Here at least there will not be any pogroms. If any try such I think that there would be too much resistance in this country. Too many people have had experience with either the pogroms in the Ukraine or Russia (the grandparents of people I grew up with for instance), or with the Holocaust to allow this to happen in this country.
regards, larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:28 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: What is at stake in Israel > > > Judith- > > FYI I'm stressed out about it too, and just trying to > live my life. > > If things ever really get bad (and I pray they don't), a > pogrom is not going to differentiate between Orthodox > and Reform. > > I'm just hoping my optimism about the humanity (or at > least the inertia) of mainstream America vs. a small > number of hate mongers (I hope a small number!) is not > misguided, and this will never be like Germany was. > > BTW the puns are partly the safety valve on the pressure > cooker, partly just the quirky way my mind works. Don't > think I'm not taking these things very seriously indeed. > > -Ben > > Thank you, Jerry, for your empathy. > > > > Yeah, the NPR reaction is scary -- but I've seen dislike of > Israel equated > > with Jew hatred far too often. Or maybe the hatred is there > and the turmoil > > in the Middle East is just bringing it out. > > > > This is a fear I have lived with all my life, really. Most > Jews live with > > it, and just kind of bury it and go on (because we have to. > Because you > > can't live your life in fear and you can't let it paralyze > you.) This is > > what it means to be in exile -- to be at the mercy of the winds of > > political change. Many Jews in Europe got caught when the > gates of exit > > were barred. They couldn't get visas, there was no country > that would take > > them. When I was younger, I used to have nightmares of > concentration camps, > > of there being no place to go. > > > > I guess the only thing to do is be aware, be wary, and be > ready (if need > > be) to run. That means updating the family passports > (something I need to > > do anyway) and making sure the baby has one. > > > > I suppose that's why my brother Lenny considers Israel > safer than the U.S. > > If a person is meant to die, it doesn't matter where he or > she lives -- it > > will happen, whether it happens in a terrorist bombing or a > mugging gone > > sour. But in Israel, at least, I know that my fellow > Israelis are not > > likely to kill me for being Jewish. > > > > Sorry that I'm not giving you the puns you need (although I > see that Ben > > did). I've been feeling this way all day. > > > > Judith > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/24/02 01:30PM >>> > > ><snip> > > >Funny that even though I am proud to be an > > >American, it does not take much to make me afraid of > things happening here. > > >(And I know you guys are going to jump on that.) > > ><snip> > > > > > >Judith, > > > > > >I will not jump on you for those feelings. > > > > > >I too am proud to be an American, most of the time. > > > > > >I am so sorry that you feel afraid. Thank you for > admitting it. It reminds > > >me that although I currently have no need to be afraid, > others do. And > > >that this country still has a ways to go. > > > > > >The intolerance and hatred you fear is exactly what this > country should be > > >fighting against most strongly. > > > > > >This article on CNN shows it is alive and well here in > this country. And > > >amongst NPR listeners? Whodda thunk? > > >http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/04/24/npr.yiddish.radio.ap/index.html > > > >This is exactly why I needed some puns. > > > >Filled with empathy, > >Jerry Johnson > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
