Many people don't grow up near any Jews, survivors or others. Their only knowledge of Jews comes in a strict this is a religion sense that is devoid of history. You know the "there are 3 Abrahamic religions that originated in the Middle East". That's about it.
History of a people is simply not covered in most general history courses whether in high school or collegiate level. WWII happened. A bunch of Jews and Roma and gays and other people were rounded up into camps and were worked to death or simply put to death. That's the end of the teaching.
No one reads Leon Uris' Exodus or has seen the movie. No one has seen that the Holocaust miniseries. The cultural memory that once existed is gone.
Except there were anti-Zionists even among people whom survived the Holocaust.
Also, you can believe in the existence of Israel and disagree with the current right-wing reactionary government and populace of Israel as currently constructed.
IтАЩm not sure you know what a тАЬZionistтАЭ is but any survivors who were anti-Zionist would not have moved to Israel, because supporting Israel as a Jewish homeland is Zionism.
IтАЩm certain that deciding whether the populace should continue to exist as тАЬcurrently constructedтАЭ would have horrific consequences. Call me paranoid.
My friendsтАЩ parents had numbers. Everybody had lost people.
You and I can understand and sympathize with the colonial soldiers in the Revolutionary War and the North in the Civil War. We donтАЩt know anybody who survived those.
People who donтАЩt тАЬagreeтАЭ with the fragile miracle of Jewish survival donтАЩt want to. The information is available.
Instead they mouth slogans they donтАЩt understand. What river? What sea? They could check out the Second Intifada.
But those challenge their antisemitic chanting and groupthink.
Many people don't grow up near any Jews, survivors or others. Their only knowledge of Jews comes in a strict this is a religion sense that is devoid of history. You know the "there are 3 Abrahamic religions that originated in the Middle East". That's about it.
History of a people is simply not covered in most general history courses whether in high school or collegiate level. WWII happened. A bunch of Jews and Roma and gays and other people were rounded up into camps and were worked to death or simply put to death. That's the end of the teaching.
No one reads Leon Uris' Exodus or has seen the movie. No one has seen that the Holocaust miniseries. The cultural memory that once existed is gone.
Except there were anti-Zionists even among people whom survived the Holocaust.
Also, you can believe in the existence of Israel and disagree with the current right-wing reactionary government and populace of Israel as currently constructed.
IтАЩm not sure you know what a тАЬZionistтАЭ is but any survivors who were anti-Zionist would not have moved to Israel, because supporting Israel as a Jewish homeland is Zionism.
IтАЩm certain that deciding whether the populace should continue to exist as тАЬcurrently constructedтАЭ would have horrific consequences. Call me paranoid.
My friendsтАЩ parents had numbers. Everybody had lost people.
You and I can understand and sympathize with the colonial soldiers in the Revolutionary War and the North in the Civil War. We donтАЩt know anybody who survived those.
People who donтАЩt тАЬagreeтАЭ with the fragile miracle of Jewish survival donтАЩt want to. The information is available.
Instead they mouth slogans they donтАЩt understand. What river? What sea? They could check out the Second Intifada.
But those challenge their antisemitic chanting and groupthink.