Israel on Thursday will mark Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. At 10 AM local time, the entire country comes to a standstill for two minutes as people remember the horrors of the Nazi-perpetrated genocide, as well as acts of heroism during WWII.
Many view the State of Israel, a nation partially built by Holocaust survivors, as the embodiment of the phrase ‘Never Again.’ A well-known Israeli saying goes: Yom HaZikaron – the memorial day for fallen soldiers and terror victims – is a reminder of the cost of having a Jewish state. Yom HaShoah is a reminder of the cost of not having one.
Together, we remember six million Jews — and countless others — who were murdered by the Nazis. No people should ever again be defenseless in the face of forces that seek their destruction.
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