Not just a date on the calendar.

There are three hours left before Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s national Memorial Day, officially begins. And yet, the somber silence is already palpable in the streets. When I moved here nearly 40 years ago, someone told me that every Israeli family has lost someone in defense of the country- a friend, a relative, an acquaintance, a neighbor, a co-worker. Everyone knows someone who was killed in the line of duty. At the time, I thought that the person talking to me was over exaggerating. Boy, do I wish that were true.

So now, 4 decades later, I  realize that this is an unfortunate........

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