Really? Holocaust Remembrance Day?
Recalling a soul-shattering event that Jews
think of every day, need no reminder of.
January lists a Martin Luther King day for the
17th. A great man of moral clarity, a visionary
illuminating the way to a better world. Ten days
later falls the day to remember the Holocaust.
No mention in that same calendar to recall the
state slaughter of six million human beings
whose humanity was taken from them and
no one but the dearly departed really cared.
On a brighter note, the world body formed from
the Holocaust-era League of Nations reeling
from its failure, codified a (non-binding) human
rights declaration to address humanity's lapse
in moral judgement then went on to crucify the
Jewish homeland by consensus of its membership
and finally now relented to the extent it declared
maligning or doubting the reality of the Holocaust
to be a (non-binding) crime against humanity
which 118 members of its 193 membership total
supported. And Jews can finally take comfort in
a UN body that saw fit to globally recognize that
reality even as it prepares to have North Korea host
its world disarmament forum in a spirit of amnesia.
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