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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 [...]

Posted Under: Eastern Europe,Israel/Palestine,Jewishness,Socialism
This post was written by Guest Post on October 11, 2009 Comments (1)

The Politics of Memory – Guest post by David Rosenberg

Twenty people gathered in London’s East End on April 19th for a typically low key but poignant memorial ceremony. The Friends of Yiddish were marking the 66th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – the vastly unequal battle that began on that day in 1943. Led by the youth, Jewish resistance forces in the ghetto [...]

Posted Under: Jewishness,London,Minorities,Racism/Fascism
This post was written by Guest Post on April 29, 2009 Comments (5)