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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2009-04-08 under

"For me, never again is not just never again for Jews, which means since we had the Holocaust, we'll never have any Holocaust for Jews, none whatsoever. So let's have the thickest walls around us and the deepest shelter around us, and whatever it is, never again for Jews.

"For me, never again means never again to anybody who needs me. I, who was the victim, the eternal victim of history, I must do my utmost to prevent any victimization of anybody wherever he or she are. And that's my vision. This is what it means to me to be a modern Jew. I am responsible or one of those who are responsible for the suffering of others. Something happens in Darfur, it is my responsibility because I was a victim. Something wrong is happening in the inner city somewhere, it is my responsibility to be a better human being."

-- Avram Burg (b. 1955-01-19), interviewed by Charlie Rose on the PBS television program, Charlie Rose, 2009-04-01 (link includes video and transcript)

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posted by [identity profile] holzman_tweed.insanejournal.com at 06:27am on 2009-04-08
This is a rather old concept in Judiasm, known as "remembering you were slaves in Egypt."
 
posted by (anonymous) at 09:02am on 2009-04-08
A timely comment, considering that tonight we make our trek out. And since today is the day that the sun returns (as it does every 28 years) to its original position when the world was created: Blessed is the One Who does the work of creation...
Commentary: Retikhah says: D'HM: Work of Creation: "Work" refers to our ongoing task of renewal. When the sun returns to its place, that is our opportunity to start fresh and recreate the world in God's image, a place where God will dwell among and within us.
-Alana
 
posted by [identity profile] minoanmiss.insanejournal.com at 12:08pm on 2009-04-08
*nod* This is something I've always really admired about Judaism. As a Black woman, this really resonates with me: the injustices I've suffered fuel my committment to social justice, my desire to see no one have to suffer injustice.

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