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A True Mensch

Guest Post by David Rosenberg
“To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed and never the oppressors”.
The author of these words was the Bundist Marek Edelman who has just died aged 90. He was one of the commanders of the ZOB – the Jewish Fighting Organisation that led the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943.
To [...]

Posted Under: Eastern Europe, Israel/Palestine, Jewishness, Socialism
This post was written by Guest Post on October 11, 2009 Comments (0)

Marek Edelman RIP

The Anthem of the Jewish Partisans: Zog Nit Keyn Mol
The news has just come through that Marek Edelman, leader of the Warsaw ghetto uprising has passed away. Edelman cut his political teeth as a leader of the Jewish Workers Bund – a mass Jewish Marxist organisation – in prewar Poland – fighting against an authoritarian [...]

Posted Under: Eastern Europe, Jewishness
This post was written by Reuben on October 3, 2009 Comments (3)