Chaya Leah, you are coming at this from a very Jewish perspective - we remember, we make a point to remember. I think that one of the many reasons for antisemitism is just that. We remember, and in the case of the Holocaust - we have made sure that the world remembers.
I think we are unique in that regrard, how many people remember the killing fields of Cambodia, the slaughter in Rwanda? How about the Holdomor in Ukraine in the 30s? The murder of the Armenians in Turkey? I could go on an on. We Jews, remind ourselves every Yom Kippur of the many atrocities during the last 2000 years that the Jews have suffered.
No one else does that, they forget so quickly. So from a Jewish perspective 21 years seems like nothing - how can it be forgotten so quickly. It has, and a lot of it has to do with not allowing the images from that day, the falling people, even the people running from the towers covered in ash. that was all deep sixed quickly, way too quickly.
Look at Rwanda - 25-26 years - they remember but the world has completely forgotten.
So yeah, it falls to the Jews to be the memory bank of many of the worlds evils - and most people don't like us for that.
I had the exact same reaction. I'm so sad that this event and #neverforget has been forgotten. Is the same thing happening with the holocaust? It seems so.
Chaya Leah, you are coming at this from a very Jewish perspective - we remember, we make a point to remember. I think that one of the many reasons for antisemitism is just that. We remember, and in the case of the Holocaust - we have made sure that the world remembers.
I think we are unique in that regrard, how many people remember the killing fields of Cambodia, the slaughter in Rwanda? How about the Holdomor in Ukraine in the 30s? The murder of the Armenians in Turkey? I could go on an on. We Jews, remind ourselves every Yom Kippur of the many atrocities during the last 2000 years that the Jews have suffered.
No one else does that, they forget so quickly. So from a Jewish perspective 21 years seems like nothing - how can it be forgotten so quickly. It has, and a lot of it has to do with not allowing the images from that day, the falling people, even the people running from the towers covered in ash. that was all deep sixed quickly, way too quickly.
Look at Rwanda - 25-26 years - they remember but the world has completely forgotten.
So yeah, it falls to the Jews to be the memory bank of many of the worlds evils - and most people don't like us for that.
Very eloquent and moving ChayaLeah.
I had the exact same reaction. I'm so sad that this event and #neverforget has been forgotten. Is the same thing happening with the holocaust? It seems so.