During the rally, President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak. "
"Israel Today" broadcasts live the state opening rally for the Holocaust Martyrs 'and Heroes' Remembrance Day events at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
Photo: Yad Vashem
During the rally, President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak.
The torch of remembrance will be raised by the acting chairman of the Yad Vashem board, Ronen Plot.
Holocaust survivor Rosa Bloch will speak on behalf of the survivors.
The rally will be attended by singers David D'Or and Meshi Kleinstein, as well as an IDF honor guard from the paratroopers' brigade.
Meanwhile, the March of Life, dedicated this year to the theme of "Medicine in the Holocaust," will air tomorrow at 3 p.m.
As part of the virtual parade, today's medical teams salute the heroism of the doctors and nurses who rescued Jews in the Holocaust, under impossible conditions while risking their lives.
Participating in the parade are, among others, the CEO of the Pfizer pharmaceutical company, Albert Burla;
And Teva CEO Carr Schultz, who join the virtual life parade and drafted personal digital memory signs.
"As the son of Holocaust survivors, it is an honor for me to participate in the Parade of Life this year," Burla said in his speech at the "Medicine and Morality in the Holocaust" conference of the Parade of Life.
"A lot of survivors never talked about the nightmares they went through because of great pain, but my parents talked about it a lot."
