Kukudza ChiJudha Changu
Ndira 27 yegore rega rega iInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day, uko nyika inorangarira vakawirwa nenjodzi: vaJudha vanopfuura mamiriyoni matanhatu uye mamiriyoni evamwe. Holocaust, maererano neUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum, yaiva “kutambudzwa, kutsigirwa nehurumende uye kuurayiwa kwemamiriyoni matanhatu emaJuda eEurope nehurumende yeNazi yeGermany nevabatsiri vayo nevabatsiri..” Iyo museum inotsanangura nguva yeHolocaust kubva 1933 kusvika 1945, kutanga pakatanga bato reNazi kutonga muGermany, uye ichipera apo maAllies akakunda Nazi Germany muHondo Yenyika II. Izwi rechiHebheru rekuti catastrophe ndi sho'ah (שׁוֹאָה) uye iri rinowanzo shandiswa se rimwe zita reHolocaust (iye Shoah).
Kuurayiwa kweHolocaust hakuna kutanga nekuparadza rudzi; zvakatanga nekuvenga vaJudha, kusanganisira kubviswa kwevaJudha kubva munharaunda yeGermany, mitemo yerusarura, uye mhirizhonga yakananga. Hazvina kutora nguva kuti nhanho idzi dzeantisemitic dziwedzere kuita kuuraya rudzi. Nehurombo, kunyangwe Holocaust yakaitika kare-kare, antisemitism ichiri kupararira munyika yedu yazvino, uye inonzwa sekunge pakusimuka munguva yehupenyu hwangu: vane mukurumbira vari kuramba kuti Holocaust yakamboitika, pakave nekurwiswa kunotyisa kwesinagogi rePittsburgh muna 2018, uye kwave nekuparara kwezvikoro zvechiJudha, nzvimbo dzenharaunda, nenzvimbo dzekunamatira.
Basa rangu rekutanga kubva kukoreji raive rekutaurirana uye akakosha mapurojekiti murongi we Cornell Hillel, bazi re Hillel, sangano repasi rese rechiJudha repakoreji rehupenyu hwevadzidzi. Ndakadzidza zvakawanda pamusoro pekutaurirana, kushambadzira, uye kuronga zviitiko pabasa iri, uye ndakatosangana nevamwe vanhu vechiJudha vane mukurumbira, kusanganisira gymnast yeOlympic Aly Raisman, mutambi Josh Peck, mutori wenhau uye munyori Irin Carmon, uye, wandinoda, mutambi. Josh Radnor. Ndinofanirawo kuona kuratidzwa kwekutanga kwefirimu rine simba "rupokano,” kuchinjirwa kwenyaya yechokwadi yamuzvinafundo Deborah Lipstadt achiratidza kuti Holocaust yakaitika zvechokwadi.
Sezvineiwo, isu taivewo vagamuchire veanopikisa. Taigara tichibata Holiday yedu Yepamusoro (Rosh Hashanah uye yom kippur - mazororo makuru maviri egore rechiJudha) masevhisi munzvimbo dzakawanda mucampus, uye mugore rangu rechipiri, mumwe munhu akasarudza kupenda swastika pachivakwa chemubatanidzwa wevadzidzi apo vaiziva kuti masevhisi edu aizova manheru iwayo. Kunyange zvazvo pasina chimwe chakaitika, ichi chakanga chiri chiitiko chinotyisa uye chakakomba, uye chakandikatyamadza. Ndakakura ndichidzidza nezveHolocaust uye antisemitism zvachose, asi ndakanga ndisati ndamboona chero chinhu chakadai.
Ndakakurira muWestchester County muNew York, inenge awa imwe kuchamhembe kweManhattan, iyo, maererano ne Westchester Jewish Council, ndiyo dunhu rechisere pakukura kwechiJudha muUnited States, nemaJuda 150,000 60, masinagogi akapoteredza 80, uye masangano echiJudha anodarika makumi masere. Ndakaenda kuchikoro chechiHebheru, ndakaita Bat Mitzvah pazera remakore 13, uye ndaiva neshamwari dzakawanda dzaivawo vaJudha. Kukoreji, ndakaenda Binghamton University muNew York, iri pamusoro 30% vaJudha. Hapana yehuwandu uhu hwakauya sechishamiso, nekuti kubva muna 2022, 8.8% yedunhu reNew York yaive yechiJudha.
Pandakaenda kuColorado muna 2018, ndakasangana nekukatyamadzwa kukuru kwetsika uye ndakashamiswa nehuwandu hudiki hwemaJuda. Kubva 2022, chete 1.7% yenyika yaive yechiJudha. Sezvo ndichigara munzvimbo yeDenver metro, kumba ku 90,800 maJuda kubva muna 2019, kune mamwe masinagogi akatenderedza uye zvitoro zvegirosari zvichiri kuda kutenga zvinhu zvakajairika kosher uye zvepazororo, asi zvichiri kunzwa zvakasiyana. Handisati ndasangana nevamwe vanhu vazhinji vechiJudha uye handisati ndawana sinagogi rinonzwa serakandikodzera, saka zviri kwandiri kufunga kuti ndingave sei muJudha nenzira yangu.
Hapana nzira yakanaka kana isiriyo yekuzivisa semuJudha. Ini handisi kuchengeta kosher, handichengete Shabbat, uye ini kazhinji mumuviri handigone kutsanya paYom Kippur, asi ini ndichiri muJudha uye ndinodada nazvo. Pandakanga ndichiri muduku, zvakanga zviri zvokupedza zororo nemhuri yangu: kudya maapuro nouchi kumba kwatete vangu nokuda kweRosh Hashanah (gore idzva rechiJudha); kutambura kuburikidza nekutsanya pamwe chete paYom Kippur uye kuverenga pasi maawa kusvika pakuvira kwezuva kuti tigodya; mhuri inofamba kubva kumativi ose enyika kuti vave pamwe chete Paseka seders (zororo rangu randinofarira); uye chiedza Hanukkah makenduru nevabereki vangu, vanatete, vanababamukuru, uye vazukuru vangu kana zvichiita.
Zvino zvandakura uye handichagari mukati menguva pfupi yemhuri, mazororo atinowana kuti tipedze tose ari mashoma uye ari kure pakati. Ndinopemberera mazororo nenzira yakasiyana kana tisiri pamwe chete, uye nekufamba kwemakore ndakadzidza kuti izvozvo zvakanaka. Dzimwe nguva izvi zvinoreva kugamuchira a Paseka seder kana kugadzira latkes kune shamwari dzangu dzisiri dzechiJudha (uye kuvadzidzisa kuti yakakwana latke pairing ndeye maapuroauce uye sour cream), dzimwe nguva zvinoreva kudya bagel uye lox brunch pakupera kwevhiki, uye dzimwe nguva zvinoreva FaceTiming nemhuri yangu muNew York kubatidza makenduru eHanukkah. Ndinodada kuva muJudha uye ndinoonga kuti ndinogona kukudza chiJudha changu nenzira yangu!
Nzira dzekucherekedza Zuva reInternational Holocaust Remembrance
- Shanyira Holocaust museum uri munhu kana online.
- Iyo Mizel Museum muDenver yakavhurwa nekugadzwa chete, asi iwe unogona kudzidza zvakawanda pane yavo Website kunyangwe iwe usingakwanise kushanyira museum.
- Iyo United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ine yedzidzo chaiyo rwendo pane yavo Website.
- Yad Vashem, Iyo World Holocaust Remembrance Center, iri muIsrael, zvakare ine yedzidzo chaiyo rwendo pa. YouTube.
- Ipa kune Holocaust museum kana mupukunyuki.
- The Blue Card isangano rinopa rubatsiro rwemari kune vakapona paHolocaust.
- The Jewish Federations of North America batsira ~80,000 vakapona paHolocaust vanogara muUnited States.
- Tsvaga nhengo dzemhuri. Kana iwe uchida kuwana nhengo dzemhuri dzakarasika muHolocaust vangangove vachiri vapenyu nhasi, shanya:
- Dzidza zvakawanda nezvechiJudha.