One of the most impacting stops we make on our Israel tours is at a home for Holocaust survivors. Along with that, a stroll through Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Museum and Remembrance Center, leaves each person very contemplative of the atrocities endured by the Jewish people during the Holocaust. It is very sobering to consider …
On April 27, Israel commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel, it is a somber day, marked by the 2-minute sound of sirens throughout the country which calls the entire nation to literally stop whatever they are doing and remember those lost in the Holocaust. It is definitely and exclusively a Jewish thing, but are there …
Continue reading Applying the Lessons from Holocaust Remembrance Day
My friends, we're taking a break from our study to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. While International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated in January, Israel commemorates Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah (“Remembrance of the Holocaust and the Heroism”) today. At 11:00am (Israel time) sirens will sound for two minutes and the entire country will come to a standstill, remembering …
What a year! Despite so much chaos in our world, there is so much for which to be thankful. Tomorrow we'll look toward 2017, but today let's reflect on 2016. January: We began the year asking questions such as: Are we sleeping? and Is there Hope for America? While I believe many churches are asleep at …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 