NAJEX ANZAC Day Commemoration
On Sunday last week, we attended the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX) Annual Communal ANZAC Day Commemoration and Wreath Laying Ceremony. It was a moving ceremony which commemorated the great sacrifices of Australian soldiers and honoured the Jewish members of the NSW Rural Fire Service for their efforts in fighting the 2019/20 bushfires.
We were fortunate enough to listen to an address by the Hon. Dr Marjorie O’Neill MP, State Member for Coogee, who spoke about her relative killed at the Battle of Pozieres in 1916 and how important it is to remember the individual and collective stories so that we may create a peaceful and loving society.
We took part in the communal wreath laying ceremony on behalf of Emanuel School to commemorate the brave sacrifices made for our freedom. Overall, it was an honour to attend this ceremony and we both left the Sydney Jewish Museum with a deeper gratefulness of the courage of others.
Pictured below are our Madrichim Ezra and Chloe together with Her Excellency The Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC Governor of NSW and with our Year 4 student Benjamin Pellow, who is a member of the Judean Scout Group and was representing the Colour Party.
By Ezra Hersch and Chloe Miller