Last week we marked 1,000 days since October 7th.

Former American Democrats in Israel Board Member, Hannah Wacholder Katsman whose son Hayim was murdered by Hamas on that dreadful day, spoke at a gathering in Jerusalem on the 1,000 day. Hannah was kind enough to give me permission to reprint her comments:

I am honored to be here with you, to remember when we stood here each week in support of the hostages and honor those that returned home and cherish the memories of those who are no longer with us today.

My name is Hannah Wacholder Katsman, I live in the neighborhood (Jerusalem) and am a member of the Yedidya Congregation. My son, Dr. Hayim Yeshurun Katsman, aged 32, was murdered on October 7 at his home on Kibbutz Holit.

Today is the seventeenth of Tammuz, one of the days that our sages chose as a day of fasting to commemorate events that led to an ancient catastrophe, the destruction of the Temple.

Today we are also marking a thousand days since that Shabbat, the Shabbat of Simchat Torah, the joy that was supposed to be, but the agony that replaced it. For me, these thousand days bring no special meaning. Was the grief of my family and Haim’s friends greater yesterday? Will we miss our loved one a little less tomorrow? However, I........

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