tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post1542278704118841648..comments2024-03-29T06:05:20.562+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: Two Nations Within IsraelRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-5794487073616757972012-10-31T13:14:16.739+02:002012-10-31T13:14:16.739+02:00interesting thought. thanksinteresting thought. thanksRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-37992819374053660062012-10-31T12:10:13.439+02:002012-10-31T12:10:13.439+02:00I'm pretty sure that the Yartzeit Of Rachel on...I'm pretty sure that the Yartzeit Of Rachel only became a major holiday taught in schools after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.<br /><br />When I first moved to Israel and lived in Efrat we knew of the date or Rachel's Yartzeit only because of the traffic jams in Beit lechem from the few thousand people who showed up. It wasn't taught in Schools or a big deal on the radio etc.<br /><br />After Rabin was murdered, I think many schools felt uncomfortable placing such a big emphasis on "Rabin's Legacy", so they wanted another event to take away some of Rabin's spotlight.<br /><br />So today, both events are observed together in many MAMAD schools, but I think only because the schools are trying to downplay Rabin without avoiding it altogether.Michael Sedleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684514303911193073noreply@blogger.com