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Lamed Hey Memorial Foundation
Reminder !
Benefit Concert for Tiferet
Monday February 7,2007
Jerusalem Theater
Henry Crown
Auditorium 9pm!
Ticket information
Bimot 02-6237000
Gush Etzion- 02 9937999
Purim Cards
All occasion cards to benefit Gush Etzion
Order these exquisite cards with magnificent illustrations by Gush Etzion`s talented artist Debbie Kampel and help support Gush Etzion at the same time.
Four breathtaking oil on canvas views of Gush Etzion have been reproduced onto attractive cards that can be used for many special occasions.
Sending such a beautiful card that helps to support Gush Etzion has special meaning. Order as many as you like and you will have them on hand for any opportunity that calls for something unique.
Debbie can be seen painting in all seasons on the Judean Hills.
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March of the Lamed Hey
Who were the Lamed Hey?
The Lamed Hey were 35 brave soldiers who were brutally murdered by Arab shepherds on their way to the besieged Gush Etzion, January 1948, 59 years ago. Their heroic story is an inseparable part of Jewish history in Gush Etzion. The thirty five, in English were young soldiers, some barely out of the camps, lovers of nature and life who took upon themselves a dangerous mission of no return, knowingly, to reach the besieged Gush Eztion with additional food and medical supplies.
On Thursday evening January 25, 2007, 700 youth and adults from all over the country marched together to commemorate the heroic Lamed Hey. They marched in the path they took 59 years ago, and ended the march with a ceremony and morning prayers.
We were honored to have with us Avi Dichter, Minister of Internal Security, Uzi Landau past MK, Likud, Nitzan Alon IDF Regional Commander, Nir Barakat, Jerusalem Council Member, Mayor Shaul Goldstein, Gush Etzion and Mayor Eli Mizrachi, Efrat.
The march was sponsored by the Regional Council of Gush Etzion, Gush Etzion Tourism Authority, The Gush Etzion Foundation, The United Jewish Federation of Metrowest N.J.,The Gush Etzion Community Center,The Kfar Etzion Field School and the Eretz Nehederet Foundation.
Pictures from the March
Mayor Goldstein, Avi Dichter, Nir Barakat, Nitzan Alon
Morning Prayers
Group Picture
Music while we March
Lamed Hey Memorial Foundation
This foundation was formed by the families of the Lamed Hey who lost their dear ones on the 5th of Shvat, January 15, 1948.
The director of the foundation, Dr. Uri Michaeli, wrote a letter to the Mayor of the Regional Council, Shaul Goldstein, and to the organizer of the march, Oriya Dassberg with the following words translated from the Hebrew.
"In the name of the families, even after all of these years we cannot forget or comprehend the heroic act of these young men, their determination, sacrifice and commitment". We thank you for dedicating the march in their memory. By doing this you have insured that the next generation will "never forget".
On February 1st 2007, 40 high school students from the Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy, MD, USA volunteered in Gush Etzion.
The students from grades 9-12 , boys and girls plus 5 staff spent a few hours at two different programs. One group assisted at the Pina Chama "Warm Corner" for soldiers, in memory of Dr. Shmuel Gilis and Tzachi Sasson Z'l who were both murdered during the last intifada from the community of Karmei Tzur. The widows together with the community set up this wonderful canteen for our soldiers.
The students helped in organizing and cleaning . The second group visited the 'Sadna', a wonderful program for integrating severe special needs children who fall between the cracks in the system.
The volunteers helped with repairs, painting and playing with the children. For more information: www.sadna.org
On Friday February 9, 2007 the 21 of Shvat there will be a march in their memory. This will begin at 8am from Kibbutz Kfar Etzion to the Pina Chama. At 10:30 a ceremony will take place at the Judaica Center honoring the volunteers of the Pina Chama and the soldiers.
Baby Tiferet had her first operation on January 31, 2007. She is now in recuperation which is a very slow process. The surgery was 9 hours long . The doctors will decide what the next stage is only after she is stronger. Thank you, from the family for all of your support.
Yigal and Liat Ruth, parents with Tiferet Ayala before surgery, Teddy bear from Vermont Teddy bears.
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