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Shalom and welcome to Chutzpah, real life lived better, where each week we apply Jewish tradition and a little bit of Art Spiegelman to talk about something that is live in our lives.

I'm Rabbi Shira Stuttman.

And I'm Hannah Rosen, and it's so funny that

you should mention Art Spiegelman, because I've been reading Alison Bechdel, who's another graphic

novelist of that generation who is soon out with a new book. So I've actually been reading a lot

about Art Spiegelman lately. I love Alison Beckdell's

work. And it has, it actually reminds me in some way of Art Spiegelman's, just in the way that

it talks about terrible things, trauma, with just such a huge dose of humanity. Anyway, enough about

Bechdel. Okay. Here's enough about Bechdel, okay?

Okay.

Here's my question.

What is the traditional greeting that we say to each other on Yom Ha Shawa?

I have no idea.

What is it?

Well, Yom Ha Shawa is Holocaust Memorial Day, and the answer is I don't know either.

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