November 27, 2018 By Rick Moran
"Never forget." You would think that less than 75 years after 6 million Jews were slaughtered by Nazi Germany that European attitudes toward Jews would have evolved beyond the crude, nauseating anti-Semitism that directly led to the Holocaust. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Results of a CNN survey on European attitudes toward Jews is incomprehensible considering that there are still many survivors of the death camps still alive.
But collective memory is a tricky thing, and those who believe that the Holocaust could never happen again should sit up and take notice.........The Muslim migration to Europe will not improve the situation, and given their lack of assimilation into western culture, the newcomers will carry their hate from the old country to the new. The future looks bleak for Jews in Europe if these present trends continue............We're certainly not immune to anti-Semitism in the US. But Jew-hate was ingrained in Europe for centuries before the Holocaust. It's a casual, matter-of-fact kind of anti-Semitism - a part of everyday life for hundreds of years. That's probably why it's so difficult to expunge........... To Read More
"Never forget." You would think that less than 75 years after 6 million Jews were slaughtered by Nazi Germany that European attitudes toward Jews would have evolved beyond the crude, nauseating anti-Semitism that directly led to the Holocaust. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Results of a CNN survey on European attitudes toward Jews is incomprehensible considering that there are still many survivors of the death camps still alive.
But collective memory is a tricky thing, and those who believe that the Holocaust could never happen again should sit up and take notice.........The Muslim migration to Europe will not improve the situation, and given their lack of assimilation into western culture, the newcomers will carry their hate from the old country to the new. The future looks bleak for Jews in Europe if these present trends continue............We're certainly not immune to anti-Semitism in the US. But Jew-hate was ingrained in Europe for centuries before the Holocaust. It's a casual, matter-of-fact kind of anti-Semitism - a part of everyday life for hundreds of years. That's probably why it's so difficult to expunge........... To Read More
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