From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
WATCH: Michael Levin Center hosts English-language ceremony to remember fallen lone soldiers
The Michael Levin Lone Soldier Center, which aids IDF soldiers from overseas serving without family in the country, is hosting a special English-language Memorial Day ceremony for fallen soldiers at Ammunition Hill in northern Jerusalem.
The ceremony started at 7:55 p.m., five minutes before the sounding of the commemoration siren and in parallel with other ceremonies taking place nationwide.
Tekkes Yom HaZikaron: We are broadcasting live from Ammunition Hill, at the Memorial Day ceremony for the Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael LevinThe Lone Soldier Center houses, feeds and helps support the 7,000 lone soldiers currently serving in the IDF – who have no family here in Israel.Tonight, the mothers of fallen lone soldiers Michael Levin and Max Steinberg will share their sons’ stories and Tuvia Book will commemorate his friend and fellow lone soldier, Alex Singer. To learn more about the Lone Soldier Center visit www.lonesoldiercenter.com
Posted by Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin on Tuesday, April 17, 2018
It is being broadcast live on the center’s website and Facebook page.
Parents of fallen lone soldiers will speak at the ceremony, which focuses on the lone soldiers who gave their lives for the country. The ceremony is titled “The Sons We Lost,” and will hear from the mothers of two lone soldiers who were killed in the line of duty, Michael Levin and Max Steinberg.
The Times of Israel Community.