Just moments ago the Yom HaShoah memorial siren was sounded across the country.

I never had any family in the Holocaust but I cry my heart out as they were all my family.

You can view it here also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL7XNm9Xqos

This is a Kiddush Hashem.

A Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) man recited the Shema prayer and other prayers out loud during the Holocaust memorial siren in Jerusalem today.

This is actually the right thing to do as Jews standing in silence isn't a Jewish concept, it is a European one (no offense). During any memorial moment we are supposed to recite prayers or words of Tehillim (Psalms) but the country hasn't been educated with this as the siren was based on a European concept not a Jewish one.

All Jews during the siren should recite some prayer, personal prayers, whatever, or even just say words. It doesn't mean people who stand in silence are wrong, they are not but it's actually more Jewish and more appropriate to recite prayers at this time (even if not religious).

2 other examples from last year's Yom HaZikaron sirens:
https://www.facebook.com/ugobey/posts/10165292266620441
https://www.facebook.com/ugobey/posts/10165295024625441

An amazing pic that a photographer named Oren Cohen took on the left then combined it with the infamous pic on the right.