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WHOSE HOLOCAUST IS IT?
Beliefnet.com
http://blog.beliefnet.com/windo wsanddoors/2010/05/whose-holocaust-is-it.html
May 4 2010
April is over, and we have passed through the month of Genocide
memorials -- the Nazi Holocaust, the genocide in Armenia and the more
recent one in Rwanda to name a few. The following article describes
the challenge, and the benefit, of balancing the unique aspects of
each with the universal issue of genocide.
For some, even discussing the need for such a balancing act is
offensive. But it seems to me that for Jews who believe I'm both
the uniqueness of Jewish experience AND the sacredness of all human
beings (think Genesis 1:27) maintaining that balance should be a
sacred obligation.
April is the cruelest month for genocide survivors. When
Governor-General MichaÃ"lle Jean was in Rwanda acknowledging Canada's
feeble efforts during the 1994 genocide, she found herself in the
middle of the country's annual period of commemorative mourning. I've
been there several Aprils and it's a grim, trying, often traumatic
time for victims and perpetrators alike.
Why April? By some weird fluke, both the Armenian genocide and
the Jewish Holocaust also have anniversaries in April. So the
memorialization of the three indisputably classic genocides of the
20th century, those that fit every criterion of the UN Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, all occur
within the same 30-day period.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Beliefnet.com
http://blog.beliefnet.com/windo wsanddoors/2010/05/whose-holocaust-is-it.html
May 4 2010
April is over, and we have passed through the month of Genocide
memorials -- the Nazi Holocaust, the genocide in Armenia and the more
recent one in Rwanda to name a few. The following article describes
the challenge, and the benefit, of balancing the unique aspects of
each with the universal issue of genocide.
For some, even discussing the need for such a balancing act is
offensive. But it seems to me that for Jews who believe I'm both
the uniqueness of Jewish experience AND the sacredness of all human
beings (think Genesis 1:27) maintaining that balance should be a
sacred obligation.
April is the cruelest month for genocide survivors. When
Governor-General MichaÃ"lle Jean was in Rwanda acknowledging Canada's
feeble efforts during the 1994 genocide, she found herself in the
middle of the country's annual period of commemorative mourning. I've
been there several Aprils and it's a grim, trying, often traumatic
time for victims and perpetrators alike.
Why April? By some weird fluke, both the Armenian genocide and
the Jewish Holocaust also have anniversaries in April. So the
memorialization of the three indisputably classic genocides of the
20th century, those that fit every criterion of the UN Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, all occur
within the same 30-day period.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress