“We remember Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We remember King David,” said Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau, the son of Holocaust survivor and former Israeli Chief Rabbi Isaac Meir Lau. Like others at an event that melds the sorrow of the past with hope for the future, he believes the world won’t forget.
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A civilian, who was able to easily join the event and was even served a meal, said the noise was deafening and could be heard in streets outside the building.
The military said in response that “The participants were mostly from the same group, and had been vaccinated. The activity was held at a specific place that had been closed for this purpose, so as not to create contact with outside elements.”
A senior security official present said that the division into small groups in the military was meant to allow operational and emergency actions, and that social activities or any other unnecessary activity was prohibited.