The Chief Rabbinical Council for Israel has proclaimed tomorrow, the tenth day of the Hebrew month Teveth and traditionally a fast day, as a day of remembrance for the 6,000,000 European Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis during the war.
A special memorial light will be kindled tonight and tomorrow in every Jewish home and synagogue. The Kaddish prayer will be recited in public except by those with two living parents. A special memorial service will take place in the Great Synagogue here in which participants will fast and recite traditional memorial prayers. Special religious services will also be held in Israeli Army camps.
(Similar services will be held also in the United States and in various European countries. Dr. Robert Gordis, president of the Synagogue Council of America, said today that observance of the universal “Day of Mourning” for the Jewish martyrs will be established as an annual Memorial Day on which Jews the world over will commemorate the murder of millions of their brethren in this last decade.)
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