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1912: Zachor! Remember!  1912: Zachor! Remember!  by Leah S.
Reicin, Jewish/Zionist Education Chair  Jews place great
importance on memory. Zachor, remember! A Centennial is an
opportunity to Zachor, to remember, and to walk down memory
lane. When the first Hadassah meeting took place in New York
City at Temple Emanu-El, what other great events were shaping
Zionist history?  In 1912, Tel Aviv was three years old and
there was an air of excitement and hope as people began building
modern houses and establishing new neighborhoods. Built on clean
white sand dunes, it was the first Jewish city established in
almost 2000 years. Tel Aviv would be the antithesis of the
shtetl or the ghetto.  In 1912 The Herzliah Gymnasium, Tel
Aviv's first Hebrew high school offered the first physical
education enrichment course. In 1912, a fifteen year old Jewish
youth, spurred by the thrill of the Olympics, formulated the
concept of a Maccabia to be held in Eretz Yi