Hadassah Creates ‘Honor, Mourn, Remember. Together We Will Heal’
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Hadassah Creates ‘Honor, Mourn, Remember. Together We Will Heal’

Hadassah created a special program to commemorate the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas.

By Compiled by AJT staff October 30, 2024, 11:00 am Edit
(From left) Robin Hyman, Director, Geographic Area Engagement, Hadassah Super South; State Rep. Esther Panitch, member of the Georgia State House of Representatives and Hadassah Life member, Simone Wilker, Hadassah Advocacy chair, Southeastern Region
(From left) Robin Hyman, Director, Geographic Area Engagement, Hadassah Super South; State Rep. Esther Panitch, member of the Georgia State House of Representatives and Hadassah Life member, Simone Wilker, Hadassah Advocacy chair, Southeastern Region

On Oct. 6, 2024, Hadassah members, associates, and friends throughout the world remembered the somber anniversary of the massacre on Oct. 7, 2023. Hadassah created a special program commemorating this devastating day and Israel’s response to the resulting war that, sadly, continues to rage on.

Holly Gelfand Kurtz, a Hadassah member, helps with the set up for the Jewish Atlanta’s somber anniversary commemoration of the devastating day of Oct. 7, 2023.

At this virtual event, entitled, “Honor. Mourn. Remember. Together We Will Heal,” the Hadassah national leadership and distinguished guests honor those lost since that fateful day. And, at the same time, honored the resilience of a country at war.

Maayan Hoffman, American Israeli journalist and host of the Hadassah On Call podcast, emceed the event. Presenters included Hadassah National President Carol Ann Schwartz; Michal Herzog, first lady of the State of Israel; and the family of Omer Neutra, a former camper at Young Judaea Sprout Lake who remains a hostage in Gaza.

There was a musical performance by the Hadassah Neurim Youth Aliyah Village choir and a memorial for war victims from the extended Hadassah family. Additionally, Hadassah highlighted the lifesaving work undertaken over the last year by Hadassah’s hospitals and Youth Aliyah villages in Israel, all done with the indispensable help of the entire Hadassah family from around the world.

The next evening, Oct. 7, 2024, Hadassah Greater Atlanta members, along with 4,000 attendees from many Jewish organizations and synagogues in the Atlanta area (all part of a group called Jewish Atlanta), participated in a somber ceremony in Sandy Springs. The program recalled the Hamas attack where 1,200 people who were killed, including 46 U.S. citizens and the 250 hostages taken.

Lynn Owens shows support for Hadassah along with the 4,000-plus attendees at the Jewish Atlanta Remembrance of the Massacre in Israel by Hamas.

Speakers included Israeli Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon, Ofri Avigdor Bester, who survived the attack by Hamas terrorists, Rabbi Peter Berg of The Temple, and Actress Patricia Heaton, the creator of the October 7 Coalition to combat antisemitism, and author Alon Penzel. Six members of Congress spoke, along with Governor Brian Kemp (via video) and U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, in order to demonstrate bipartisan support for Atlanta’s Jewish community. The program ended with readings and songs from a group called Shinshinim, a group of Israeli teens who have graduated from high school and have delayed their army service to serve as volunteer educators in communities worldwide.

Oct. 7, 2023, will stay in our people’s hearts forever as one of Israel’s darkest days. Visit the Hadassah website at www.hadassah.org.

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