Before the Shabbat began last week, I wrote about how it was
a miracle of God that the Jewish people continue to exist. Today is
Yom Hashoah or Holocaust Memorial Day and we remember the six million who lost their lives to the world's attempt to eradicate the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I don't write this blog post to say anything profound. This has been said by writers and commentators much wiser and more eloquent than I. I only add my voice to theirs in the spirit of remembrance.
Don't forget. Don't let your children forget. The world is not so civilized and the Mashiach isn't here yet. They can come for you. They can come for the Jews again and when they do, they come for all people of conscience. If we forget, then we become one of them; one of the oppressors.
Do not just remember in your hearts. Make a loud noise. Shout out to the world. Don't let the world forget, or it will surely try again to destroy what God has created by His Hand and by His Mercy.
4 comments:
Awesome in it's simplicity and truth, James. Well said. The illustration you included is so powerful, too. It can all happen again so easily and, unfortunately, seems more and more likely with each passing day. Truly, we must never forget, but as you said, we must never grow quiet, either.
Thanks. The Wiley "Non Sequitur" comic strip is one of my favorites.
I woke up this morning to the news that Osama bin Laden is dead. Kind of fitting after commemorating Yom HaShoah.
Yeah, it is. I just never know how to react to these kinds of things. Obviously, for every enemy of Israel that falls another just seems to rise in his place. Let's hope his passing has a noticeable effect.
Amen.
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