{"id":31753,"date":"2024-05-06T09:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T09:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31753"},"modified":"2024-05-06T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T09:22:14","slug":"ono-marks-israels-day-of-remembrance-for-the-holocaust-and-heroism","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-marks-israels-day-of-remembrance-for-the-holocaust-and-heroism\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Marks Israel\u2019s Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and Heroism"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h3><strong>Ono Marks Israel\u2019s Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and Heroism<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ono Academic College marks Israel\u2019s Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and Jewish Heroism which is observed every year on the 27<sup>th<\/sup> day of the Hebrew month of Nisan. This year the memorial day begins on Sunday night May 5<sup>th<\/sup> and concludes at sundown on Monday, May 6.\u00a0 The day is dedicated to commemorating the memory of those murdered during the Holocaust by the Nazis and and their collaborators between 1935-1945.\u00a0 The day also recalls the memory of the acts of Jewish heroism and rebellion in those days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The State of Israel passed a law enshrining this day as one of national remembrance and the following mourning customs are practiced: lowering the flag to half-mast in state institutions, the sounding of a siren across the country at 10:00 am when all activity ceases, and memorial and commemoration ceremonies. Entertainment venues and restaurants are closed on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>On Sunday May 5<sup>th<\/sup>, Ono\u2019s student union held a &#8220;Remembrance in the Living Room&#8221; event at 9:00 PM in the auditorium of Ono\u2019s new campus at Savyon junction.\u00a0 In recent years, it has become more common to hold &#8220;Remembrance in the Living Room&#8221; events, alongside larger scale commemorations. These events are characterized by one or more survivors sharing their personal stories. On Monday, May 6, at 9:45 AM, immediately prior to the national siren and two minutes of silence. Ono students, faculty and staff gathered in the auditorium for a memorial ceremony.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31754 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Yom-Hashoah-5.24.jpg\" alt=\"Holocaust Memorial Day Flier\" width=\"633\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Yom-Hashoah-5.24.jpg 633w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Yom-Hashoah-5.24-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ono Marks Israel\u2019s Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and Heroism Ono Academic College marks Israel\u2019s Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and Jewish Heroism which is observed every year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":31754,"menu_order":215,"template":"","class_list":["post-31753","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}