A Jewish teacher murdered in Yemen by a Muslim extremist will be memorialized at this year's annual Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) event mourning Jews murdered in anti-Semitic attacks in the Diaspora.
This year’s ceremony - which will take place in the Jewish Agency's central Jerusalem headquarters - will center on the murder of 37-year-old Jewish teacher Moshe Ya’ish Nahari, a father of nine from the town of Raydah in Yemen, who was shot to death by an Islamist terrorist in 2008.
Nahari’s widow and several of his children, who made Aliyah (immigrated to Israel) following his murder, will take part in the ceremony. His daughter, Leah, will address the gathering, which is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m, Monday.
According to Jewish Agency data, some 200 Jews have been murdered in anti-Semitic attacks around the world since Israel’s establishment in 1948 - not including mass terrorist attacks. Their names are written on a memorial that will be placed in the plaza for the duration of the ceremony.
The ceremony is being hosted by The Jewish Agency for Israel in partnership with the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), Keren Hayesod-UIA,The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), and Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA (JFC-UIA)