Photo: General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signs the act of unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht in Berlin on May 8, 1945 80 years ago, World War II ended in Europe.
Department for the Promotion of Aliya co-organized the event where thousands of people in New York City’s Times Square viewed an empty Shabbat table set for 224 people, symbolizing the 224 hostages held captive by the terrorist group Hamas.