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

Published in Jewish Journal, April 2, 2020 On Feb. 16, a young Taiwanese woman posted on the popular Facebook group Secret Tel Aviv that she was riding her bicycle and a group of Israeli teenagers began to yell “Sinit” (Hebrew for Chinese) and “corona” at her. She called the police in tears. On March 15, a 28-year old Indian Yeshiva student was hospitalized after being beaten by two Israelis in Tiberias because they felt he “looked Chinese.” A few weeks ago, as the hysteria a