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I Never Was Song by Linda Hirs
I Never Was First they came for the CommunistsI stood by silentlyI never was a CommunistWhat did it matter to meWhat did it matter (3) to me Then they came for the Union ...Songscontributed by Leo Rosenstein -
Anne Frank: I Still Believe
That’s the difficulty in these times: ideals, dreams, and cherished hopes rise within us, only to meet the horrible truth and be shattered.38It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by donna leventhal -
We Were Slaves in Egypt Escape
We Were Slaves in EgyptEscape Artists in EuropePerformance Artists in America©Copyright 2013, Jonathan GoldinDedicated to Leonard CohenWhen they saywe were slaves in Egyptthey neg ...Covercontributed by Jonathan Goldin -
Cambodian Buddhist monk Maha G
It is a law of the universe that retaliation, hatred, and revenge only continue the cycle and never stop it. Reconciliation does not mean that we surrender rights and conditions, b ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Jon Klein -
Readings on Freedom
They marched us down the length of Pozohony Street, toward the Margaret bridge and that was when we understood they were bringing us to the edge of the Danube, where they would shoot us and leave us to die under the ice. Whe ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Calev Ben Dor -
Eggs
Eggs are prominent and pervasive on Pesah. In fact, so prevalent are they during the holiday week that one might suspect that the ancient Greek name for Pesah actually may have been Cholesterol!Let's start with the Seder Plat ...Introductioncontributed by Gerald Weiss -
The One Who Does Not Know How
The one who does not know how to ask said:This time, too, my father, this time, too,Deliver my soul, returned from Hell,From wrath and indignation. Because words are insuffici ...-- Four Childrencontributed by TAMAR FOX -
Stone Wall-ed in Jerusalem
Stonewall-ed in JerusalemBorn into a secular Jewish family in Rhode Island in 1950, I remained the only family member who had never visited the Holy Land, until conditions recently aligned themselves for a trip to Israel in June 2 ...Covercontributed by Sara Friedlander -
The Unbreakable Soul of Passov
by Sam GlaserThis Rosh Chodesh Nissan I had the pleasure of culminating my eight-day tour of Florida with a Shabbaton in Cooper City, just north of Miami. Just before launching int ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Sam Glaser -
A Meditation Before the Seder
We begin our service in the remembrance of the Holocaust in silence. Let us surround our worship, our community in prayer, with silence in preparation for the presence of God. Silence does not just bring to a standstill words and ...Introductioncontributed by Bernhard Rosenberg -
The Past Is Never Far Away
FROM THE ROSENBERG HOLOCAUST SIDDUR. RABBI DR. BERNHARD ROSENBERG "These bitter herbs which we eat, what is their meaning? They are eaten to recall that the Egyptians embittered the lives of our forefathers in Egypt." & ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg -
SHEFOCH HAMOTCHA
We pause in our celebration to remember the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, the Holocaust, and the ways that those in the present who choose to testify to the possibility of transformation become the focus of everyone’s anger and displa ...Hallelcontributed by Rabbi Michael Lerner -
The Ten Plagues
FROM THE ROSENBERG HOLOCAUST HAGADDAH BY RABBI DR. BERNHARD ROSENBERG 1 Blood - Auschwitz-Birkenau 2. Frogs - Belzec 3. Vermin - Buchenwald 4. Wild Animals - Chalmno 5. Cattle Disease - Dachau 6. Boils - ...-- Ten Plaguescontributed by Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg -
A Child of Survivors Speaks O
By Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg In the Haggadah it states, " It is our duty to thank and to praise in song and prayer, to glorify and extol Hi ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg -
They Went Like Sheep to the S
By Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg As a child of survivors of the Nazi death camps who has published extensive articles and editorials regarding the Holo ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg -
What Have I Learned This Year
The Haggadah tells us, "In every generation they rise against us and seek our destruction." Remember and learn from the past To me, ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg
