VAFA support annual AJAX Holocaust Remembrance Commemoration

AJAX Football Club held their annual Holocaust Remembrance Commemoration gathering at Princes Park, Caulfield, last Sunday.

The occasion was hosted by Mel Raleigh from AJAX Junior Football Club and attended by 20 members of the Jewish community who had lived through and survived the Holocaust, as well as players, supporters and friends of AJAX Junior and Football Clubs and the AFL community. Several speakers outlined their direct connection to Holocaust survivors and their gratitude for the life that they are able to now enjoy thanks to their ancestor’s miraculous survival.

Several key football industry people in attendance included:

• AFL CEO Andrew Dillon
• St Kilda FC President Andrew Basset
• Former Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg
• AFL Vic CEO Greg Madigan
• VAFA President Paul Newton
• VAFA CEO Jason Reddick
• AFL Commentator Gerard Healy
• South Metro Junior Football League CEO Jamie Howden
• AJAX President Adam Micmacher
• AJAX JFC President Daniel Onas

VAFA CEO Jason Reddick stated “whilst the occasion was a solemn reminder of the atrocities of the Holocaust, it was also a celebration of the connection to the family members who survived and the life they have provided for their families to now enjoy”.