tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post5376523779299025970..comments2024-03-29T09:34:59.827+03:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: A Jewish hockey player - whose family suffered from Nazis - plays for Germany -Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-57209363650112257132012-02-23T20:56:28.953+02:002012-02-23T20:56:28.953+02:00Dovy- You might want to read up on the inquisition...Dovy- You might want to read up on the inquisition and tach ve'tat. There was nothing essentially new about the holocaust. (Which is why R Hutner was against inventing a new word- 'shoah'- for it) It just happens to be fresher in our collective memories. Also we have some videos of the Nazi's YMS engaging in their evil. People who saw Churban Bayis sheini were pretty traumatized too. <br /><br />Bottom line: Eisav sonei leyaakov is nothing new, and we do no one any good by harping on their ancectors' evil. It doesn't endear us to them and it's counterproductive.shaul shapiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-55077854277865623322012-02-21T23:50:46.575+02:002012-02-21T23:50:46.575+02:00Shaul: I've been hearing those exact words for...Shaul: I've been hearing those exact words for over 40 years. I disagree with you totally -- the sin of the Holocaust is so great that every German should be fasting weekly and at thevery least being 100% supportive of Israel as a sort of atonement. Meanwhile, I read the other day that just 12 short years after the Nazi era, West Germany had just FOUR(!!!) Nazis in their jails. And I think that says it all.<br /><br />And how in the world do you compare expulsion, even with torture, to the horrirs of the Holocaust???Dovynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-78928903877154301332012-02-21T21:56:43.285+02:002012-02-21T21:56:43.285+02:00I've never really been bothered by this kind o...I've never really been bothered by this kind of stuff. Today's Germans can be three generations removed fron the holocaust so there's no reason they should be held accountable for it. This has nothing to do with forgiving the Nazi's- the point is they have nothing to do with the Nazi's. Should we still blame today's Spaniards for the Inquisition? Don't forget that that the Jews were expelled from England too.shaul shapiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-1585277939088670732012-02-20T10:28:13.030+02:002012-02-20T10:28:13.030+02:00I remember how shocked I always was to see German ...I remember how shocked I always was to see German luxury cars in almost every Sephardic driveway on Ocean Parkway as well as German appliances in the heart of Boro Park.Dovynoreply@blogger.com