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The greatest memorial to the Holocaust is not a museum. It’s Israel.

JL;DR SUMMARY Joshua Hoffman argues that the greatest memorial to the Holocaust is not a physical monument but the modern State of Israel itself. 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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HolocaustHolocaust SurvivorsJewish IdentityZionismJewish Self DeterminationJewish UnityJewish PowerRemembrance

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Israel
"The greatest memorial to the Holocaust is not a museum. It’s Israel."
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"And a Jew in Tel Aviv, even if hes never stepped foot in a yeshiva, is more vital to Jewish continuity than a committee of rabbis arguing over ritual minutiae in Manhattan."

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