Hazikaron, the Aussies and Kiwis on Machon ran a service to remember our fallen back on the other side of the world. We had readings from a number of Hineniites, the Haka which included Yoni (who was actually born in NZ) and musical accompaniment by Ryan. Massive kudos to Nathan for initiating and coordinating the service.
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