🙏 It is humbling to see those pictures, and heartbreaking to know that so few people appear to have been able to preserve the lessons from that terrifying time period. So many in the West have turned their back on all the traditions, and in doing so have thrown out the telling of all the stories that go along with those traditions. Without the stories, the lessons are lost. Happy Chanukah to you and your whole family. May the candles burn brightly in our homes and in our hearts!
Thanks, Julius. It is indeed tragic that the lessons from the Nazism about the dangers of manipulating public health to "other" and mistreat people have not been deeply internalized. It seems that many people will accept any idea as long as they are assured that this idea is compatible with their socio-economic interests and makes them morally superior. Many of us who are against vaccine mandates are quite limited in what we can do because we are attached to our jobs both emotionally and financially.
This is indeed one of the reasons that stories and art are so important. Stories and traditions take us to a place that is not just about our immediate pragmatic interests or socioeconomic position in society. They help to connect us to what is beautiful, enduring, interconnected and universal about the human spirit. Stories must be kept alive.
Happy Chanukah! Let us hope that the light of liberty can be reignited.
Thanks, Julius. Here are some pictures of the lights being ignited before, during and after WW2: https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/hanukkah/index.asp#prettyPhoto
The light of liberty will never die in the human heart, but I hope that it will also be reignited in the public sphere.
🙏 It is humbling to see those pictures, and heartbreaking to know that so few people appear to have been able to preserve the lessons from that terrifying time period. So many in the West have turned their back on all the traditions, and in doing so have thrown out the telling of all the stories that go along with those traditions. Without the stories, the lessons are lost. Happy Chanukah to you and your whole family. May the candles burn brightly in our homes and in our hearts!
Thanks, Julius. It is indeed tragic that the lessons from the Nazism about the dangers of manipulating public health to "other" and mistreat people have not been deeply internalized. It seems that many people will accept any idea as long as they are assured that this idea is compatible with their socio-economic interests and makes them morally superior. Many of us who are against vaccine mandates are quite limited in what we can do because we are attached to our jobs both emotionally and financially.
This is indeed one of the reasons that stories and art are so important. Stories and traditions take us to a place that is not just about our immediate pragmatic interests or socioeconomic position in society. They help to connect us to what is beautiful, enduring, interconnected and universal about the human spirit. Stories must be kept alive.