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On the Conclusion of WW II

April 15, 2007 - 3:54pm — Mordecai M Kaplan

Mordecai KaplanMay 8, 1945

I am entirely unequal to giving anything like adequate expression to the feelings that well up in my heart at the thought that the war in Europe is at an end. If only it were like waking up from a terrible nightmare!

But unfortunately the unspeakable atrocities committed by the insane murderers are too real to disappear with the break of the dawn, and the living victims of the war are too much part of our own lives to be forgotten.

And worst of all, the chances that human beings have learned anything from the war that would render them more human are very slim, indeed.

[As we remember the slaughter of the six million on Yom Ha-Shoah, it is well also to remember that in May of 1945 the war in Europe ended. Kaplan doesn’t comment often on current events. In the current selection we see his very emotional reaction to the end of the War.

Although hope for change is central to Kaplan’s approach to Judaism, we sometimes experience a fundamental pessimism on his part. Deep down he does not expect things to change very much. Of course, it is difficult to live in such a space and Kaplan does not stay there for very long. —Mel Scult]

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August 26, 2010 - 3:25am — EDTA Chelated Copper (not verified)

great

 Amazing post Maki. Like reading copywriting book from Joe Sugarman or Dan Kennedy. Now I just have to apply the information to my business ;-)

July 28, 2010 - 9:07am — Elaine (not verified)

To be frank with you I think

To be frank with you I think that there was much less victims of the WWII between Jews than they are telling.

July 6, 2010 - 9:28am — Srulea M (not verified)

During World War II, not

During World War II, not only nazy murdered Jews, but comunists as well. And I consider them responsible for the beginning of the war.

June 11, 2010 - 11:49pm — wheelchair lifts (not verified)

This is a really touching

This is a really touching blog. Kaplan has given his emotional reaction to the end of the War. I fully agree with him that we have not learned from the two world wars. In fact in a war nobody wins only losers are there. It is disheartening to note that we are repeating the same mistakes again and again. Just look at the number of people who are killed everyday in Iraq and Afghanistan. We will never learn from our mistakes.

May 28, 2010 - 4:10pm — Teknoloji Haberleri (not verified)

Thank you Admin Very post

Thank you Admin Very post

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