Yom HaShoah in Israel

We were incredibly lucky to be able to attend the very moving Yom HaShoah ceremony at Yad Vashem this week. It is something everyone should be able to experience-at once both sad and hopeful.

What made the entire Yom HaShoah experience here even more meaningful was our surprise to find an article on the front page of the Jerusalem Post which featured the story of Leopold, a Shoah survivor who was helped by Darla Oz, founder of House to House, one of the programs we work with here in Israel. We have often written about Darla’s work in Jerusalem, particularly the organization’s efforts to help the elderly remaining Shoah survivors who live well below the poverty line, struggling with physical and emotional issues that are sometimes the result of the conditions under which they lived during the war.

We are proud of what we have been able to contribute to Darla’s efforts and reading Leopold’s story in the Post on Yom HaShoah proved just how important they are. Read on – it is a sad but moving story…

http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Entertainment/Article.aspx?id=172925