On June 21, 2013, Rabbi Uzi Meshulam passed away. He had fought for the recognition and investigation of the Affair of the Children from Yemen, the Balkans and the East. Rabbi Meshulam paid a heavy price for his struggle, but he succeeded in bringing about the establishment of an official committee to investigate the issue. He brought difficult questions regarding the kidnapping of children of Yemenite and many other immigrants close to the heart of the consensus. Many researchers followed him and gradually discovered innumerable tragedies, silenced voices, families who were left with an open, unresolved wound.

The Amram Association has decided to regularly mark the day of his death as a day of awareness of the Affair of the Children from Yemen, the Balkans and the East, and to hold in as many as possible locations events with lectures, discussion and testimonies on the subject, until the day the Affair is officially recognized. In recent years we have been joined by many organizations, including Shaharit, the Isha L’Isha Center in Haifa, the Carousela Café in Jerusalem, Beit Achoti in Tel Aviv, Mizrahi student clubs at the universities, and Physicians for Human Rights.

Another decision we made was to turn the many testimonies into an archive which will be accessible, live, and open to the general public. The archive aims to enable anyone to become aware of the Affair and of the testimonies that have been silenced until now, and to do this directly, without establishment mediation. We hope this archive will assist the families and the kidnapped persons to locate their loved ones. We also believe that only through making the testimonies public, and through public pressure, will we reach recognition of the wrong that was done unto the victims. You are welcome to contact us directly, by email or by phone, in order for us to document your testimony.