tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post6442861742374274906..comments2023-11-12T20:59:55.490-05:00Comments on Building a Jewish Life: Today is Yom HaShoahKochavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841373131402987905noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-79691940330089909842012-05-23T20:30:59.232-04:002012-05-23T20:30:59.232-04:00PS> Actually in many European languages there a...PS> Actually in many European languages there are 2 words for a Jew: one meaning "ethnically Jewish" (of any religion) , another meaning "adherent of Judaism" (of any ethnicity).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-9231079837667636462012-05-23T20:27:52.382-04:002012-05-23T20:27:52.382-04:00On one hand, agree. On the other - how many conver...On one hand, agree. On the other - how many converts do you think were there in the 30s-40s in Europe? And converts in a shtetl were even rarer - extremely, extremely rare. Another thing - if they were not an ethnicity (i.e not visually identifiable) why do you think they could not just run away? Converts were relatively common in the Roman Empire in the beginning of the first millemium BCE, theyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-13268993766329546002012-05-15T13:13:19.388-04:002012-05-15T13:13:19.388-04:00Well said!Well said!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02782903267240676466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-71188027446465500102012-05-01T15:25:06.256-04:002012-05-01T15:25:06.256-04:00Just jumping in to corroborate that this is how Ad...Just jumping in to corroborate that this is how Ad Sense works, since the implied accusation in the original comment is so serious. Google tracks your browsing history and feeds you semi-customized ads based on your personal interests, even if these have nothing in common with the site you are currently viewing. Since Google's advertising profit is generated per click, not per view, they haveAnnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-62941230386829342882012-04-30T12:34:54.821-04:002012-04-30T12:34:54.821-04:00I have zero control over the ads. That is advertis...I have zero control over the ads. That is advertising that Google thinks is relevant to you, based on your prior internet usage.CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-32190247298037617712012-04-28T21:11:33.928-04:002012-04-28T21:11:33.928-04:00Why in the world do you have ads on your blog proc...Why in the world do you have ads on your blog proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord??!!?!?!Abbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-358780177213441402012-04-24T11:46:13.637-04:002012-04-24T11:46:13.637-04:00From what I have read, it seems that the Nazis wer...From what I have read, it seems that the Nazis were more opportunistic than strategic in targeting say, dissident Jehovah's Witnesses or the few blacks that were in Europe at the time, but I wouldn't say the same of the disabled, and and especially not the Romani.TazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-56614664618192048952012-04-24T11:01:42.722-04:002012-04-24T11:01:42.722-04:00While there might not have been so much hatred cam...While there might not have been so much hatred campaigns, rounding up all gypsies and putting them on trains and sending them to concentration and death camps is not much different from how Jews were treated. It does not take anything out of the hatred for Jews to mention that others were systematically eliminated. Let's not forget that Nazis had a whole pyramidal hierarchy of races and belowSophienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-32480343300855833042012-04-22T06:11:54.948-04:002012-04-22T06:11:54.948-04:00Good post as well as the retort. I think however t...Good post as well as the retort. I think however that there is one instance where a paternal grandparent is recognized, namely the Law of Return. This means that in Israel we have many (hundreds of thousands) of people that are not halachically Jewish but are living in Israel under that Law. Unfortunately the Rabbinate makes their conversions nearly impossible, creating numerous problems. There Sababahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224608867303116299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-20419183735579998642012-04-21T22:21:16.674-04:002012-04-21T22:21:16.674-04:00My understanding (and naturally I'm biased in ...My understanding (and naturally I'm biased in addition to being relatively ignorant) is that none of the other Nazi genocides demonstrated the same forethought and motivation; i.e., they were closer to being crimes of opportunity (we're here, we can, we should, lets) rather than being the rationale (or at least _a_ rationale) behind certain military or political actions.Mikeagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827275300296295639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-67031995561810579472012-04-21T21:02:02.418-04:002012-04-21T21:02:02.418-04:00Just because Hitler said Jews are solely an ethnic...Just because Hitler said Jews are solely an ethnicity, I should adopt the same way of speaking about it? Jews aren't an ethnicity. The convert, the child of a convert, and the grandchild of a convert died exactly like any other "Jew" did (though sometimes they had a better chance of hiding "Jewish ancestry"). Ethnicity was the argument, the "dirty genes," but it CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-21893358859560644842012-04-21T20:58:55.889-04:002012-04-21T20:58:55.889-04:00Good points.Good points.CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-44048577174765844682012-04-21T20:58:25.098-04:002012-04-21T20:58:25.098-04:00I did not misunderstand your comment. You wrote yo...I did not misunderstand your comment. You wrote your comment poorly by choosing quotes poorly. There is a difference. And I stand by my response as being responsive to what you've written here.CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-79301882082996790412012-04-21T20:52:54.296-04:002012-04-21T20:52:54.296-04:00"Oh those Jews... 6 million of their relative..."Oh those Jews... 6 million of their relatives died, gased to death, shot, burnt alive, entire families from little kids and 80year olds, shtetls of Eastern Europe forever disappearing off the map...and those Jews are obsessing and obsessing..."<br /><br />And another 5 million people were "ethnically cleansed" in the same way, in the same camps, thrown into the same mass CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-6274155096344584362012-04-21T16:53:22.406-04:002012-04-21T16:53:22.406-04:00>The Jewish community has created such an obses...>The Jewish community has created such an obsession with "the six >million" that most people in America today think only 6 million people died!<br />Oh those Jews... 6 million of their relatives died, gased to death, shot, burnt alive, entire families from little kids and 80year olds, shtetls of Eastern Europe forever disappearing off the map...and those Jews are obsessing and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-21836837821090815152012-04-21T16:22:04.701-04:002012-04-21T16:22:04.701-04:00Kochava, you misunderstood the original comment......Kochava, you misunderstood the original comment... It is not about the spouses, it is about the 1/2 or 1/4 Jewish folks who died as Jews... Referring to the them as "Jews" in quotes I find offensive to their memory. <br />Hitler considered a Jew someone with at least 3 Jewish grandparents... 1/2 and 1/4 were classified as "mishlinge" of various degree. They died as Jews, lets Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-62301503316805655282012-04-20T15:58:12.059-04:002012-04-20T15:58:12.059-04:00Agreed. Completely. The added kvetching about infi...Agreed. Completely. The added kvetching about infighting was a tangent my mind frequently goes off on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-29623889833124743022012-04-20T15:53:20.905-04:002012-04-20T15:53:20.905-04:00I cringe when I think of what happened at the Holo...I cringe when I think of what happened at the Holocaust, it was beyond hell. <br /><br />the best short film i have seen that gets into the survivor's mind was just posted by aish:<br /><br />http://www.aish.com/ho/p/Shoah_A_Short_Film.html<br /><br />My heart was with the survivors not just on Yom HaShoah, but every day. Their place in heaven is a place that very few people are worthy of.<brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-19984480726247980792012-04-20T12:00:23.222-04:002012-04-20T12:00:23.222-04:00Well said Kochava, especially the last comments. T...Well said Kochava, especially the last comments. Taz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-61408600115358516522012-04-20T10:58:00.652-04:002012-04-20T10:58:00.652-04:00The "who is a Jew" question really doesn...The "who is a Jew" question really doesn't matter here, in my opinion. The irony of all the shouts of "Never Forget the 6 Million!" is that it negates the memory of another FIVE MILLION HUMAN BEINGS. The Jewish community has created such an obsession with "the six million" that most people in America today think only 6 million people died! This is the most CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-6238084015434064552012-04-20T03:05:39.573-04:002012-04-20T03:05:39.573-04:00Thank you! You frequently give words to my thought...Thank you! You frequently give words to my thoughts. In everything today were people said 6 million I wanted to explode (also one of those days). The figure of 6 million has also made me frustrated with the infighting amongst the different movements. Everyone is so quick to cite the 6 million figure- but how many would question those individuals Jewishness today? I have been around the three Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-76498283792441554662012-04-20T00:18:47.029-04:002012-04-20T00:18:47.029-04:00To be pedantic, the child of a non-practicing Jewi...To be pedantic, the child of a non-practicing Jewish mother and non-Jewish father who is not raised as a Jew would be considered Jewish according to traditional Halacha (I believe the Conservatives would agree with the Orthodox on this), but would not be considered Jewish by the Reform movement without "appropriate and timely public and formal acts of identification with the Jewish faith andMikeagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827275300296295639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-22668574765106769012012-04-20T00:00:46.697-04:002012-04-20T00:00:46.697-04:00Nope. This was just a rant that overcomes me yearl...Nope. This was just a rant that overcomes me yearly, and it was unusually well-received on Facebook today, so I decided to use all my methods of influence to spread my "message."<br /><br />I may blog here and there in the future, but I don't expect to do it regularly, and I have no plans to continue growing the readership. For instance, I turned down a couple of opportunities I wasCrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-41461602287548361702012-04-19T23:50:20.720-04:002012-04-19T23:50:20.720-04:00Does this mean your blogging break is over??Does this mean your blogging break is over??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5292734369805726323.post-82293292503420626552012-04-19T19:53:07.335-04:002012-04-19T19:53:07.335-04:00Normally I have a strict policy to not bite at tro...Normally I have a strict policy to not bite at trolling statements. But you caught me on a bad day, I suppose. <br /><br />Your comment is stupid. Really stupid. This has nothing to do with MY definition of Jew. It has to do with Hitler's definition of a Jew. (And note that Hitler's definition did NOT include spouses, but they often got thrown in as "Jew-lovers" if they chose CrazyJewishConverthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219720130466040423noreply@blogger.com