Shmuel Rosner: Forgetting Rabin
[Shmuel Rosner is a Tel Aviv-based columnist.]
A year ago, I was invited to speak at a Tel Aviv gathering commemorating the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The prime minister was murdered on Nov. 4, 1995,* by a Jewish radical who opposed the Rabin government's policy of negotiating with the Palestinians. The murder shook Israeli society to the core....
Attendance at the event was pretty unimpressive. Marking the anniversary had been an annual tradition at this synagogue, but last year's gathering was the last such commemoration. As the number of people who showed up continued to decline, the synagogue decided to do away with the speakers and singers and make do with a religious service. This year, the 15th anniversary, it could barely attract a minyan—the 10-person quorum required for Jewish communal payer....
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A year ago, I was invited to speak at a Tel Aviv gathering commemorating the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The prime minister was murdered on Nov. 4, 1995,* by a Jewish radical who opposed the Rabin government's policy of negotiating with the Palestinians. The murder shook Israeli society to the core....
Attendance at the event was pretty unimpressive. Marking the anniversary had been an annual tradition at this synagogue, but last year's gathering was the last such commemoration. As the number of people who showed up continued to decline, the synagogue decided to do away with the speakers and singers and make do with a religious service. This year, the 15th anniversary, it could barely attract a minyan—the 10-person quorum required for Jewish communal payer....