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April 13, 2010 | Ashley | Comments 1

Remembering: Two minutes in Tel Aviv

Holocaust Day in Israel is taken very seriously, as I’ve mentioned before. Here’s a clip of the main traffic artery in Tel Aviv grinding to a standstill yesterday as the sirens wail. It’s quite a stunning reminder of how the past still plays an important role in Israel’s present…

I was actually on the road up in the north of Israel when the sirens went off. I stopped at the side of the road, but to my surprise many didn’t. As they often say, “only in Tel Aviv”…

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About the Author: Ashley intended staying in Israel for a couple of months...18 years later, married to a local girl with 2 littluns (er, now 3), he decided to set up igoogledisrael.com. What's kept this ex-Brit, non-Jewish guy in the Holy Land for so long? Well, read around this blog and the main site some more and you might just get an idea...

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