Good morning! HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY A number of people have asked me about Yom HaShoah, the annual remembrance of the Holocaust, which occurred last week. We live in scary times that possess echoes of inhuman acts of the past. The past lives with us. The Holocaust is the greatest act of mass murder committed against a people in modern times (perhaps in any time). It grew out of centuries of pogroms and dehumanization of the Jews within the context of the European world that struggled to accommodate antisemitism while the enlightenment took hold. It was the ultimate and most extreme manifestation of a hatred that existed for centuries. This was simply the seemingly inevitable apotheosis.
#402 Musings from the Bunker 4/13/21
#402 Musings from the Bunker 4/13/21
#402 Musings from the Bunker 4/13/21
Good morning! HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY A number of people have asked me about Yom HaShoah, the annual remembrance of the Holocaust, which occurred last week. We live in scary times that possess echoes of inhuman acts of the past. The past lives with us. The Holocaust is the greatest act of mass murder committed against a people in modern times (perhaps in any time). It grew out of centuries of pogroms and dehumanization of the Jews within the context of the European world that struggled to accommodate antisemitism while the enlightenment took hold. It was the ultimate and most extreme manifestation of a hatred that existed for centuries. This was simply the seemingly inevitable apotheosis.