Blog of the Living, Day 1

Oyster standing in the Jewish cemetery of Krakow, Poland.

I’ve hesitated writing about my experience on March of the Living for a long time now. Today is Yom HaShoah, and that means that it’s been over a year since I set out on the trip that would have a lasting impact on me. I could literally talk for hours about my experiences. Many of my close family & friends know this, since they came to hear me give a 5-6 hour slide-show presentation on just the Poland leg of my journey. As I lit a Yarzheit candle and recited the Mourner’s Kaddish for my slaughtered family members, and the martyrs of my people, I realized that I couldn’t hesitate any longer…

I will try to put up posts relating to my myriad thoughts and responses to my experience. I will primarily organize this as a set of chronological posts; one post for each day. I will also post on various themes or ideas that came to me, that don’t per se fit into a time or place. I will draw upon video, photos, my journal entries, and my memory to provide the content of these posts.

I’m tired and it’s getting late. I just finished uploading and commenting on my photos from the first day. More later…