What a time to be alive
Every year, on this day (the Hebrew date is the same) each year I try to look inside myself and write something reflective about the Holocaust. In Israel, we have Yom Hashoa, Holocaust Remembrance Day. And then a week later we have Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day), and immediately after we switch to Yom HaAtzmaut (Israeli Independence Day). Like most things these days, this year is different for me. Usually, I’d be in Israel. On Erev Yom Hashoa I'd go to the nearest synagogue or