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Behind the Aegis

(53,912 posts)
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 02:49 AM Apr 2017

Yom HaShoah --the 6 million Jews gone and those who fought to prevent it

Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; "Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day&quot , known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (יום השואה and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day. It was inaugurated in 1953, anchored by a law signed by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to the Jewish Sabbath, in which case the date is shifted by a day.[1]

On the eve of Yom HaShoah and the day itself, places of public entertainment are closed by law. Israeli television airs Holocaust documentaries and Holocaust-related talk shows, and low-key songs are played on the radio. Flags on public buildings are flown at half mast. At 10:00 a.m., an air raid siren sounds throughout the country and Israelis are expected to observe two minutes[9] of solemn reflection. Almost everyone stops what they are doing, including motorists who stop their cars in the middle of the road, standing beside their vehicles in silence as the siren is sounded.[10]

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THIS IS HOW IT STARTS!


Report: US cases of anti-Semitism increased last year

Source: MSN/Associated Press

NEW YORK — The Anti-Defamation League found an increase in cases of anti-Semitic intimidation and vandalism last year, evidence that anti-Jewish bias intensified during the election.

The Jewish civil rights group found 1,266 cases of anti-Semitic harassment last year, compared to 941 in 2015 and 912 in 2014. The increase continued into the first three months of this year, with reports of 541 incidents compared to 291 in the same period the year before, according to the ADL data released Monday.

The preliminary 2017 numbers include a wave of more than 150 bomb threats that started in January against Jewish community centers and day schools. Authorities arrested an Israeli Jewish hacker who they said was behind the harassment. The ADL insists those threats should still be considered anti-Semitic since Jews were the target. During the same period, a former journalist in St. Louis was also charged with threatening Jewish organizations as part of a bizarre campaign to intimidate his former girlfriend. But authorities believe the Israeli man is primarily responsible.

Even without those bomb threats, the number of anti-Jewish incidents this January, February and March in the report would be higher than the year before.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/report-us-cases-of-anti-semitism-increased-last-year/ar-BBAe0IO

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History is important. So is recognizing denial and re-writing of history and the enablers who want to discuss anything but the destruction of the Jewish people as they provide cover to the deniers and anti-Semites!

The "Final Solution" almost succeeded.



SIX MILLION

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Yom HaShoah --the 6 million Jews gone and those who fought to prevent it (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Apr 2017 OP
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... Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #3
... beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #4
KnR Hekate Apr 2017 #5
... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #6
. JI7 Apr 2017 #7
Never again. Rustyeye77 Apr 2017 #8
Ani Ma'amin - "I Believe" Rustyeye77 Apr 2017 #15
Must see....Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony from Yad Vashem 2017 Rustyeye77 Apr 2017 #16
Kick Rustyeye77 Apr 2017 #19
Everyone should watch this. Brought tears but shouldn't be avoided. JudyM Apr 2017 #22
Never again. LeftishBrit Apr 2017 #9
... countryjake Apr 2017 #10
Never again. sellitman Apr 2017 #11
Never again leftynyc Apr 2017 #12
. irisblue Apr 2017 #13
Never again HuskyOffset Apr 2017 #14
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. democrank Apr 2017 #18
Anne Frank Rustyeye77 Apr 2017 #20
.. Sissyk Apr 2017 #21
... Solly Mack Apr 2017 #23
..Never Again Gothmog Apr 2017 #24
Thanks for posting, BTA Rustyeye77 Apr 2017 #25
This really touched me for 2 reasons. lovemydogs Apr 2017 #26
... shenmue Apr 2017 #27
Never forget! Never forgive! COLGATE4 Apr 2017 #28
 

Rustyeye77

(2,736 posts)
20. Anne Frank
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 10:39 AM
Apr 2017
It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart. It's utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more. In the meantime, I must hold on to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I'll be able to realize them!

lovemydogs

(575 posts)
26. This really touched me for 2 reasons.
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 04:22 PM
Apr 2017

My mother was a little girl in France when the Nazis invaded.
While the family was catholic, she remembered families who had to wear the jewish star and disappearing in the middle of the night from her town. As a child she did not understand what happened.
However, my grandfather was a police captain. He was a member of the resistance.
She used to tell stories to us, as we questioned her alot, about that time.

Second, recently my ex-husband (we were only married for a few years) and I had a daughter. He was adopted and knew nothing of his background.
Recently he did that DNA test.
It turns out that he is Italian and Ashkenazi Jew.
That means my daughter is also Jewish.
We just found out a few weeks ago and I really have not discussed it much with my daughter because there is so much to take in and learn. I think its pretty cool but, wrap your head around the history and all there is about Jewishness is overwhelming.

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