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SUMMARY:Live from the Egalitarian Kotel: A festive reading of the Declarati
 on of Independence!
DESCRIPTION:\nOur friends and colleagues at The World Zionist Organization 
 are honored to invite you to a continuation of the tradition of a Festive 
 Reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Egalitarian Kotel!\nSund
 ay\, April 19\, 2026 | 11:30 a.m. Eastern\nFor the sixth consecutive year\
 , we will gather between Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day fo
 r an emotional and festive tradition: reading the Declaration of Independe
 nce with traditional cantillation (Ta’amim) at the Egalitarian Kotel. Th
 e event will be hosted by Dr. Yizhar Hess\, Vice Chairman of the World Zio
 nist Organization\, and we will be joined by various organizations\, rabbi
 s\, and public and spiritual leaders.\n\n\n\nThe event will be broadcast l
 ive in multiple languages to the Jewish world (broadcasting for the first 
 time this year on The Times of Israel). This is our way of celebrating Isr
 ael’s Independence Day and Jewish Peoplehood in Israel and across the gl
 obe.\n\nFor those joining remotely\, there will be a pre-event lecture by 
 Yuval Malchi on the story of Israel’s founding document (starting at 10:
 45 a.m. Eastern).\n\nSunday\, April 19\, 2026 2nd of Iyar\, 5786 | In pers
 on: 6:30 p.m. Jerusalem Time at the Egalitarian Kotel (Kotel HaMishpachot)
  | Online: 11:30 a.m. Eastern &gt\; Register to receive the Zoom link\n\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\n
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