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50 years after Prof Chouchani passed away – Hazkara ceremony in Uruguay

Exactly 50 years after prof. Shoshani (Chouchani) passed away. On Sunday the 15th of January 2018, the Jewish community in Uruguay held a ceremony (Hazkara or Yortzeit) at the Jewish cemetery of La Paz (north to Montevideo) where prof Shoshani’s grave stands.

Here is an article about this ceremony that took place in the rain, in the national newspaper of Uruguay El Pais. They also mention the participation of filmmaker Michael Grynszpan who travelled from Israel to Uruguay to attend the event.

“La lluvia no detuvo homenaje de la comunidad israelita
Recuerdan al sabio Shoshani, inspirador de figuras mundiales.”

https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/lluvia-detuvo-homenaje-comunidad-israelita.html

cimetiere - image El Pais 14 01 2018

(photo: Diego Moraes)

Shoshani/Chouchani’s grave recently

Groups are visiting Shoshani’s grave in Uruguay all the time. Here a picture taken in August 2014
Chouchani s grave August 2014
שליחי “תורה מציון” באורוגוואי באזכרה על קברו של חכם שושני ז”ל, הגאון המסתורי, תלמידו של הראי”ה קוק זצ”ל. אוגוסט 2014 – התשע”ד