CREATE A BRIDGE FROM THOSE WHO ARE GONE
TO THE LIVING. EVEN THOUGH THE PETAL HAS
FALLEN IT SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
SO ON THE HOLIEST OF ALL DAYS WE REMEMBER.
To A Tin Man
Who Was A
Better Salesman
Than Me, and To
A Mother Who Was
Always There.
Still In Our Hearts
D
uring the past couple weeks we've had a lot of opportunity to reflect on our
country's most recent tragedy. When it was compared to Pearl Harbor I
was taken back because I thought this was a greater tragedy, although the
Day ofInfamy formally engaged our country at war. Then, some people had the audacity
to compare it to the Holocaust. That was obviously ridiculous! Why some people find it
necessary to rank or compare befuddles me. When I think of all the tragedies that have
befallen Jewish people, and all of mankind I am saddened Who wouldn't be?
I remember a bumper sticker after the 1972 Olympics in Munich that said, 'Munich
Never Again." As Americans and as Jews the time has come to dig in and be supportive
in any manner you can. And on the holiest of all Jewish holidays I hope you remember
someone. Whether it is a parent, child, brother, sister or any relative, even a fireman
or policeman or an innocent victim of other tragedies we reflect back on.
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