Holocaust Remembrance Day
Doris Wise, President, Jews Can Shoot
Never Again is more than a slogan. We will never forget our tragic past and never again be helpless against those who seek to kill us. Habah l’hargecho hashkem l’hargo — “If someone is coming to kill you, rise against him and kill him first” – the Babylonian Talmud.
From Victim to Victor. After the Holocaust, people said they were not aware of what Hitler was planning or what was happening in Europe. No one today can say they do not know. And with knowing, comes a responsibility not a single one of us can afford to shirk.
“VIGILS WON’T STOP MURDEROUS ANTI-SEMITISM, GUNS WILL”
That was my message after the Pittsburgh shooting in 2018, its message is more relevant than ever.
Singing songs, lighting candles, and posting the phrase ‘Never Again’, regardless of the number of exclamation points, will not going to stop anyone from killing Jews. I said then,
“Fear of being shot by armed Jews. That’s what will stop them.”
We have a duty and an obligation to do everything we can and must to protect ourselves. The absurd belief that we can eliminate bad people with bad intentions is beyond stupid. Learn to protect yourself. Self-defense is a G-d given right. Here in America we have the very good fortune to have the Second Amendment in our Constitution. Honor it, yourselves, and all good people by making use of it.
In the words of Holocaust survivor, Kitty Werthmann, “Keep your guns and buy more.” That includes ammunition. Because…
Nothing says ‘Never Again’ like an Armed Jew.
Support the full meaning of the Second Amendment even if your don’t like guns.
But if you like your freedom, your liberty, and your life, the Second Amendment protects that.
‘Never Again’ is more than a mere slogan. It is a call to action.
Remember this on Holocaust Remembrance Day. And every day.
First it was the Jews. Now it’s all of you.
A personal note from me: Two weeks before the Death March on January 17, 1945, my father was sent from Auschwitz, along with his brother, to a prison. He and his brother were the only survivors of their family. He disliked days of remembrance and museums dedicated to the Holocaust. There was not a day that he didn’t
remember the Holocaust and that was passed on to me. The lesson of history is for everyday and everyone.
