The unique experience of Memorial Day - immediately followed by Independence Day, in Israel is so pervasive, even a three-year-old can sense that something big is going on. My daughter Tamar returned from preschool yesterday clutching her plastic Israeli flag and parroted back the explanation her teacher had given the children.Read the whole thing.
“You see Mommy, today is a very sad day. Everybody is wearing black. Black is a sad color. But tonight, when the stars come out, it starts to be a happy day. And everything is blue and white. Blue is the color of the sea and the sky and white is the color of the desert. They are happy colors and everyone is happy.”
At her tender age, she managed to accurately describe up the two days Israelis devote to patriotism. Indeed, celebrating the country’s birthday often feels like an exercise in mass bipolar disorder or a workshop in overcoming Jewish guilt.
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