I have just read in the Connecticut Post on April 11 about all the upcoming Holocaust remembrance programs in the week ahead. I feel it is important to never forget what has transpired in the past but I feel it is equally important to assure that such things never happen again.
It is my beliefs that hope without action is meaningless. Candle lighting and choirs are nice but they do not assure that such a travesty will never be repeated.
Traditionally Jews have followed the example of Jacob, the man of books and learning. One skill that the path of Jacob has taught us is that it is good to be the victim. It puts you on the moral high ground. I however do not think it is ever in a people's best interest to take aggression and focused, unremitting hatred directed at themselves without resisting from the beginning.
In Germany the Jews felt the hatred and the propaganda but thought Hitler was just a fad. How wrong they were! When they began to resist it was too late. The Nazis had already outlawed Jews from firearm ownership and without that right how could they resist? The very same right our government in this state and in this country is trying to strip away from us.
It could never happen here, is that what you say? Don't bet on it. We say the world would have stopped the Holocaust if they knew but look at Kosovo! CNN is there and still we barely do anything. Rely on the goodness of the world community to save you and your ethnic group from genocide? Thanks, but I won't hold my breath.
So what to do? As I said before, hope without action is meaningless. My suggestion is that every person that would not like to see a holocaust or any form of genocide happen again should go to a gun store, purchase a box of ammunition in either .45 caliber, 9mm, .308, .223 or 12 gauge and donate it to a local synagogue to show that you are willing to take some action to fight hate. It' s not a pretty or politically correct solution but it will make a statement. It says stop being victims.
Show those who think ethnic cleansing is a good idea what you really think by your support. The Jews in WWII, the people of Kosovo today, and tomorrow perhaps your ethnic group.
It is my beliefs that hope without action is meaningless. Candle lighting and choirs are nice but they do not assure that such a travesty will never be repeated.
Traditionally Jews have followed the example of Jacob, the man of books and learning. One skill that the path of Jacob has taught us is that it is good to be the victim. It puts you on the moral high ground. I however do not think it is ever in a people's best interest to take aggression and focused, unremitting hatred directed at themselves without resisting from the beginning.
In Germany the Jews felt the hatred and the propaganda but thought Hitler was just a fad. How wrong they were! When they began to resist it was too late. The Nazis had already outlawed Jews from firearm ownership and without that right how could they resist? The very same right our government in this state and in this country is trying to strip away from us.
It could never happen here, is that what you say? Don't bet on it. We say the world would have stopped the Holocaust if they knew but look at Kosovo! CNN is there and still we barely do anything. Rely on the goodness of the world community to save you and your ethnic group from genocide? Thanks, but I won't hold my breath.
So what to do? As I said before, hope without action is meaningless. My suggestion is that every person that would not like to see a holocaust or any form of genocide happen again should go to a gun store, purchase a box of ammunition in either .45 caliber, 9mm, .308, .223 or 12 gauge and donate it to a local synagogue to show that you are willing to take some action to fight hate. It' s not a pretty or politically correct solution but it will make a statement. It says stop being victims.
Show those who think ethnic cleansing is a good idea what you really think by your support. The Jews in WWII, the people of Kosovo today, and tomorrow perhaps your ethnic group.