Annual meeting of Hitachduth Yotsei Czechoslovakia

28.12.2016 / 11:42 | Aktualizováno: 24.01.2017 / 11:58

The Czech Embassy hosted on 28 December 2016 the annual meeting of the Association of Czechoslovak Jews living in Israel. After the lighting of Chanukah candles by the chairman Mr. Nathan Steiner and other representatives of this Association and singing Chanukah songs, the members were informed about compensations paid by the German government for the victims of Holocaust, the activities of the Association in 2016 and the plans for 2017 incl. events commemorating 90 years of the visit of Czechoslovak president T. G. Masaryk in Palestine. The chairman of the Association´s branch in Tel Aviv Mr. Benjamin Burger and the chairman Control Council Mr. Shlomo Kebar declared the leaving of their functions, which will be reelected on the next meeting during 2017. In the end the numerous compatriots saw a traditional Czech film.