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If Elie Weisel were my grandfather…

I want Elie Weisel to come tuck me in at night and tell me stories… They don’t all have to be depressing just because they come from a Nobel Peace Prize-winning, bestselling author of a Holocaust survivor.
Although they would probably all be dramatic. Here is Mr. Weisel telling his favorite, inspiring story at the end [...]

Holocaust Remembrance in Israel, 5758.


Today’s word: טקס

We attended the Yom Hashoah tekes (טקס or ceremony) tonight, organized by the neighborhood Scouts and Bnei Akiva kids.
It was very much a small-town tekes. A few things came to mind while I stood and watched:

It never occurred to me before how it must have been for the Mizrachi population to get to Israel in [...]