Comments on: On Work and Freedom: For Holocaust Remembrance Day and Durban II http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html Inspiration by the Bucket Wed, 15 Jan 2014 04:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nikki May | Web Content Writer http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-634 Nikki May | Web Content Writer Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:46:42 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-634 What a touching post - thank you for sharing. It is very heart-breaking to imagine what people went through during the Holocaust. Your grandmother is very beautiful : ) What a touching post – thank you for sharing.

It is very heart-breaking to imagine what people went through during the Holocaust.

Your grandmother is very beautiful : )

]]> By: TXLADY706 http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-156 TXLADY706 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:00:40 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-156 My mother was 5 when she lived through it. My grandfathers died and my 2 uncles, who were 3 and 2 years of age. My mother and grandmother survived living on scaps in the woods. The train that they were on, thank g-d was derailed, with the bombing. I cry as I sit here and write this. I wish you well thank you My mother was 5 when she lived through it. My grandfathers died and my 2 uncles, who were 3 and 2 years of age. My mother and grandmother survived living on scaps in the woods. The train that they were on, thank g-d was derailed, with the bombing.
I cry as I sit here and write this.
I wish you well
thank you

]]> By: The Sailor and the Survivor Go to Washington | The-Word-Well http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-149 The Sailor and the Survivor Go to Washington | The-Word-Well Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:55:57 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-149 [...] When I read it, the letter reminded me very much of my Grandmother. She, too, is in her 90’s. She, too, is a WWII “vet” – having survived Auschwitz in her 20’s. (See more on my amazing Grandma here.) [...] [...] When I read it, the letter reminded me very much of my Grandmother. She, too, is in her 90’s. She, too, is a WWII “vet” – having survived Auschwitz in her 20’s. (See more on my amazing Grandma here.) [...]

]]> By: Eight Posts I Never Wrote | The-Word-Well http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-144 Eight Posts I Never Wrote | The-Word-Well Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:53:47 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-144 [...] Shameless plug #1: Stay tuned to this space for my post on a conversation between this man and my grandma, two nonagenarians with a lot on their minds. When I read Estes’s letter to Obama, (forwarded [...] [...] Shameless plug #1: Stay tuned to this space for my post on a conversation between this man and my grandma, two nonagenarians with a lot on their minds. When I read Estes’s letter to Obama, (forwarded [...]

]]> By: NYCity Mama http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-53 NYCity Mama Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:00:31 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-53 I loved this. Thank you for sharing it. I loved this. Thank you for sharing it.

]]> By: Marty Herskovitz http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-50 Marty Herskovitz Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:41:15 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-50 Dear Yvette I did not argue politics as to which side of the Israeli Palestinian conflict is right or wrong, I simply stated a fact that in this struggle the Palestinian people place their children in the forefront of the struggle thus exposing them to trauma. Perhaps if the Palestinians wanted to shield their children from trauma they would be more concilliatory and less rejectionist of the two state solutions that have been profferred by the Israeli governments. Dear Yvette
I did not argue politics as to which side of the Israeli Palestinian conflict is right or wrong, I simply stated a fact that in this struggle the Palestinian people place their children in the forefront of the struggle thus exposing them to trauma. Perhaps if the Palestinians wanted to shield their children from trauma they would be more concilliatory and less rejectionist of the two state solutions that have been profferred by the Israeli governments.

]]> By: Samuel http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-47 Samuel Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:48:01 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-47 Yvette - It's good to see ignorance still flowering. The post didn't claim that no Palestinian feels aggrieved. It explained that grievances are no reason to avoid the hard work of bettering oneself and society. Something, which if you actually did visit the Palestinians, you surely noticed. What have they built with all the aid they get? What was done with the greenhouses left for them in Gush Katif (paid for, in part, by Jewish donors!)? They revel in being "victims". It's an essential skill there. That and shooting rockets. Samuel Yvette -

It’s good to see ignorance still flowering. The post didn’t claim that no Palestinian feels aggrieved. It explained that grievances are no reason to avoid the hard work of bettering oneself and society. Something, which if you actually did visit the Palestinians, you surely noticed.

What have they built with all the aid they get?

What was done with the greenhouses left for them in Gush Katif (paid for, in part, by Jewish donors!)?

They revel in being “victims”. It’s an essential skill there. That and shooting rockets.

Samuel

]]> By: assaf http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-46 assaf Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:32:27 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-46 reading your very well written article reminds me of Eli Wiesel's statement, "neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Thanks for speaking up. reading your very well written article reminds me of Eli Wiesel’s statement, “neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Thanks for speaking up.

]]> By: Yvette Van Hauwe http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-45 Yvette Van Hauwe Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:57:40 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-45 Marty, you are telling us what the Palestinians should learn from the Holocaust? Well my dear, we are a group of 15 belgians who visited the Occupied Territories last month and we have seen and heard and witnessed how the Palestinians are humiliated 'daily' by your nice Israeli army. You aught to be ashamed to steal someone's land and property and freedom. Go and live near the Wall of Shame and spend a night in Hebron. We have done it and we know what we are talking about. The time we believed all your lies has gone. Wake up and return what is 'stolen'. Marty, you are telling us what the Palestinians should learn from the Holocaust? Well my dear, we are a group of 15 belgians who visited the Occupied Territories last month and we have seen and heard and witnessed how the Palestinians are humiliated ‘daily’ by your nice Israeli army. You aught to be ashamed to steal someone’s land and property and freedom. Go and live near the Wall of Shame and spend a night in Hebron. We have done it and we know what we are talking about. The time we believed all your lies has gone. Wake up and return what is ‘stolen’.

]]> By: אבי אלנקוה http://the-word-well.com/on-work-and-freedom-for-holocaust-remembrance-day-and-durban-ii.html/comment-page-1#comment-44 אבי אלנקוה Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:28:24 +0000 http://the-word-well.com/tww/?p=271#comment-44 chapeau!!!!!!! chapeau!!!!!!!

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