On May 9, a solemn wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Candle of Remembrance monument.

On the morning of May 9, a solemn wreath-laying ceremony took place at the "Candle of Remembrance" monument in Jerusalem.

The event, dedicated to Victory Day, was organized by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress and became the first in a series of solemn events held in Israel on this significant day. The ceremony was attended by EAJC President Dr. Mikhail Mirilashvili, EAJC Director General Dr. Haim Ben Yakov, Knesset members, ambassadors of the CIS countries, World War II veterans, and survivors of the Siege of Leningrad.

"In Israel, Victory Day is an official state holiday. We are grateful to the soldiers of the anti-Hitler coalition and remember the feat of the Soviet Army that defeated Nazi Germany. Today is a holiday with tears in our eyes, as the song goes. There were immense, terrible casualties, but there was also the Great Victory," stated Euro-Asian Jewish Congress President Dr. Mikhail Mirilashvili in an interview with TASS.

Events commemorating the 76th anniversary of the Victory began in Israel on May 5 with a wreath-laying ceremony at the obelisk honoring World War II soldiers in the Red Army Forest near Jerusalem. On May 9, a wreath-laying ceremony also took place at the Victory Monument in Netanya, commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany. This monument was erected with the participation of the EAJC in 2012.

The "Candle of Remembrance" monument in Jerusalem, unveiled on January 23, 2020, in the presence of senior officials from Israel and Russia, is dedicated to the heroism of the defenders and residents of Leningrad during the siege. The monument was erected in Sacher Park, near the buildings of the Knesset, the Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel.

The initiative to create the monument was put forward by the WWII Veterans Council, the Association of Leningrad Siege Survivors in Israel, former Knesset Member Leonid Litinetsky, EAJC President M.M. Mirilashvili, and the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg Government. Funding for the monument was provided by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, the Russian Jewish Congress, Mr. Viktor Vekselberg (businessman and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center), the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael), and the Keren Hayesod foundation. The monument was erected with the support of the municipalities of St. Petersburg and Jerusalem.

The unveiling ceremony of the "Candle of Remembrance" monument in the capital of Israel marked the launch of a special program by the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress aimed at preserving historical memory and deepening mutual understanding between nations. As part of this program, the book "Pages of Siege Memory" was translated into Hebrew and distributed, and on January 27 of this year, the EAJC launched a special online project, "Memory of the Siege of Leningrad".