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 * Holocaust Remembrance Day**


 * The Holocaust Remembrance Day is a very important event for the Jewish nation, and especially for we Jews who live in Israel. On this day, which is also****called Yom Hashoa’h in Hebrew, the country has a ceremony which is dedicated to those who were killed in the Holocaust and to the Holocaust survivors.**


 * It is also a custom to have similar ceremonies among the communities and youth movements. During the National ceremony it is customary to sound the siren, which is heard all over the country. When you hear the sound of the siren you must stand up quietly and respectfully and it is also advisable that you think about Jews who were killed.**


 * In class we read a literature piece about the Holocaust, called Pastel Nazis’. The piece talks about a Holocaust survivor, and his attempt in trying to sell his survival story to the modern society. When we were reading the story I felt that the author’s theme was very clear: we must remember the Holocaust, and cannot neglect the survivors. I think that the Israeli society focuses precisely on our Nation’s past because without it we know we don’t have a future. That is also what the author of “Pastel Nazis” is trying to impart. Peer feels that the colorful up beat modern world doesn’t have the time or the place for his dark past.**


 * Yisraela Fischman**