ABSTRACT
Though rarely enunciated, the most powerful message of the event opening Holocaust Remembrance Day is that only citizenship made national is trustworthy. Citizenship after the Holocaust is that of the Jewish State. This citizenship is integral to the rhythm of ascent from the Holocaust. The opening events of Remembrance Day and Independence Day continue this narrative, presenting why citizenship must be made national, the just struggle to make it so, and the fruits of this ascent, the national shaped by bureaucratic logic and aesthetics. Apart from these solitary markers of presence, the large plaza is space filled with emptiness and still shadows. Only the flag moves, fluttering fitfully in the quiet breeze. The moan of the siren dies, the event proceeds in silence. The State would be the prophetic culmination and salvific fulfillment of the teleological national endeavor. The event that closes Remembrance Day and opens Independence Day is held at Herzl’s tomb, on the summit of his mountain.
