David Bogner is back from his Pesach break and has an amazing story about a Holocaust survivor, Jewish ritual, and passing along knowledge that is a must-read.
Oceanguy posts a must-read poem about the Jews of Stolin, Poland, who were forced to dig their own graves before the Nazis murdered them.
In Ha’aretz, Bradley Burston tells his readers why he — and world Jewry — will never “get over” the Holocaust.
This story of Menachem Begin, a Holocaust survivor, and the chancellors of Germany is a must-read.
And to end on a different note, Westbankmama has a must-read post on what Jews today are doing to defend themselves from would-be murderers.
Thank you Meryl… but I’m just the messenger.
Some good stuff. Thanks.
Wow…I wish I had enough time to read them all. Thank you for posting these links!
Thank you for the link!
I’ve always wondered how the Jews could ‘deal’ with the heavy burden of the holocaust.
The Rememberence of a crime that goes off the scale of what could be considered ‘retributable’.
Forgiveness of something so big and so heavy and in such biblical proportions you’ld think that even the land would cry out for vengence.
The emptiness of knowing that a significant percentage of brethren are no longer here – snuffed out for no other reason than hatred (what crimes had these people done?)
I guess the burden probably transcends any kind of ‘dealing’. How can it?
In my own little life, I have had to deal with my own troubles. Most forgivable, some were not.
Yet when I try to place myself in the shoes of those people, I am at a loss for words. How could those crimes be contained within one soul without going completely mad or be filled with a grim and cold resolve?
I just don’t know.