Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Remembrance Day

On Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day, at 10 in the morning, the whole of Israel stands still in a moment of silence. It is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and as a siren wails for two minutes, people stop working, stop shopping, stop...
After Christmas: It always happens

After Christmas: It always happens

by Brandon Campanella It happens once a year, every year. The once clean house is a mess. The perfectly wrapped boxes are now but a pile of torn and shredded paper and cardboard. The lights so carefully strung are now ready to be taken down and stored away. Christmas...