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She forgot Yom Hashoah – then created a movement that changed the way Israel remembers the Holocaust 

JL;DR SUMMARY Adi Altschuler's initiative, Zikaron BaSalon, has drastically transformed Holocaust remembrance in Israel by moving it from formal ceremonies to intimate gatherings in living rooms. 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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Holocaust SurvivorsYom HashoahHolocaust RemembranceCultural HeritageCommemorationSocial MovementIntergenerational DialogueAdi AltschulerZikaron Basalon

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"Holocaust Survivor Avigdor Neuman told his story in front of the Knessets Chagall tapestries, in Jerusalem."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"In Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, thousands gathered to hear survivor Aliza Landau recount her experiences."
Hod Hasharon, Haifa District, Israel
"One of those locations, in the central Israel city of Hod Hasharon, is the home of Adi Altschuler, the founder of Zikaron BaSalon memory in the living room."
Yokneam, Northern District, Israel
"Survivor David Peleg at the MDA station in Yokneam."
Leinster, Ireland
"Altschuler said she thought Yom Hashoah could end up either like Tisha BAv the day on which Jews fast to mark the destruction of the Temple, and something that most Israelis dont observe or the Passover Seder, which over 90% of Israeli Jews observe."
Florida, United States
"Altschuler then asked everyone who was in her living room to invite people to their homes the following year, which meant there were 40 salons in Israel, plus one in south Florida, where a friend of Altschulers lived, and where there is a large concentration of Holocaust survivors."

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