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On Facebook today, I noted that today would have been Anne Frank's 80th birthday, and closed with "Never Again."
A Jewish friend sent me a message, saying I was too optimistic.
It's not optimism. When I say "never again," it's not a prayer -- it's a warning.
European Jews had a shtetl mentality.1 Unfortunately, a lot of American Jews do, too. Israeli Jews, largely, don't.
And neither do I. If they should come with the cattle cars, they won't find all sheep: there will be some sheepdogs2 in the herd. Fuzzy and gentle, like sheep, but with teeth and claws, too, and the willingness to use them.
Read about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.3 That's what a small group of utterly unprepared Jews did. Well, we aim to be better prepared, which may go a long way to prevent the next time from even happening.
Do you know why the Japanese never invaded the U.S. mainland during World War II? As Admiral Yamamoto famously said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass."
Well, the same goes for the Buford Furrows, the James von Brunns, and the Mahmoud Ahmadinejads of the world. Don't try it -- there'll be an armed Jew behind at least some of those blades of grass, and we won't come quietly again.
Happy Birthday, Anne. Never again.
A Jewish friend sent me a message, saying I was too optimistic.
It's not optimism. When I say "never again," it's not a prayer -- it's a warning.
European Jews had a shtetl mentality.1 Unfortunately, a lot of American Jews do, too. Israeli Jews, largely, don't.And neither do I. If they should come with the cattle cars, they won't find all sheep: there will be some sheepdogs2 in the herd. Fuzzy and gentle, like sheep, but with teeth and claws, too, and the willingness to use them.
Read about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.3 That's what a small group of utterly unprepared Jews did. Well, we aim to be better prepared, which may go a long way to prevent the next time from even happening.
Do you know why the Japanese never invaded the U.S. mainland during World War II? As Admiral Yamamoto famously said "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a man with a rifle behind every blade of grass."Well, the same goes for the Buford Furrows, the James von Brunns, and the Mahmoud Ahmadinejads of the world. Don't try it -- there'll be an armed Jew behind at least some of those blades of grass, and we won't come quietly again.
Happy Birthday, Anne. Never again.
- http://www.forward.com/articles/12985/
- http://www.gleamingedge.com/mirrors/onsh
eepwolvesandsheepdogs.h - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghet
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