It is fascinating to have gone through the Holocaust Museum in Israel.
Such sadness.
One of the interesting reactions I had was the question of being part
of a "people". So many Israelis feel like they're part of something
bigger than themselves. Something bigger than even their family. And
so the biases and concerns of people foreign to them become their own
in some way.
I have none of that genetically. I have some of that as part of my
belief system as a Christian. I have a lot of that as a citizen of
the United States of America. But having been raised in freedom and
encouraged to pursue my own place that's what I've done.
And that's okay. To me that's a hindrance not a limitation. I
remember a Jewish friend at work that filed an EEO complaint about
Christmas lights because he felt like Hanukah was getting unequal
treatment and as a Jew he was offended. To satisfy his complaint and
repair the situation he was encouraged to put up a Star of David. And
he did.
The Holocaust Museum in Israel is a sad memorial to a very sad
time in the history of our planet. I moved very quickly through it
and I will remember just like I remembered these events before I went
there. What sadness. And what hope that it will never happen again.
