A moment of silence on the roads

There is nothing like it, nothing even close.

Throughout the State of Israel, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, a siren is sounded in every city and town, every kibbutz and moshav. Whatever we are doing, we stop and our thoughts go out to the murder of six million Jews. A murder that took place while the world watched.

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“a terrorist with an axe murdered a kid and left another in the hospital with serious axe wounds…… why does god let this happen?!?1?”

Above is a Facebook entry from a young person in Neve Daniel. There are many others from kids who live here and are trying to make sense of yesterday’s terrible news. While I have discussed (along with almost everyone I know) the answer to the question why does G-D allow horrible things to happen to good people, it is simply not possible to sound rational when you live down the road from terror. If I can’t answer the question for myself satisfactorily, how can a young person who grows believing that G-D is there to protect him, find an answer that gives comfort?

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