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| Yom HaShoah, 27th day of Nissan 5767 (April 15 2007 AD) |
| 2007-04-15 |
| Shoah is the Hebrew word for "whirlwind." It is the term used to described the conflagration that swept up six million Jewish souls between 1938 and 1945. A war was waged against the Jews in which unspeakable atrocities were perpetrated against a defenseless people. Men and women, young and old alike, were butchered at the hands of the accursed Nazis, may their name be eradicated for all time. Every year, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the martyrs who sanctified the name of G-d in the camps, the ghettos, and in the gas chambers. Those Jews in the Diaspora who observe Yom HaShoah may observe it within the synagogue, as well as in the broader Jewish community. Commemorations range from synagogue services to communal vigils and educational programs. Many Yom HaShoah programs feature a talk by a Holocaust survivor, recitation of appropriate psalms, songs and readings, or viewing of a Holocaust-themed film. Some communities choose to emphasize the depth of loss that Jews experienced in the Holocaust by reading the names of Holocaust victims one after another — dramatizing the unfathomable notion of six million deaths. Many Jewish schools also hold Holocaust-related educational programs on, or towards Yom HaShoah. On the eve of Yom HaShoah in Israel, there is a state ceremony at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes Authority. At 10:00am on Yom HaShoah, throughout Israel, air-raid sirens are sounded for two minutes. Public transport (including virtually all highway vehicles) comes to a standstill for this period, and people stop and stand silent. During Yom HaShoah, public entertainment and many public establishments in Israel are closed by law. Israeli television and radio channels broadcast mourning songs and documentaries about the Holocaust, without commercials. All flags on public buildings are flown at half mast. Just a reminder of what happens when we appease evil instead of oppose evil. Never Forget. Never Again. |
| Posted by:OldSpook |
| #7 I have the same "NEVER AGAIN" feeling about Congress losing another war for us. It's the same type of BS - the dummycritters simply don't want the US military to succeed, especially in Iraq. I was in Germany when the last helicopter left Saigon. I don't want to be sitting here in Colorado when the last helicopter leaves Iraq. Some of the Jews fought back, especially in Warsaw, and in Russia. EVERY patriotic American needs to fight back against the current mission of the Dummycritter party of saddling us with another imposed defeat. I won't go any further, so I won't get sink-trapped. Thanks, Old Spook. Yom HaShoah is a constant reminder of why evil MUST be opposed, not defended. The same idea should force Nancy Pelosi to lose her job - and her "pension". |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-04-15 18:25 |
| #6 NEVER AGAIN The Jews must never again go quietly into the night. Those who seek another Shoa must be exterminated. Islam's genocidal slime automatically forfeit any right to exist. If we are to make even the least pretense of honoring those who perished in the Holocaust, we owe it, not just to the Jews, but to ourselves to begin eradicating all who seek a renewed genocide. Since pursuit of another Holocaust is the explicit intent of Koranic doctrinal filth, it must be cleansed from this earth. Those who cannot abandon such a vile creed must perish with it. NEVER FORGET, NEVER AGAIN. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-15 16:33 |
| #5 Well there are those of us who carry rifles who (gutless politicians aside) enforce that "Never Again". |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-04-15 15:21 |
| #4 The words "Never again" always make me cringe - not only because of the enormity of the evil, but because I know that they are mere words. "The world" simply will not intervene to stop another genocide. And if it's the Jews again, they'll aid and abet. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-04-15 12:59 |
| #3 And it wasn't just the Jews who were targeted for extermination. There were also the the Roma (Gypsy) people. Unfortunately, 'never again' disappears from the mind when Cambodia and Rwanda are carried out without action and repeated again and again. The infantile worshipers of fuzzy bunnies and baby ducks need to remember the line from Sergeant York - Well I'm as much agin killin' as ever sir. --- But it was this way Colonel. --- When I started out I felt just like you said, but when I hear them machine guns a goin' and all them fellas are droppin' around me --- I figured them guns was killin' hundreds maybe thousands and there wern't nothin' any body could do, but to stop them guns. And that's what I done. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-04-15 09:04 |
| #2 Thank you, Old Spook. Lest we forget, that six million was 1/3rd of all the Jews in the world at the time. It was only a few years ago that the world's Jewish population again reached eighteen million. But it wasn't only the Jews that were swept up in the whirlwind. I've read that the Nazis and their eager helpers murdered 95% of Europe's Gypsies. I wonder if George Soros helped in that effort, too. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-04-15 07:25 |
| #1 Moderators, please correc thte date - 15 April, not 16. I typo'd that. I coulda swore it said 15 when I hit enter. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-04-15 03:53 |