Everyone Shall Sit Under Their Own Vine and Fig Tree

Thoughts in the wake of visiting Yad Vashem

Earlier this week, I visited Yad Vashem, Israel’s national memorial and museum dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust.

This was the fourth time I have been to Yad Vashem. It was the first time, however, that I have been as a mother. The altered impact of the experience was so vast, I have needed time to digest the blow.

Before we arrived, our Momentu…