tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post4839814101455652252..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: On Being the Father of a SoldierYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-70736964734699939512010-11-29T17:44:32.497+02:002010-11-29T17:44:32.497+02:00"I was a graduate student studying Nazism and..."I was a graduate student studying Nazism and the Shoah, and remember telling one of my professors that I now felt one couldn't truly study that history until one had experienced parenthood and bereavement. The professor, sole survivor of a clan of 40, and also a bereaved father, was very troubled by the thought, but I still think I was at least partially right."<br /><br />My thoughts exactly. How right you are. I don't think you can experience fully the horror of the picture of the naked Jewish mothers with their sons in their arms, queing to be executed by the Ukranian collaborators until you have your own children. And it becomes unbearable (I won't link to it). But when you are finally able to understand in some way the experiences of the Shoah, you find that you cannot bear them anymore. At least, that is what happened to me.Fabiánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721182705553985260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-63212030074820383122010-11-29T16:56:38.372+02:002010-11-29T16:56:38.372+02:00Yaacov
if you ever stop writing this blog, I'l...Yaacov<br />if you ever stop writing this blog, I'll forgive you only if you start writing books or accessible newspaper/magazine pieces<br /><br />but here is an OT that gives another man's view of Israel's military:<br /><br />Richard Millett has listened to Norman Finkelstein and written my to date best summary of a rant by the man<br />http://richardmillett.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/norman-finklestein-israel-could-nuke-lebanon/#comment-4310 <br /> <br />also don't miss this extra-info from the comment-thread - when did teachers and school administrators become such idiots? mine weren't ... <br /> <br />richardmillett | November 29, 2010 at 2:38 pm | Reply <br />No. They even gave us lovely coffee. CAABU were very welcoming although quite a powerful lobby and go into schools to speak. This is their new educational site http://fakhoora.org/ <br /><br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-60425246034928289022010-11-29T15:59:07.803+02:002010-11-29T15:59:07.803+02:00Excellent comment Yaacov.
The older my son'...Excellent comment Yaacov. <br /><br />The older my son's get, the more I think about my service and what my parents went through, even after I was injured in Gaza (lightly).<br /><br />AsafAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com