Israel's Masada Unit, with the commanders Grandmother, a Holocaust survivor
Never Again Is Now
Am YIsrael Chai
Israel's Masada Unit, with the commanders Grandmother, a Holocaust survivor
Never Again Is Now
Am YIsrael Chai
When I was sixteen I went on March of the Living to visit Poland—where my grandparents escaped but their families died in concentration camps—and then to Israel, where I was born.
Tonight is #YomHashoa. Jews globally are counting on you to *unequivocally* say #NeverAgainIsNow
Today is #YomHashoa, the day we commemorate the slaughter of 6 million Jews in Europe.
Thinking about how to ensure such horrors never happen again, I find Zygmunt Bauman's contribution incredibly helpful. Bauman, himself a Polish Jew, argues that the Holocaust was only possible because of the nature of modern bureaucracy, because of "just doing my job"--something I find to be as applicable to many of us in 2023:
Some quotes from "Modernity and the Holocaust":
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I first wrote this in 2020 in honor of Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day. I’m sharing it today, on Yom HaShoah to remind us that though antisemitism has risen in the US over the last 3 years we can still fight it with education & the truth.
https://demcastusa.com/2020/01/27/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-2020/