Max Bamberger

Max Bamberger

Max Bamberger is 14, lives in Berkeley and is in ninth grade at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco.
Posted inIsrael at 70, Yom HaZikaron, First Person, Local Voice, Youth Voice, Holidays, Jewish Life, Opinion

Yom HaZikaron: ‘A time to mourn, and a time to dance’

Max Bamberger by Max Bamberger

I lived in Israel when I was 12 to 14 years old, and one memory that stands out to me from this two-year period is Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut. Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror, is a holiday that has deep meaning to all Israelis. Unlike in America, […]