We could have used a little more Miriam Yahav and a little less Cheney parka coverage last week. Yahav, a 76-year-old Auschwitz survivor took to the microphone spontaneously at the memorial last week:

“The night before [the ceremony] I could not sleep,” Yahav tries to explain. “My whole life passed before me, I felt immense anger, and I wanted to shout. Then, when President Katsav got up to speak, without thinking much, I took off my coat and stood behind him. It was 15 degrees below zero, but I was not cold. I didn’t feel anything, only the anger that had built up in my gut for 60 years. When the president finished speaking, I told him that I wanted to add a few words. He moved away from the microphone and I walked up to it and asked, Why? I wanted everyone to hear my cries, even though I knew that no one would give me an answer.”