tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post6006331463439035545..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: Signs You've Made It: NightmaresKochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-18073501108418644292019-01-12T20:23:38.795-05:002019-01-12T20:23:38.795-05:00Like most blogs, comments are moderated to filter ...Like most blogs, comments are moderated to filter out (primarily but not exclusively) spam, antisemitism, and bullying. I publish them as I get around to it since this isn't my job, and you're luckier than most that I was getting on tonight. The comment moderation policy is explained on the About page. Kochavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-53972862960778947352019-01-12T18:45:37.814-05:002019-01-12T18:45:37.814-05:00Read your comment. I'm sorry for the loss of y...Read your comment. I'm sorry for the loss of your husband. May He Rest In Peace. I too walk around with that dull ache in my heart because of WW2. I was born in 1973. But I cannot explain the powerlessness and pain I carry around. It's insane. I suggest you get psychiatric therapy like I Have. It might help. As for the grocery store. Very similar. I enjoy the supermarket. Yes that groceryDamian Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602878093898001082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-5347057061188382932019-01-12T18:30:04.682-05:002019-01-12T18:30:04.682-05:00Its better to have a little Czhek than no Czhek at...Its better to have a little Czhek than no Czhek at all...lol..lol..lol. Peace just kidding.Damian Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602878093898001082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-11563294430451149772019-01-12T18:27:54.352-05:002019-01-12T18:27:54.352-05:00Whats up where is my comment!!!???Whats up where is my comment!!!???Damian Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602878093898001082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-12392219343966223222019-01-12T18:22:56.563-05:002019-01-12T18:22:56.563-05:00Wow. Yes. I..believe it or not...have a natural in...Wow. Yes. I..believe it or not...have a natural inclination to speaking and reading in Hebrew. Sorry Charlie...I'm a non circumcised Christian I Do Love and Associate with being Jewish and with All the Jewish People. Christian or not...I feel very much Jewish. I Dream on much occasions in Hebrew...Amazing and Wonderful. Strange but it feels like coming back home again!!! It's a strange Damian Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602878093898001082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-29300308707401168632014-06-24T22:46:25.199-04:002014-06-24T22:46:25.199-04:00Hi guys, here's my story:
I am German on my fa...Hi guys, here's my story:<br />I am German on my father's side, with a little Czech. There is one distantly related ancestor (i.e. cousin of my great-great-grandmother) who very possibly fought in WW2 on the German side: My record shows that he died in 1941 in Germany, and he wasn't more than 20 years old. My direct ancestors were all here before the war. I am Mormon (mother's Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801680722037276421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-60050366502575146212014-05-30T04:48:30.000-04:002014-05-30T04:48:30.000-04:00Great - as if my T-Rex nightmare wasn't enough...Great - as if my T-Rex nightmare wasn't enough. . .<br /><br />MichelleKendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14267234953330861323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-86401030840100281392014-02-03T23:14:08.848-05:002014-02-03T23:14:08.848-05:00I have always found this blog a true method of sup...I have always found this blog a true method of support & have posted multiple times. I have had nightmares about the Holocaust for the past 29 years. I was born in the year 1971. I am not from a Jewish family. I am posting now, because I have just finished my first novel about my night terrors:<br /><br />"Holocaust Nightmares: ASH FROM THE ROSE"<br />It is available on Amazon Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-7272324029073418092013-10-17T21:58:56.016-04:002013-10-17T21:58:56.016-04:00I posted here 3 years ago & actually stumbled ...I posted here 3 years ago & actually stumbled across the site again so I thought I would update. It has been 30 years that I have stood in the gas chambers and listened to the screams. I was born in 1971. <br /><br />My fiance was the first person I told about the nightmares. He died 3 months before our wedding in 1997.<br /><br />The horrors of humanity...and me being cast as a continous Pamelahttp://www.enigma3304.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-33181996040228925062013-03-13T21:00:54.026-04:002013-03-13T21:00:54.026-04:00Originally posted: January 26, 2012 at 2:09 PM
An...Originally posted: January 26, 2012 at 2:09 PM<br /><br />Anonymous about antisemitism in real life: It depends on both on you and the particular situation. Never put yourself in danger. And some days, you won't have the patience to handle the situation without ending up in a fistfight. I don't think there's any blanket answer anyone can give you, other than don't get hurt! As forKochavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-19109257760893266532013-03-13T21:00:24.215-04:002013-03-13T21:00:24.215-04:00Originally posted: November 29, 2011 at 2:04 PM
A...Originally posted: November 29, 2011 at 2:04 PM<br /><br />Anonymous, wow! I had more Holocaust dreams as a kid than I do now. I don't know how it happened, but I was obsessed with the Holocaust from elementary school through middle school. That's probably the first of my "Jewish coincidences."<br /><br />Mel: That's awful! I'm glad you guys made it out alright!<br /><brKochavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-29464832405427243892013-03-09T05:42:12.828-05:002013-03-09T05:42:12.828-05:00I have had nightmares of the holocaust since I was...I have had nightmares of the holocaust since I was a very small child. I am 45 now. I am a Christian and my family is German, but has been in the US since the 1600's. The dreams are extremely vivid. I have by now just accepted that I will always have them. My Grandfather served in WWII in Japan. My maternal grandmother's parents emigrated from Germany in 1910 and were very wealthy, but weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-32001585981499868502012-11-09T21:25:48.811-05:002012-11-09T21:25:48.811-05:00When I was 13 I started having nightmares about th...When I was 13 I started having nightmares about the Holocaust. I am now 41. I was not an avid reader of World War II, or of Holocaust movies at the age of 13. I subscribed to the Civil War Magazine and loved that area of history with a passion. <br /><br />I was born Christian. To my understanding no one in my family was Jewish or in a concentration camp.<br /><br />When I have nightmares about Pamelahttp://www.enigma3304.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-73790491888398388042012-08-07T00:01:24.547-04:002012-08-07T00:01:24.547-04:00I started having these nightmares after I met a ma...I started having these nightmares after I met a man who was a holocaust survivor. He never described his experience to me, but he told me that he'd been at a camp and he had the tattoo. We talked about yiddishkeit and whatnot, but once I left I just couldn't shake the absolute horror at the very idea of the camps. It wouldn't leave my mind. That night I had a nightmare about nazis andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-71158438200051556042012-07-10T19:02:35.992-04:002012-07-10T19:02:35.992-04:00oh my! I just stumbled across this blog...very int...oh my! I just stumbled across this blog...very interesting indeed. My geirus was completed over 23 years ago. I had Holocaust identification dreams etc. for years before I went to the mikvah. I even went to Germany once - just made things more intense. I was terrified of my attraction to Torah and yiddishkeit...but my desire for it was insatiable. I studied the aleph-bet in secret as a teenager! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-5999115111876508392012-04-01T11:50:48.228-04:002012-04-01T11:50:48.228-04:00Mel,
I just read your post on here. what a bad or...Mel, <br />I just read your post on here. what a bad ordeal! I am glad you & your partner made it out of there safe. I have heard that in the south there is still those with bad feelings for others. anyway, take care.Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-12519580063144306182012-03-28T00:55:04.148-04:002012-03-28T00:55:04.148-04:00I am sixteen and plan on converting once I have be...I am sixteen and plan on converting once I have become an adult and gone through college (I also plan on becoming a rabbi, and they usually need a college education) and since I was six, I have had nightmares like this. I remember in seventh grade we discussed the Holocaust and I had horrible, horrible nightmares for weeks. Gloved hands turning metal wheels on pipes; the horrible hiss of gas Dustinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-2887763613606324872012-02-12T13:44:07.889-05:002012-02-12T13:44:07.889-05:00Pamela,
I was not raised in a Jewish family, nor...Pamela, <br /><br />I was not raised in a Jewish family, nor is anyone in my family Jewish to my knowledge. I also began to have nightmares around the same age--12. I am now 23. My nightmares come in waves: I can go months without having one, and then I can go three months only being able to sleep for a few hours a night. The feelings from the dreams follow me around during the day and I am Tonyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-40085908878818563542012-02-05T03:46:57.138-05:002012-02-05T03:46:57.138-05:00I am just wondering if all of those who posted bef...I am just wondering if all of those who posted before me WERE raised within a Jewish family?<br /><br />I turned 40 this year. I am not Jewish. To my knowledge, no one in my past was Jewish. I've had nightmares about the Holocaust since I was 13. I am now a former professor who has an entire exhibition of work regarding my dreams.<br /><br />I was not obsessed with the Holocaust at age 13: ItPamelahttp://www.enigma3304.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-7321589639834827132012-01-20T17:09:53.366-05:002012-01-20T17:09:53.366-05:00Well, I'm not sure about having dreams just ye...Well, I'm not sure about having dreams just yet, but I am just wondering how one handles blatant antisemitism? I have heard people say things out in public and am not sure how people normally deal with this....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-80520409147236042872011-12-29T00:15:54.075-05:002011-12-29T00:15:54.075-05:00I have recently learned about my Jewish heritage. ...I have recently learned about my Jewish heritage. The amount of knowledge we have right now is fuzzy, but all signs point at least to a certain Jewish heritage if not actual ancestry. I consider myself Jewish, and am in the process of adopting the faith. I would be very surprised if I didn't have Jewish ancestry.<br /><br />However, I made my decision during Rosh Hashanah. I guess I have Esthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-65019534117875114752011-12-01T21:28:10.306-05:002011-12-01T21:28:10.306-05:00I dreamed last night antisemites chasing me! after...I dreamed last night antisemites chasing me! after seeing the movie Everything is Illuminated<br /><br />(Blue Star)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-2090599884598991502011-11-30T11:19:20.419-05:002011-11-30T11:19:20.419-05:00Shoah dreams are the norm for me, they've only...Shoah dreams are the norm for me, they've only intensified now that I'm less than a week away from the mikvah. I just accept it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-9653413860544384762011-11-30T08:35:12.643-05:002011-11-30T08:35:12.643-05:00I have had dreams like that all my life. Seriously...I have had dreams like that all my life. Seriously, even when I was little, I was TERRIFIED of the holocaust dreams. Except for the epic one where me and Hercule Poirot went to save Anne Frank - but that was a sort of anomalous crack!dream.<br /><br />Admittedly, that probably has a lot to do with the fact that I do have relatives who were hiding from the Nazis during the war, even if it was for L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03744775425809060296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-91507938286578298732011-11-30T07:23:07.028-05:002011-11-30T07:23:07.028-05:00I'm the same -- I started dreaming and being o...I'm the same -- I started dreaming and being obsessed with the holocaust as a kid, long before even contemplating converting (before I even really knew what Jewish was - and had never met a Jew before - or at least not one who was vocal about it in a way that made me realize he or she was). It's interesting to hear other people have been the same way :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com