#NeverForget

Yizkor. Remember. Never Forget. Never Again.

All things we say when we talk about the unspeakable horror that killed 6 million of my people, as well as millions more human beings from other marginalized groups.

Yet, often it feels like the world is forgetting. 

Today is Yom HaShoah, the day the Jewish community has set to remember the Holocaust. It is not the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (which the world commemorates on International Holocaust Remembrance Day).  It falls on the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nissan, the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising- to memorialize Jewish acts of resistance. 

The Jewish community chose this day to remember that we are strong, to remember the heroism, bravery and resilience that has kept us alive and thriving for thousands of years despite constant persecution.

This says so much about what we, as a Jewish people, choose to remember and choose to focus on.

What can we learn?

How can we grow?

How can we make the world better?

How can we make ourselves better?

How can we stand strong and be proud of who we are?

How can we empower others to be proud of who they are?

These are the questions we must always ask ourselves.

It’s why I do what I do.

“You can't change what happened, you can't change what you did or what was done to you. But you can choose how you live now.”
-Dr. Edith Eva Eger - Psychologist, Author, Holocaust Survivor, Jewish Woman