The Jews Who Saw Around History’s Darkest Corner
Jewish farmers study the scriptures at the end of a day’s work December 1, 1937, at Kfar Hasidim near Haifa, during the British Mandate of Palestine. (Zoltan Kluger/GPO via Getty Images)
It is important to speak plainly about those who foresaw what was coming in Europe. Those who warned and acted and who saved what could be saved. Those people were Zionists.
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Tonight is Yom HaShoah, the day of commemoration for our murdered millions, for the few but shining examples of those who had the chance to rebel and fight back, and for the unfathomable courage of those who simply survived and rebuilt their lives.
Why do we mark it on this date on the Jewish calendar, the 27th of Nissan? (As the 27th falls on Friday this year, the marking of the day was moved up, per longstanding tradition, so that Israeli public ceremonies won’t interfere with Sabbath observances.)
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