‘Israel is the safest place for Jews’, says Holocaust survivor & former Supreme Court head Aharon Barak
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Former President of the Supreme Court Aharon Barak attends the swearing in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the president residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
HolocaustsurvivorandformerPresidentoftheIsraeliSupremeCourtAharonBarakrecalledhisharshlifeasaJewishchildintheLithuanianKovnoGhettoin“IWasaChildintheHolocaust,”anIsraeliprojectairedonHolocaustRemembranceDayincooperationwiththeWorldZionistOrganization.
“Lifetherewaslikethatofprisonerssentencedtodeath,buttheexecutiondatehadn’tbeensetyet.Atanymoment,aGermansoldiercouldencounteraJewonthestreetandexecutethem,”BarakrecalledinaconversationwiththeactressKimOrAzulay.
BarakaddressedIsrael’scurrentpost-Oct.7challengesbyplacingtheminahistoricalandpersonalcontext.
“There’snoabsolutesafetyanywhere,butIsraelisthesafestplaceforJews.Thisunderstandingar
