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| Israelis observing moment of silence |
There are some who object to the timing this observance because
of a Jewish Law that forbids eulogizing the dead during the Hebrew month of
Nissan. In my view, they are terribly wrong to object. One can quibble about
whether this date is the appropriate one for such remembrance. But now that it
is established, it would dishonor the living survivors to disparage it in any
way. Unfortunately there are always some misguided religious Jews who feel it is their duty to do just
that. Thankfully they are a tiny minority. The vast majority of Jews in
Israel stop and stand still in a moment of silence in public – including
religious Jews.
I want to once again express my gratitude to this great country
of ours… the Medina Shel Chesed called the United States of America. It doesn’t
matter what political party one belongs to. It doesn’t matter how liberal or
conservative one’s politics are. America will not let anyone forget the
Holocaust. And liberal ‘Hollywood’ is in the forefront of doing that.
What will the future look like after the last survivor dies? I
don’t know. But one thing I am certain of is that my own children will not
forget. Nor did they fail to learn - or fail to teach their own children - some
very important lessons from what all four of their grandparents experienced.
