From victimhood to statehood: The Holocaust's legacy and Israel's power - opinion
The State of Israel was not born because of the Holocaust, but its birth restored hope to the Jewish people then, and it guarantees us a lifeline now – power over our survival and our destiny.
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog addresses the state ceremony at the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, last Sunday night. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90)ByJOSHUA M. DAVIDSON