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Remembrance Day Ceremony for the Fallen of Israel's Wars - State of Israel’s 60th Anniversary
  Memorial Day for Israeli Fallen Soldiers - Tour and Discussion  

Date: 4 Eyar 5768 (May 6th, 2008)
Time: 3PM
Location: Givat Hatachmoshet (Ammunition Hill) (Final location subject to change)
Duration: Approx. 3 hrs
Price: Free
Language: Hebrew and English

The main ceremony for the MASA participants will be held on the eve of Memorial Day. The ceremony will be professionally directed by the MASA program participants who will be specially chosen for this project and will be joined by top Israeli artists and accompanied by music and singing.

Stage A
– the MASA participants will be integrated into the main Memorial Day ceremony, honored by the President of Israel and the Chief Rabbi of Israel.

Stage B – the participants will integrate in a set of meetings with soldiers, members of bereaved families and fighters who fought on Givat Hatachmoshet and will listen to their personal stories.

Stage C – the main ceremony for the MASA participants will begin with a ceremony with customary ceremony basics, common to such events, and will combine various subjects meaningful to the students in the project. The ceremony will end on the eve of Memorial Day at 8 PM with the one-minute of silence siren heard throughout the country.

    

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