Remembrance is not a survival strategy
For generations, Jews have repeated the phrase “Never Again.”
It appears on memorials, in speeches, in museums, and at Holocaust commemorations across the world. The phrase carries enormous emotional and moral weight. For many Jews, it is sacred language.
But after watching the world over the last several years, I have come to believe something difficult:
“Never Again” is not enough.
Not because remembrance is unimportant. Not because memory does not matter. It absolutely does.
But remembrance alone does not protect anyone.
By Doris Wise
