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For the first time: "Memory in the living room" in Arab countries Israel today

2021-01-27T19:19:31.551Z


| Jewish culture Dozens of young people from the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain participated in the exciting event in which the story of Holocaust survivors is told • Founder of the project: "Waiting for more Arab countries" For the first time: citizens of Arab countries heard about the stories of Holocaust survivors Photography:  Courtesy of "Living Room Memory" Today (Tuesday) was the first and u


Dozens of young people from the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain participated in the exciting event in which the story of Holocaust survivors is told • Founder of the project: "Waiting for more Arab countries"

  • For the first time: citizens of Arab countries heard about the stories of Holocaust survivors

    Photography: 

    Courtesy of "Living Room Memory"

Today (Tuesday) was the first and unique event of "Memory in the Living Room" through Zoom, in Arabic and with the participation of dozens of network activists and bloggers from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. 

A few months after the signing of the peace agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, a special and exciting event was held to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, today, 27.1, and as part of it, the Arab world celebrated Holocaust remembrance through the "Living Room Memory" project.

The event was attended by dozens of bloggers and network influencers from the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco.

The event was opened with special greetings by President Reuven Rivlin, who has been translated into Arabic, and the new Israeli Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Eitan Na'a, who began his role this week, the second generation of the Holocaust.

Eitan told about his mother who did not share what she went through during the Holocaust in the Netherlands, and when she was six she was on the list for extermination and survived.

He added that: "It is our duty as human beings to speak and mention the Holocaust"  

As part of the event, they met Avital Oren Dor Shani, her Holocaust survivor father, when she shared the family story in Arabic.

At the end, she greeted and invited everyone to come and visit Israel and said: "God created us all equal, and we should live together in love and harmony."

Afterwards, they held a joint discourse in Arabic on the subject of Holocaust remembrance and its treatment in the Arab world.

In between, there were pieces of poetry in Arabic by singer and actor Tzachi Halevi, and by singer Louis Ali.

This is a joint initiative of memorial associations in the living room, together guarantors each other and ISRAEL-is.

"Memory in the Living Room" is a social initiative founded about a decade ago by Adi Altshuler, and is intended to mark the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day significantly, in the living room of the home, between family and friends, in a meeting consisting of testimonies, an artistic-collaborative part and a discussion.

Since then, the project has expanded and is held every year in thousands of salons in Israel and around the world, and now, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, for the first time, it will also take part in Arab countries.

Adi Altshuler, founder of "Living Room Memory": "Despite the corona crisis, we continue a tradition that has become international - commemorating Holocaust victims through living room memory with digital living room kits. "Dubai and Bahrain. We are waiting for more Arab countries to take part in the coming years." 

Yosef Haddad, CEO of "Together Arabs for Each Other": "After working to make the issue of Holocaust remembrance accessible to Arab society in Israel, we are very excited to work for this throughout the Arab world, against the background of the historic peace with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

We all around the world, from all religions and backgrounds, need to learn about the Holocaust, remember and connect to human messages and swear never again. "

Eyal Biram, CEO of ISRAEL-is: "Once the Avraham agreements were announced, we worked to create a civic infrastructure that implements these peace agreements on the ground, with the understanding that peace is made not only between countries but mainly between people with an emphasis on young people.

We are proud to lead the first contacts established with young people from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco and are excited for the first Holocaust Remembrance Event to be held in front of the Gulf states, in which Israelis, Jews and Arabs will take part together. "

Source: israelhayom

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