This Yom HaShoah, the focus isn’t just on the past — it’s about a handwritten Haggadah, the choice to sacrifice for another, and the enduring power of Jewish story and spirit. Not in 1944, but in 2023 and 2024 and 2025.

For Jews, memory is not simply recalling facts; it is a way of understanding our place in an ongoing narrative. Yom HaShoah is a call to action — to live in a way that echoes those who came before. And that is what Holocaust remembrance has truly achieved.

In moments of crisis, memory becomes a national muscle. The stories of heroism emerging from those recently released from captivity are breathtaking. These aren’t just examples of Jewish resilience. They are living proof of how Holocaust education shapes lives.

Agam Berger and Liri Elbag, held hostage in Gaza, created a makeshift Haggadah and held an underground Seder. They knew........

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