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Five Minutes, Every Year – When Israel Stops to Remember

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April 21, 2015

One of the most inimitable characteristics of Israel is its “small community” atmosphere. Here, we often call each other “brother” and “sister,” even if we’re talking to a stranger, because most chances are he served in the same military base as us, or a relative of his went to school with us, or even work with us. We all know each other, or almost do, which is why we can easily gather in a show of solidarity to achieve a common cause,

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