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Monday, June 08, 2009 - 12:02 PM
Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire The Knesset has set the 12th of Heshvan, the murder date according to the Hebrew calendar, as the official memorial day of Rabin. An unofficial but widely followed memorial date is November 4th, the date according to the Gregorian calendar.
In 1995 the Israeli Postal Authority issued a commemorative Rabin stamp.[23]
The Yitzhak Rabin Center was founded in 1997 by an act of the Knesset,
to create "[a] Memorial Center for Perpetuating the Memory of Yitzhak
Rabin." It carries out extensive commemorative and educational
activities emphasizing the ways and means of democracy and peace. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
Mechinat Rabin, an Israeli pre-army preparatory program for training recent high school graduates in leadership prior to their IDF service, was established in 1998.
Many cities and towns in Israel have named streets, neighborhoods,
schools, bridges and parks after Rabin. Also two government office
complexes and two synagogues are named after Yitzhak Rabin. Outside
Israel, there are streets named after him in Bonn, Berlin and New York and parks in Rome and Lima. [24]
Reggae singer Alpha Blondy has recorded a single named 'Yitzhak Rabin' in memory of the Israeli prime minister.
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