Now, let me get something straight here. I’m a little confused.
The Sarkozy government wants the rest of Europe to SCALE BACK on its involvement with Iran?
I hope that you don’t mind my incredulity, but isn’t that a bit tepid?
I’ve been racking my brain to find a suitable metaphor, and I think that I’ve hit on [...]
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Posted in America, History, Hitler, Holocaust, Society on Aug 30th, 2007
In my last post, I said that It Ain’t Gonna’ Happen.
Can there be anything more frustrating than to see unquestionable disaster march toward you and find that the people responsible for averting disaster are doing nothing?
You scream yourself hoarse that the world is going to end, and no one does anything?
Six million Jews died in [...]
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It is now June 4th. In Israel, forty years ago, the world was about to end.
Abba Eban had been dispatched to the US days earlier to plead for the life of Israel. Successive members of the Johnson administration said that Israel was being alarmist and that she would get no help. Finally, President Johnson himself [...]
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Posted in History, Hitler, Holocaust, Peace on Apr 19th, 2007
I have been contemplating evil. I think that anyone remembering the Holocaust, and watching the news about the Virginia Tech shootings will be contemplating such things.
We have a lot of descriptions of Evil, and every person has their own private definition. But, none of those descriptions really reach the heart of what Evil is – [...]
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Posted in History, Holocaust, Personal Notes on Apr 16th, 2007
Today is Yom HaZicharon LaShoah v’LaG’vura - Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and Heroes. We normally just call it Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Day. All places of entertainment closed at 6 p.m. on Sunday, and at 8 p.m., a ceremony was held at Yad v’Shem, the national memorial to the Holocaust.
The hour long state ceremony is broadcast live, all [...]
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