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Umhla wama-27 kaJanuwari wonyaka ngamnye luSuku lweHlabathi lokuKhumbula ukuBulawa kwabantu ngenkohlakalo, apho ihlabathi likhumbula amaxhoba: amaYuda angaphezu kwezigidi ezithandathu kunye nezigidi zabanye. Ngokutsho kweUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum, iHolocaust, “inkqubo, intshutshiso exhaswa ngurhulumente kunye nokubulawa kwezigidi ezithandathu zamaJuda aseYurophu ngurhulumente wamaNazi waseJamani kunye namahlakani kunye nabasebenzisana nabo..” Imyuziyam ichaza umda wexesha lokuBulawa Kwabantu Ngenkohlakalo ngo-1933 ukuya kowe-1945, iqala xa iqela lamaNazi laqalisa ukulawula eJamani, yaza yaphela xa iiAllies zoyisa iJamani yamaNazi kwiMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi. Igama lesiHebhere lentlekele ngu sho'ah (שׁוֹאָה) kwaye oku kudla ngokusetyenziswa njenge elinye igama leHolocaust (uShoah).

UkuBulawa Kwabantu Ngenkohlakalo akuzange kuqalise ngembubhiso; yaqala ngokuchaswa kwamaYuda, kuquka ukukhutshwa kwamaYuda kuluntu lwaseJamani, imithetho yocalucalulo, nogonyamelo olujoliswe kuyo. Akuzange kuthathe xesha lide ukuba la manyathelo achasene namaYuda anyukele ekubeni yimbubhiso. Ngelishwa, nangona iHolocaust yenzeka kwakudala, i-antisemitism isaxhaphakile kwihlabathi lethu langoku, kwaye ivakala ngathi ibikhona. ekunyuseni ngexesha lokuphila kwam: abantu abadumileyo bayakhanyela ukuba ukuBulawa Kwabantu Ngenkohlakalo akuzange kwenzeke, kwakukho uhlaselo oloyikekayo kwindlu yesikhungu yasePittsburgh ngo-2018, kwaye kukho ukonakaliswa kwezikolo zamaYuda, amaziko oluntu, kunye neendawo zonqulo.

Umsebenzi wam wokuqala ophuma ekholejini yayilunxibelelwano kunye nomququzeleli weeprojekthi ezizodwa Cornell Hillel, isebe le UHillel, umbutho wamazwe ngamazwe wobomi babafundi bekholeji yamaYuda. Ndifunde okuninzi malunga nonxibelelwano, ukuthengisa, kunye nokucwangcisa umcimbi kulo msebenzi, kwaye ndade ndadibana nabantu abadumileyo bamaYuda, kuquka i-gymnast ye-Olimpiki u-Aly Raisman, umlingisi uJosh Peck, intatheli kunye nombhali u-Irin Carmon, kunye, intandokazi yam, umlingisi. Josh Radnor. Ndikwafanele ukubukela umboniso wokuqala wefilimu enamandla "Ukulahlwa,” uhlengahlengiso lwebali lokwenyani likanjingalwazi uDeborah Lipstadt ekufuneka angqine ukuba ukuBulawa Kwabantu Ngenkohlakalo kwenzekile.

Ngelishwa, nathi safumana inkcaso. Besihlala sibambe iHolide yethu ePhakamileyo (URosh Hashanah kwaye yeyiphi -iiholide ezimbini ezinkulu zonyaka wamaJuda) iinkonzo kwiindawo ezininzi kwikhampasi, kwaye kunyaka wam wesibini, umntu wagqiba ekubeni apeyinte iswastika kwisakhiwo sombutho wabafundi apho babesazi ukuba iinkonzo zethu ziya kuba ngobo busuku. Nangona kungekho nto yimbi yenzekayo, esi yayisisehlo esoyikisayo nesibi, yaye yandothusa kakhulu. Ndikhule ndifunda ngeHolocaust kunye ne-antisemitism ngokubanzi, kodwa andizange ndibone into enjengale.

Ndakhulela eWestchester County eNew York, malunga neyure kumantla eManhattan, ngokutsho kwe IBhunga lamaYuda laseWestchester, Ingaba i indawo yesibhozo ngobukhulu yamaYuda eUnited States, enamaYuda ali-150,000 60, malunga nezindlu zesikhungu ezingama-80, kunye nemibutho yamaYuda engaphezu kwama-13. Ndaya kwisikolo samaHebhere, ndaba neBat Mitzvah xa ndandineminyaka eyi-XNUMX, yaye ndandinabahlobo abaninzi ababengamaYuda. Kwikholeji, ndaya KwiYunivesithi yaseBinghamton eNew York, malunga 30% yamaYuda. Akukho nanye kwezi zibalo eye yamangalisa ngokwenene, kuba ukusukela ngo-2022, I-8.8% yelizwe laseNew York yayingamaYuda.

Ukufudukela kwam eColorado ngo-2018, ndeva ukothuka okukhulu kwenkcubeko kwaye ndothuswa kumanani amancinci angamaYuda. Ukusukela ngo-2022, kuphela I-1.7% yombuso yayingamaYuda. Kuba ndihlala kwindawo yemetro yaseDenver, ekhaya Ngama-90,800 amaYuda ukusukela ngo-2019, kukho izindlu zesikhungu ezijikeleze kwaye iivenkile ezithengisa ukutya zisadla ngokugcina i-kosher eqhelekileyo kunye nezinto zeholide, kodwa isavakala ngokwahlukileyo. Andizange ndidibane nabanye abantu abaninzi abangamaYuda kwaye andikayifumani indlu yesikhungu eziva ngathi indifanele, ngoko kukum ukuba ndifumanise ukuba ndingaba ngumYuda ngendlela yam.

Akukho ndlela ilungileyo okanye engalunganga yokuchonga njengamaJuda. Andiyigcini i-kosher, andiyigcini iShabbat, kwaye kaninzi ndingakwazi ukuzila ukutya eYom Kippur, kodwa ndingumYuda kwaye ndiyazingca ngayo. Xa ndandiselula, yayimalunga nokuchitha iiholide nosapho lwam: ukutya ama-apile nobusi kwindlu kamakazi wam ukwenzela iRosh Hashanah (unyaka omtsha wamaYuda); ukubandezeleka ngokuzila ukutya kunye kwiYom Kippur nokubala ukuhla iiyure kude kube kutshona ilanga ukuze sitye; usapho oluhambayo ukusuka kulo lonke ilizwe ukuze lube kunye IPasika i-seders (iholide yam endiyithandayo); kunye nokukhanyisa inkolo yalaJuda amakhandlela nabazali bam, oodadobawo, oomalume nabazala xa kunokwenzeka.

Ngoku sele ndimdala kwaye andisahlali phakathi kosapho olufutshane, iiholide esizifumanayo ukuze sizichithe kunye ziyancipha kwaye ziphakathi. Ndibhiyozela iiholide ngendlela eyahlukileyo xa singekho kunye, kwaye ukutyhubela iminyaka ndiye ndafunda ukuba oko kulungile. Ngamanye amaxesha oku kuthetha ukubamba a IPasika yePasika okanye ukwenza iilatkes kubahlobo bam abangengomaYuda (kwaye ndibafundise ukuba ukubhanqa kwelatke okugqibeleleyo kukokubini i-appleauce kwaye ukhilimu omuncu), ngamanye amaxesha kuthetha ukutya i-bagel kunye ne-lox brunch ngeempelaveki, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kuthetha i-FaceTiming kunye nosapho lwam eNew York ukukhanyisa amakhandlela eHanukkah. Ndiyazingca ngokuba ngumYuda kwaye ndinombulelo kuba ndinokuzukisa ubuYuda bam ngendlela yam!

Iindlela zokuQophela uSuku lweHlabathi lokuKhumbula ukuBulawa kwaBantu

  1. Ndwendwela imyuziyam yeHolocaust kumntu okanye kwi-intanethi.
    • IMyuziyam yaseMizel eDenver ivulwa ngokuqeshwa kuphela, kodwa unokufunda okuninzi kubo website nokuba awukwazi ukutyelela imyuziyam.
    • I-United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inokhenketho lwemfundo olubonakalayo kubo website.
    • UYad Vashem, iZiko leenkumbulo zokuBulawa kwabantu ngokuBulawa kwabantu kwiHlabathi liphela, elikwaSirayeli, nalo unokhenketho olufundisayo YouTube.
  2. Nikela kwimyuziyam yeHolocaust okanye umntu osindileyo.
  3. Khangela amalungu osapho. Ukuba ufuna ukufumana amalungu osapho alahlekileyo kwi-Holocaust abanokuthi basaphila namhlanje, tyelela:
  4. Funda ngakumbi ngobuYuda.