On Thursday, 27 Nissan, Israel observes Holocaust Memorial Day.
A website has been established to permit visitors to light a candle in memory of those who perished.
�Together, let’s light six million candles in memory of six million people who lived, learned, thrived, struggled, laughed, worked and loved�.
Some statistics pertaining to Holocaust survivors living in Israel today:
� There are 189,000 survivors today
� 45,000 survivors are living under the poverty line
� About 40 survivors are niftar in Israel daily
� 25% must do without medications or medical treatment due to their bleak fiscal realities
� 45% of survivors report they feel alone and isolated.
(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Don’t quite understand this as a survivor I know, a lovely gentle Hungarian man, tells me he doesn’t pay for medicines as a result of being a survivor.
At long-last – I just hear a Rav say – lighting a candle , saying Mishanos, or Psalms or the real Jewish way to remember – standing for a siren is such a goyish way of doing things.
Website doesn’t allow visitors to light a candle. Simply encourages one to click their mouse once, which pretty much does nothing for those that perished. Light a real candle!