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Holocaust to be Remembered in Turkey with Evening Prayers
04/12/2010 00:00:00
Holocaust to be Remembered in Turkey with Evening Prayers
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Turkey'sJewishcommunity will remember theHolocaustduring evening prayers at Istanbul's Neva Shalom Synagogue on Monday.
The international Holocaust Remembrance Day iscommemoratedin different countries on different dates.
The Holocaust is the blackest mark on history for all the Jews in Turkey and the world, Deniz Baler Saporta, a spokeswoman for Turkey's Jewish community, told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review.
"We place great importance on transferring the memory from generation to generation. It is not important only for Jews, but for all ofhumanity,' Saporta said. "There has been nothing like it and let there not be (again). It should not be forgotten.'
Ensuringthat the Holocaust is not forgotten is not about keepingvengefulfeelingsalive, Saporta said, it is a part of Jewishidentityand remembering these terrible events can help keep similargrieffrom coming to pass again.Respondingtoclaimsmade in some anti-Semitic circles that the Holocaust wasexaggerated, Saporta said the first two reasons that come to mind for someone todenytheexistenceof Holocaust would beshameor politics.
Soykırım Türkiye'de Dualarla Anılacak - Holocaust to be Remembered in Turkey with Evening Prayers
Holocaust to be Remembered in Turkey with Evening Prayers
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Turkey'sJewishcommunity will remember theHolocaustduring evening prayers at Istanbul's Neva Shalom Synagogue on Monday.
The international Holocaust Remembrance Day iscommemoratedin different countries on different dates.
The Holocaust is the blackest mark on history for all the Jews in Turkey and the world, Deniz Baler Saporta, a spokeswoman for Turkey's Jewish community, told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review.
"We place great importance on transferring the memory from generation to generation. It is not important only for Jews, but for all ofhumanity,' Saporta said. "There has been nothing like it and let there not be (again). It should not be forgotten.'
Ensuringthat the Holocaust is not forgotten is not about keepingvengefulfeelingsalive, Saporta said, it is a part of Jewishidentityand remembering these terrible events can help keep similargrieffrom coming to pass again.Respondingtoclaimsmade in some anti-Semitic circles that the Holocaust wasexaggerated, Saporta said the first two reasons that come to mind for someone todenytheexistenceof Holocaust would beshameor politics.
"It cannot be easy for later generations to be
awareof theirancestorstaking part in (the Holocaust),' she said. "Apart from this, from the political angle, denying the Holocaust is likelesseningthe victim-hood of the Jews. I believe it is a manipulation of the senses to argue that the Jews were not victimized as claimed." " http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=holocaust-will-be-remembered-with-evening-prayer-2010-04-09 "Vocabulary Exercise