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The 60th Year Events in Memory of the Hadassah Convoy

Wednesday, 9th of April, 2008

 


06/04/08


 

09:00- A symbolic completion of the convoy's journey- a march led by hundreds of  high- school students- starting from the Mandelbaum Gate, via the convoy's memorial in Sheikh Jarrach and on to the Hadassah Mt. Scopus hospital.

 

11:30- Naming a street in memory of Dr. Chaim Yassky- Hadassah Medical  Organization Director General who was killed in the convoy. The ceremony will take place in the presence of the Mayor of Jerusalem, at the intersection of Kazir st, Halechi st and Churchill boulevard (350 m from the entrance to the Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital).

 

12:00- A ceremonial unveiling of the Hebrew and English signs, displaying the story of the convoy, placed in the entrance of the Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital.

The ceremony will take place in the presence of the Mayor of Jerusalem and the Director General of  the Society for  Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites.

 

13:30- The State Memorial Ceremony in commemoration of the Hadassah Convoy.  The ceremony will take place in the presence of the minister of health, Mr. Yaakov Ben Yizri, in the Convoy Garden, .in the Hadassah Mt. Scopus       

 






              


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