{"id":39990,"date":"2015-05-27T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=39990"},"modified":"2015-05-27T14:21:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T19:21:47","slug":"be-a-part-of-unity-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/israel\/be-a-part-of-unity-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a Part of Unity Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6hcxSBzwPks\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 21.0pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In the summer of 2014, <span style=\"background: white;\">Eyal Ifrach, Gil-ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel<\/span> <\/span>were kidnapped by terrorists on their way home from school. Jews from around the world came together to search, pray and offer support. The sense of unity reached its peak as the three Israeli boys were found and buried together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 21.0pt; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">A year later, the families of the boys are asking the Jewish world to re-experience and strengthen this unity by participating in their first yarzheit. Their call to action has been amplified by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Gesher and the Israeli Ministry of Education, along with dignitaries and Jewish institutions around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 21.0pt; background: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 13.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This anniversary, both poignant and powerful, invites us to honor the teens\u2019 memory by committing one day, \u201cUnity Day,\u201d to bringing back that sense of togetherness and hope.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 2014, Eyal Ifrach, Gil-ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel were kidnapped by terrorists on their way home from school. Jews from around the world came together to search, pray and offer support. The sense of unity reached its peak as the three Israeli boys were found and buried together. 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