I am so immensely proud of you, as is your mom who articulated so many beautiful truths in her own letter to you. I agree with all of it, and all of it of course resonates with who you are as a person and the meaning of your taking this trip.

From my side, I would also like to also emphasize a different angle, which I am certain you have felt and which I will try to articulate in terms of what your being able to March means more broadly.

I want to point out that it is not only mom and I that are proud of you, but an entire people that is today more validated, more consoled, and more hopeful for the future because of your participation in the March of the Living.

When I say an entire people, I start with the 6 million that died senselessly and innocently in the most horrific and torturous of ways. You have walked in their very footsteps and have become a witness to their tragic story.

But as you have stood witness to the 6 million victims of the Holocaust, I am certain that it has become more tangible to you that this March also commemorates our people’s modern holocaust of October 7, 2023.

Moreover, I am likewise certain that the footsteps of your March have further underscored the resilience of our people through each of our massacres throughout history. From our enslavement in ancient Egypt, to the destructions of our two temples and our expulsions from our land, to the........

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