I have been busy lately, board meetings, opening a new business, association meetings, lunches with friends, and the list goes on. I was talking to my wife, Dori, last night about how busy I was. Of course Dori felt for me and said some nice things to make me feel like it would all be over soon, and time would again be mine. She always knows what to say to make me feel better.
A few hours later, I was speaking via Skype to my daughter in Poland. During the call, I very soon realized that I have no problems at all, and my life is truly blessed. My oldest daughter is on a program for 
two weeks called The March of the Living. I asked her what she was doing the next day, and she said, "We will be marching from Auschwitz to Birkenau. You know, Dad, the two big death camps," and she added, "We are marching so no one ever forgets."
I am very proud Of my daughter, not just for finding the courage to be part of this great program, but for learning the history of past atrocities and committing to teach others about them, "To never forget." I am also humbled by the fact that she can teach me so much. With one minute on the phone with her, she can remind me how lucky I am without even saying it. I am in awe of her and so grateful to have her as my daughter.
We have so much to be greatful for living in this country of Canada. It is hard to remember what happened 60 years ago in the war in Europe, where 6 million Jews were slaughtered, along with 20 million Russians and 10 million others. These ovens are real and worked 24 hours a day. These are not concerns for us anymore ... or are they? We still have genocide taking place in many parts of the world, and not many people are doing anything to stop it.
So the question for me becomes, what am I doing about all of this? Well, I am educating my children, I am talking about the issues, and I do my best to fund organizations that help in afflicted areas. When I sit back in my chair and think I am busy or I have had a bad month or something is just not the way I want it, I will remember what my daughter is going through right now and do my best to put things back into perspective.
"No one yet knows what awaits the Jews in the twenty-first century, but we must make every effort to ensure that it is better than what befell them in the twentieth, the century of the Holocaust." - Benjamin Netanyahu
