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Yom Hazikaron Morning at Safra Square with the Mayor of Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Municipality’s ceremony, which will be attended by Mayor Moshe Lion, will be broadcast live from Safra Square.

The ceremony will be attended by Mayor Moshe Lion and Municipality Director-General Itzik Larry as well as deputy mayors, City Council members, IDF soldiers, bereaved families, municipal employees, and members of the public

Schedule

  • March by IDF soldiers
  • Lighting of memorial flame by the Mayor of Jerusalem together with Eti Peretz, a Jerusalem Municipality employee who is the mother of the late Sergeant Uriel Peretz, who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip
  • Yizkor prayer
  • Speech by the Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Lion
  • Speech by the Municipality Director-General, Itzik Larry
  • Kaddish prayer  by Aryeh Dawi, father of the late Staff Sergeant Roi Dawi, who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip
  • Reading of excerpt from Book of Psalms by Yossi Cohen, father of the late Amit Cohen, who was murdered at the Nova music festival; and Amit’s mother, Orly Cohen, who is a Municipality employee.
  • El Maleh Rachamim prayer by Cantor Shlomo Glick
  • Laying of Wreaths
  • Singing of Hatikvah

Guest Singer: Liran Danino
Host: Ofer Hadad

Kikar Safra
Safra Square, Jerusalem