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How to celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut outside of Israel
With Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) now behind us, Israel will move next week into the second and third of what are commonly called the National Holidays, or by some, the National High Holidays. Next week, Israel will mark Yom HaZikaron (Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror) and then Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day).
How might one take in the full power of these days when not in Israel? After all, the highways are not going to come to a full stop during an air raid siren, there will be no national ceremonies of mourning, no national ceremonies of dancing and…
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