tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post1832484745780458606..comments2024-01-18T11:30:45.737-05:00Comments on Les Politiques: Marek Edelman, commander in Warsaw ghetto, dies at 90Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-9603951068192823072009-10-15T12:47:05.091-04:002009-10-15T12:47:05.091-04:00the media was strangely silent about his views on ...the media was strangely silent about his views on gun control, abortion, illegal immigration, and other hot topics. sounds like a mega conspiracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-81688452147859761262009-10-13T12:40:20.147-04:002009-10-13T12:40:20.147-04:00is it possible that the media did not report on Ma...is it possible that the media did not report on Marek's feelings about zionism or Israel because they are IRRELEVANT to what made him famous?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-50261573888839280882009-10-07T22:25:07.149-04:002009-10-07T22:25:07.149-04:00Dear Mark
Thanks for the links. The man is very ...Dear Mark<br /><br />Thanks for the links. The man is very uncompromising and I like him for this very reason. This shows the strength of his moral character. Great resistant fighters all possess this feature because it is a matter of survival to make the right decision when faced with difficult moral decisions. The survival I am talking about is not only that of the individual but mainly theSophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-46570460962444159632009-10-07T09:32:41.494-04:002009-10-07T09:32:41.494-04:00Intellient readers already know that almost every ...Intellient readers already know that almost every surviving Jew in Poland left after WWII because of ongoing anti-semitism and a communist dictatorship. The people chose to live in democratic Israel, their own homeland.<br /><br />The only Jews who remained did so because their non-jewish spouses did not want to leave Poland. Even these people keep their judaism SECRET and most Jews in Poland Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-21479990502435388612009-10-07T01:36:00.687-04:002009-10-07T01:36:00.687-04:00Hi Sophia,
If you read the letter which Edelman ...Hi Sophia,<br /><br />If you read the <a href="http://www2.jewishsolidarity.info/files/Marek%20Edelman_Letter.doc" rel="nofollow">letter</a> which Edelman wrote to the Palestinians in 2002 a you'll see that while he criticised tactics such suicide bombs he affirmed solidarity with them and compared their struggle to that of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto.<br /><br />His account of the Warsawmarkfromirelandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-58876290506023267532009-10-06T21:26:04.466-04:002009-10-06T21:26:04.466-04:0099% of the few Polish Jews who survived the Holoca...99% of the few Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust chose to move to Israel, the USA, Australia, South American and any where else. They left Poland to go anywhere but stay under a communist dictatorship in a country that had shown its anti-semitic tendencies.<br /><br />But Sophia and Elizabeth would rather focus on the 1% of the Jews who stayed in Poland, usually because they were married toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-61968293199467138062009-10-06T06:28:00.061-04:002009-10-06T06:28:00.061-04:00Elizabeth,
You agree with me that to be able to d...Elizabeth,<br /><br />You agree with me that to be able to do such an inference one has to read critically newspapers. I think most people don't.Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-4707159968197911292009-10-05T10:14:47.711-04:002009-10-05T10:14:47.711-04:00the Jewish people lived in Poland longer than they...the Jewish people lived in Poland longer than they ever lived in USA or Canada. But Poland and its neighbors turned on the Jews. Do you need further proof that existence of Israel is justified? <br /><br />Now if you could just convince the Arabs....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-89114549618088850132009-10-04T23:06:02.308-04:002009-10-04T23:06:02.308-04:00I also was moved by his story. I didn't realiz...I also was moved by his story. I didn't realize any of the Warsaw Ghetto Fighters was still alive. It's too bad the Times didn't mention more about what Edelman was all about but I do think some readers could infer from the fact he never moved to Israel and neither did his family.Anne Rettenberg LCSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924529514196589677noreply@blogger.com