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Israelis pause for a different kind of siren: the one marking Holocaust memorial day

JL;DR SUMMARY In a poignant moment amidst ongoing tensions, Israelis marked Yom HaShoah with a two-minute siren to honor the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yom HashoahIsraeli HostagesHolocaust RemembranceJewish SolidarityJewish ResilienceZikaron BasalonHillel FuldSiren TraditionOctober 2023 Conflict

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Israel
"For the last six weeks, whenever Israelis have heard a siren, they were instructed to run to their nearest bomb shelter."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"This years Yom HaShoah is the first since all Israeli hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023, were freed from Gaza."

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