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PM Netanyahu speaks at Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 8, 2013 (Raffi Shamir/GPO)
Holocaust Remembrance Day didn’t used to be like this
The Holocaust lends itself perfectly to Israel’s two reigning ‘isms’ – nationalism and emotionalism.  Aren’t historic events supposed to diminish in their impact over time? Not the Holocaust, not in Israel. Today’s Holocaust Remembrance Day just seems bigger, more enveloping, more sanctimonious, more commanding than ever. John Kerry just arrived last night to kick off…
By Larry Derfner April 8, 2013
My great-grandmother: Orthodox and anti-Zionist
The Jewish diaspora didn’t always march lockstep behind Israel. My great-grandmother–who escaped pogroms and lost family in the Holocaust–was an anti-Zionist. Rampant anti-Semitism drove my great-grandmother from Eastern Europe. There’d been pogroms; there were restrictions on the type of work Jews could do. My family made their way to New York City with little more…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat April 18, 2012
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