Comments on: Holocaust Remembrance Day: Let Us Remember And Say A Prayer For Peace https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/ Cathy Chester, MS Advocate shares decades of wisdom Sun, 30 May 2021 23:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26552 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:16:00 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26552 We just need to keep the conversation going, Jamie, so no one forgets and so we all band together as people to stop it from happening. We owe it to each other to stop this once and for all. Hope that can happen...

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26551 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:14:56 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26551 Nancy,

That is why we need to keep the conversation going. To keep it alive in their memory and to give peace a chance to survive. Hope that's possible.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26550 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:13:48 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26550 Your dad was a very wise man, Roshni, and I wish all parents were as wise. Because these atrocities continue to happen worldwide to this day. Education and awareness is the key. Yes, never again. Thank you for leaving your comments.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26549 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:12:43 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26549 Who could ever reconcile themselves to what happened, Barbara. I don't even know if I could visit Yad Vashem that many times. I've visited several other Holocaust museums around the US but somehow that one stands out in my mind.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26548 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:11:30 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26548 That is awesome, Pat. Wow. You lead such an incredible life, not that going to the camps is incredible but that you are in Europe and living a wonderful life. Anyway, that is wonderful that your school studied The Diary and yes about our voices making a difference. Genocides occur all the time, and our prayers for peace may help. They have to help. That is my hope as I am sure it is yours. xo

]]> By: Pat https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26547 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:03:48 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26547 Thank you for sharing this important post. Yes, it is imperative that we never ever forget our past. Each year at my international school, we study The Diary of Anne Frank and the horrific atrocities of that time period. We also have gone to a concentration camp where the profound impact of that visit haunts me to this day. In spite of all the conflict and violence still in our world today, like you, "I continue to believe in tolerance, compassion and kindness."

]]> By: Barbara Feldman https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26546 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:05:57 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26546 Such a difficult subject. I've never been able to bring myself to write about the Holocaust on my site for teachers/students. Sigh. After three or four trips to Yad Vashem, I finally seem to be able to get through it without completely falling apart. Is that progress? I'm not sure.

]]> By: Mary Jean https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26543 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:59:50 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26543 I came across your web post as I was searching for a special prayer for Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is a heart-felt day for certain. The Cantor at the Temple was a survivor. He made weekly calls to my son to help him with his Hebrew lesson in preparation for his Bar Mitzvah. I think of him often and thank G-d for his kindness and gentle spirit.

I found, a few minutes ago, a Prayer for Holocaust Remembrance Day. It reads: Lord, remember not only the men of good will, but also those of ill will. But do not remember the suffering they inflicted upon us. Remember rather the fruits we have brought, thanks to this suffering: our comradship, our loyalty, our humility, the courage, the generosity, the greatness of heart that has grown out of this. And, when they come to judgment, let all the fruits we have bourne be their forgiveness.

We must never forget and pray always.

]]> By: Roshni https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26542 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:57:30 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26542 I too grew up seeing many documentaries and films about the horrors of the Holocaust. My dad who grew up during WWII felt that it was very important for his kids to know what people are capable of. It's also important to know history in order to never repeat it. Perhaps that's what's not happening today and we're doomed to repeat it! 🙁

]]> By: Nancy Lowell https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26541 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:48:29 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26541 Cathy,
We must be the same age; I remember watching the series in my college dorm, my sophomore year. I also grew up seeing gruesome footage in Hebrew School. People do forget, they have forgotten...
Thank you for this remembrance.

]]> By: jamie@southmainmuse https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26539 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:01:04 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26539 So important that we all remember. It seems impossible that could have happened but it did. I know other are being tortured today in areas of the world for what they believe. Heartbreaking to know that individuals had to endure such a nightmare. One you could not wake up from. One you had to live day after day. So heroic.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26538 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 05:49:36 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2015/04/15/holocaust-remembrance-day-let-us-remember-and-say-a-prayer-for-peace/#comment-26538 Yes, Elie Wiesel's "Night" never left me, and visiting several Holocaust museums stays with you/me/everyone forever. But hearing stories from people close and far to you. Well, that is what truly is horrifying.

Well, all of it is, because it's unconscionable what happened, and continues to happen to this day. For now I will mourn and pray and hope for peace.

Thanks, Nancy, for your comment and interest. Only through education and enlightenment can we even hope to make a difference.

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