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Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center.
The six Holocaust survivors serving as torchlighters for the annual Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony on April 7, 2021 lit memorial candles from rabbinical organization Tzohar, which is partnering with Yad Vashem in the Generations Light the Way project, encouraging people to gather together to light six memorial candles, a format created last year with the onset of COVID in order to have ceremonies at home to mark Yom Hashoa (Courtesy Dena Wimpfheimer)
The six Holocaust survivors slowly made their way in wheelchairs, or lean on canes or on their children’s or grandchildren’s arms, toward the six torches set up for the official Yad Vashem ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Roei Sadan spent five years circling the world by bicycle, but after recovering from a 500-meter fall, he could have never guessed it would prepare him for his toughest challenge yet
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Meanwhile, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza wait to receive vaccines, which could take at least a few more months, as authorities struggle to keep infection rates low.
Israel currently has 82,652 active cases; 4,080 people have died. In the West Bank, there are 5,230 active cases and 1,406 deaths, and in Gaza 6,170 active cases and 493 deaths.
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