Mount Herzl (Har Herzl in Hebrew) also known as Har haZikaron, “the Mountain of Memory” is an 834 meter hill located on the outskirts of West Jerusalem. It is considered to be one of the highest points in Jerusalem offering a 360 degree view of the Holy City. It was named after the founder of the modern Zionism, Theodore Herzl, who dedicated his life to the idea of Jewish self determination and the return of the Jews to their historic homeland.
In 1896 Herzl wrote a pamphlet called "The Jewish State" which years later would have a far reaching consequences for the Jews around the world and change the balance of power in the Middle East. He was the first Jew who conceptualized the anti-Semitism phenomenon as an international problem and provided …show more content…
Baal Shem Tov knew what he was talking about since he lived at the time when the mass pogroms against the defenseless Jewish population of Eastern Europe was a norm. It was an adherence to their traditions and their God that allowed the Jews to survive against all odds.
It has been only 71 years since the end of the World War II but the Jew haters around the world are already tripping over each other in their fervor to deny the Holocaust despite irrefutable mountains of evidence. When it comes to hatred and ignorance the facts tend to lose their desired effect. It is not inconceivable that under the leadership of so called pseudo socialist progressives in the Western countries and Muslim radicals around the world, who dream of Israel's demise, the mass murder of six million Jews will eventually become a myth.
The words "never again" are just that, the words. Places like Yad Vashem are important reminder of what happened and what can easily happen again. It is up to Jewish people to make sure that the past is not forgotten as it is the only way to the secure the
In 1896 Herzl wrote a pamphlet called "The Jewish State" which years later would have a far reaching consequences for the Jews around the world and change the balance of power in the Middle East. He was the first Jew who conceptualized the anti-Semitism phenomenon as an international problem and provided …show more content…
Baal Shem Tov knew what he was talking about since he lived at the time when the mass pogroms against the defenseless Jewish population of Eastern Europe was a norm. It was an adherence to their traditions and their God that allowed the Jews to survive against all odds.
It has been only 71 years since the end of the World War II but the Jew haters around the world are already tripping over each other in their fervor to deny the Holocaust despite irrefutable mountains of evidence. When it comes to hatred and ignorance the facts tend to lose their desired effect. It is not inconceivable that under the leadership of so called pseudo socialist progressives in the Western countries and Muslim radicals around the world, who dream of Israel's demise, the mass murder of six million Jews will eventually become a myth.
The words "never again" are just that, the words. Places like Yad Vashem are important reminder of what happened and what can easily happen again. It is up to Jewish people to make sure that the past is not forgotten as it is the only way to the secure the