"... When I first came to Israel after World

War II, I would meet the country's young

generation, and listen to their songs and the

way they spoke as progenitors, as human

beings; Jews, deeply aware that they were

writing a new genealogy that began with

them. And as I remembered the heritage

that had gone up in smoke in Europe, I was

doubly sorrowful - also for this excellent

generation of young Israelis who may just

grow up and grow old, without ever really

knowing what they should weep for."
 
 

From a speech by Abba Kovner, November, 1983.

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