The Remarkable Story Of Jewish Resurrection

Excerpted from "The Iron Lady of The American Jewish Right" an extraordinary interview with Ruth Wisse in this wekend's Wall Street Journal:

Much of her extended family was murdered by the Germans, but “the investment in Holocaust education has been a huge mistake,” she says.

“We should remember it every day of our lives, and we do. We still mourn the Temples of Jerusalem.”

She sees the public Holocaust education effort, however, as a Jewish gesture to Christians: “Show them the crucifixion of the Jews, as if it could be redemptive for the rest of us.”

Even accepting the Christian framing, Ms. Wisse says, “we left out the resurrection. Not in three days, but in three years.”

From the end of the Holocaust in 1945 to Israel’s 1948 founding, “the Jewish nation resurrected itself— and that is a miracle.

“It’s not that the waters parted,” she says. “The Jews had to part them.” The Arabs had succeeded in choking off the Jewish escape from Europe to Palestine when it counted most, and then rejected the U.N. partition plan for a Jewish and an Arab state. After nearly 2,000 years of exile, the Jews had to fight off the invasion of five Arab armies to win independence.

“The resurrection of the Jews is the greatest story ever told,” Ms.

Wisse says, “and while our enemies were hard at work uglifying it, we told the story of the Holocaust.”

Outrageous: Defaming History, Dishonoring Victims!

Here they go again: using the term "Nazis" and conjuring up the era of the Holocaust -- and this on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Let's be clear: equating anything with the atrocities of the Nazis and the horror of the Holocaust is an unconscionable affront to all human sensibility that also dishonors the more than six million who perished. Shame on them!

From NIAF: The Amazing Story Of Gino Bartali!

From The National Italian American Foundation

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Did you know many Italians worked with Jewish leaders and high-ranking officials of the Catholic Church, risking their lives by defying the Nazis to save thousands of Jews?

Famed Italian cyclist, Gino Bartali, was one of them.

Born in Ponte a Ema, a town outside of Florence, Italy, Bartali was the son of modest farmers. He began working in a bicycle shop when he was only 13 years old and began racing soon afterwards.

By the age of 21, he was already riding and competing professionally; just a year later, in 1936, he won the Giro d’Italia. He would go on to win the Giro d’Italia a total of three times, as well as a number of individual stage wins. He also won multiple individual stages at the Tour de France, and won the Tour de France’s yellow jersey twice – most famously in 1948.

However, Bartali also became revered for his actions during World War II. Not only did he hide a Jewish family in his cellar from Nazi occupiers, putting himself and his family at great risk, he also became a courier for the Italian Resistance movement via bicycle.

He was so popular with the Italian people that neither the Fascist nor the German troops dared to act on their suspicions and arrest him, for fear of the Italian people’s reaction. Bartali, pretending to be training on these rides that were over thousands of miles long, saved numerous Jews in hiding by tipping them off about raids on safehouses. He would later assist in getting Jews out of Italy and into Switzerland by cycling with an attached wagon that had a secret compartment in which he would hide people. When stopped by authorities, he simply stated that it was part of his training.

Bartali’s work saved hundreds of lives, but he never spoke of it. His son recounts that when people called Bartali a hero, he would say, “No, no - I want to be remembered for my sporting achievements. Real heroes are others, those who have suffered in their soul, in their heart, in their spirit, in their mind, for their loved ones. Those are the real heroes. I'm just a cyclist.”

Bartali retired from cycling in 1954 and passed away in 2000.

A Solemn Day To Remember THIS!

 

OMG! Today's Incredible, Inspiring Story . . .

Maryland School District Cited For Antisemitism

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has filed a civil rights complaint against Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland, alleging severe, persistent and pervasive antisemitism in the schools that district officials have failed to address, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The complaint, against Maryland’s largest school district, was filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today.

The ZOA’s complaint documents years of antisemitic harassment and intimidation endured by Jewish students and staff, including the following:

Ethnic slurs, such as “Jewish f—k,” “Jew-boy” and Hey, Jew”; “Heil Hitler” salutes; and Jewish “jokes” from peers that recommend that Jewish students should be put in a concentration camp. One Jewish student was recently told that Hitler had not done enough and that he should go back to Israel.

School property throughout the district has been defaced with swastikas.

In December 2022, the entrance sign at one MCPS high school was vandalized with the words, “Jews Not Welcome.” The day before, several staff members at the high school received antisemitic email messages.

School staff who have publicly denied the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, and who have publicly called for Israel’s elimination are tolerated and remain in teaching positions in the district. MCPS retained a staff member who promoted the lie that “Palestinians are being killed and their organs are being sold.” MCPS hired this staff member as a “diversity, equity and inclusion” teacher.

Student “pro-Palestinian” walkouts at MCPS high schools after the Hamas massacre disrupted school operations and caused many Jewish students to stay away from school out of fear for their safety. School officials tolerated the walkouts and remained silent even after student protesters at these walkouts legitimized and encouraged violence and terrorism against Jews and Israelis and called for Israel’s destruction.

At one MCPS high school, the organizers of the “pro-Palestinian” walkout posted on social media that “There is no country called Israel” and “‘Israel’ is a group of Zionist Jewish people from all over the world & dont [sic] have a state.” The organizers also openly called for Israel’s elimination, posting, “We want liberation, we want our lands back. All of PALESTINE. From the river to the sea.” School officials not only failed to condemn the conduct; they allowed the walkout to proceed and disrupt classes, and later commended the protesters for “demonstrating peacefully.”

At another high school walkout in MCPS, a faculty member overheard one student say, “We should bring Hitler back,” and another student say, “Kill the Jews.” After being alerted to the antisemitic comments and threat, the principal failed even to alert the community or condemn the comments. Instead, the principal praised the protesters for their “fantastic job.” Moreover, MCPS retaliated against the faculty member who reported the antisemitic comments and threat, by knowingly making false accusations against her and baselessly sanctioning her.

MCPS retaliated against other staff members after they raised concerns about antisemitism in their schools.

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Pay Attention: It's Happening In Philly Regularly!

2nd act of vandalism in 3 days at Horowitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza in Philadelphia. @PhillyPolice investigating who took a garbage can, took it over to the Monument to Six Million Jewish Martyrs & dumped all trash at the base of the Sculpture. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/1nPLEZiDtB

— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) January 16, 2024

Again, He Has No Idea What He's Talking About

BIDEN: "It's been 65 years since the deadliest day of the Jewish people since the Holocaust. 65 years."

(He means 65 days since October 7) pic.twitter.com/xHLGIu4RXk

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 12, 2023

Yo, Harvard: Here's What You Can Do With That!

So, the Harvard Board has unanimously (and arrogantly) voted its unqualified support for President Claudine Gay.

Here is a VERY special message for all of them.

Penn President Gone, Two More MUST Go!

 

One down.
Two to go.

This is only the very beginning of addressing the pervasive rot of antisemitism that has destroyed the most “prestigious” higher education institutions in America.

This forced resignation of the president of @Penn is the bare minimum of what is required.…

— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) December 9, 2023

Sadly, There's Now No Question About It . . .

 

How DUMB Can 18 - 34 Group Be? Huh?

And the 35-49 group ain't much better! We're talkin' millennials and Gen X here! Thank goodness for Baby Boomers -- now our nation's wise elders!

 

OMG! NEVER More Relevant Than RIGHT NOW!

Justice Scalia’s speech about the Holocaust is important to watch today:

“The one message I want to convey today is that you will have missed the most frightening aspect of it all, if you do not appreciate that it happened in one of the most educated, most progressive, most… https://t.co/dh2FOqo4oe pic.twitter.com/AmCGRboaRA

— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) October 25, 2023

In The Face Of Barbarism, A Steely Resolve!

This is the most challenging speech I’ve ever delivered, but it’s time the world wakes up to what the Jewish community has been saying all along.

What we experienced on and since October 7 was sadly, predictable. We’ve warned of the danger of radical Islam or, more accurately,… pic.twitter.com/RTjPUuyEnB

— (((noa tishby))) (@noatishby) October 21, 2023

Kanye, History, Hitler And The Holocaust . . .

We hate having to give this any attention at all.

But some things really must be confronted. And virulent, despicable antisemitism is surely one of them.

Sadly, there are still many people who harbor hate toward one group or another. Thankfully, few of them have the fame and fortune of Kanye. That, of course, gives him an added responsibility. So, when he uses his spotlight and his influence to disseminate the kind of poison he's spewing lately, he must be held to account and all reasonable, decent people must step forward and say, "Enough!" Which is why we join with the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League the Zionist Organization of America, the Republican Jewish Coalition and so many others in denouncing Kanye, his like-minded cohorts and all who welcome him and/or give him a platform. 

Let's get this straight: There is nothing redeemable about Hitler or the Holocaust. Nothing! The mere suggestion of such is reprehensible. And Holocaust denial is so egregious that it is actually a criminal offense in several countries. 

The Holocaust was Nazi Germany’s deliberate, organized, state-sponsored persecution and machinelike execution of approximately six million European Jews and at least five million prisoners of war, Romany, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and other victims. What sets this monstrous deed apart is that it used the power of the modern industrial state to engineer the annihilation of a whole race of people. It was mass-produced murder!

It's regrettable that this story must be told again and again; that these horrors must be resurrected; that these lessons never seem to truly sink in. But we stand with those who are forever vigilant about this as we wish our Jewish friends Shabbat Shalom and reiterate: "Never Again!"

More People Like This Needed In Sports!

On national TV, amazing words by Bruce Pearl, the Jewish head coach at Auburn, about Purim, Ukraine and Iran. #Mensch pic.twitter.com/LQkP5mEsGB

— Micha Danzig (@DanzigMD) March 21, 2022

Trey Gowdy Takes On Whoopi Goldberg!

Whoopi Goldberg: Arrogant, Ignorant, A Shameless Embarassment!

There it is, right there. Whoopi Goldberg says the Holocaust "isn't about race".

She's trying to backtrack now but she's only issued a somewhat tepid apology expressing her "regret" and admitting she was "wrong". She also says she's sorry people misunderstood her comments. What? What's not to understand?

Her comments are arrogant and grossly ignorant. And ABC is correct to at least suspend her for two weeks.

The Holocaust constituted the mass annihilation of an entire race of people using the tools of manufacturing on a scale heretofore unknown. It was mass manufactured murder! And yes, it was devised by racists -- racists who specifically identified Jewish people as an inferior, disposable race. If Whoopi had any shame at all, she'd be ashamed of herself. This is disgusting!

I've been to Auschwitz. I walked through the concentration camp. I saw where and how the horrors we're carried out. Assembly line murder? No, it was even worse than that. People were treated like freight -- actually treated worse than animals sent to slaughter. And they were annihilated simultaneously in huge numbers. The horror of it is still there for everyone to see. 

And no, it is not appropriate to compare the Holocaust to anything else -- ever!

In terms of sheer evil on such a horrific scale, it sadly stands alone!

How outrageous that now, more than 80 years later, we're still having to explain all of this!

Here's an interesting addendum: Whoopi was discovered and given her first big break in show business by famed producer Mike Nichols, a German Jew who was scuttled out of Germany as a child in 1939, sparing him the horrors of the Holocaust. Nichols spent the rest of his life guild-ridden wondering why he survived as others perished. His only solace was comedy. This is the man who "made" Whoopi Goldberg!

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