People are very disconnected from the past and their ancestry, by design. Practices like this are so deep, even uncomfortably so. It takes a strong and courageous person to talk about genocide and I know your ancestors living and dead are super proud Joseph. This is what the world needs more of.
Thank you for this, it resonates greatly. Many of my Jewish ancestors lived in what became the main street of the Warsaw ghetto, and all were murdered apart from the few who immigrated to Australia in the 1930s. I also have German perpetrator heritage, and have lived within a tangled knot of holocaust family trauma. I was taught that Never Again was for all people everywhere, and witnessing the horrors playing out in Palestine are devastating. I do not believe my ancestors want to see their murders used to justify more death and trauma.
People are very disconnected from the past and their ancestry, by design. Practices like this are so deep, even uncomfortably so. It takes a strong and courageous person to talk about genocide and I know your ancestors living and dead are super proud Joseph. This is what the world needs more of.
Thank you for this, it resonates greatly. Many of my Jewish ancestors lived in what became the main street of the Warsaw ghetto, and all were murdered apart from the few who immigrated to Australia in the 1930s. I also have German perpetrator heritage, and have lived within a tangled knot of holocaust family trauma. I was taught that Never Again was for all people everywhere, and witnessing the horrors playing out in Palestine are devastating. I do not believe my ancestors want to see their murders used to justify more death and trauma.
Thank you for sharing this story about your ancestors! I was taught the same
Thank you for this.
You have a great gift! I admire your humility and courage!
Thank you!
This is so powerful. Thank you, as always, Joseph.