May 8, 2008 / 3 Iyar 5768

Jewish Agency Chairman Zeev Bielski lighting the memorial flame along with Lisa (left) and IIsa (right) Klinghoffer of New York, daughters of the late USA citizen Leon Klinghoffer who was brutally murdered in October 1985 on the Achille Lauro Cruise ship in the Mediterranean. The special Remembrance Day Ceremony was held at the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem on 7th May in memory of almost 200 jews killed abroad in acts of terror against Israel and anti-semitism.

Photo credit: Brian Hendler