Holocaust Denials
The “Endlösung” – the “Final Solution” – was for “der Judenfrage” – “the Jewish Question.” There was no “Romani Question” or “Homosexual Question.”
The “Endlösung” – the “Final Solution” – was for “der Judenfrage” – “the Jewish Question.” There was no “Romani Question” or “Homosexual Question.”
Their lyrics are about things like readiness to be persecuted for one’s commitment to Torah, the brevity of human existence, the need to seize every day – every moment – we have; yet the melodies as a rule are spirited, lively, filled with trust and hope and joy.
In my youthful self-centeredness, I had imagined him as my rebbe alone. Who knew?
The relevant question in converting to Judaism is not prior behavior but sincerity of future Jewish purpose.
Decades, even centuries, of hatred do not preclude peace. But neither can peace be built on a foundation of hatred.
Electroencephalographs measure electrical activity in the brain but nothing more. Who can possibly know what might be happening in the soul of a living human being?
The awe-inspiring is all around us, if we care to look and think, and are not fooled into imagining that nature’s fantasticalness is a phantasm, the meaningless yield of random meetings of molecules.
There is so little that any of us can truly know; yet so certain are so many of so much.
Entering the study-hall, some holy energy seems to seize me, and, even as my mind and body increasingly rebel against the deprivation of slumber, my soul jumps for joy.
Jewish chosen-ness, from the Jewish perspective, entails no disparagement of others. It is not a license but a responsibility.
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