Enter ANTONY and others, with CAESAR's body. It is that we are undeterred in leading proud Jewish lives, laser-focused on the future while refusing to forget the past.Â, As we fulfill the obligation to read the story of Amalek, we are reminded that complacency is never an option and that we must be vigilant. I will bless the Lord at all times — I will never forget to bless God for this miraculous deliverance. The fact that some are prone to hate does not mean we should accommodate their hate or excuse their behavior; it means we must push back against that hate and let it be known it will not be excused. Originally from Berlin, Schloss had survived the Holocaust and went on to lead a beautiful, pious, charitable, and quiet life. Titus 3:4-6 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 6. One of the nicest people I have ever met was Mr. Norbert Schloss, whom I met in the home of Rabbi Benjamin Yudin in Fairlawn, New Jersey. One of the nicest people I have ever met was Mr. Norbert Schloss, whom I met in the home of Rabbi Benjamin Yudin in Fairlawn, New Jersey. no man knoweth fairer prelude to the greeting of friends than this. So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, the Lord will be our God and delight to dwell among us, as His own people and will command a blessing upon us in all our ways, so that we shall see much more of His wisdom, power, goodness, and truth then formerly we … With him is his secretary, Miss B. Howard, and Commander Lampson. To understand this, I am drawn back to the trauma of Mr. Schloss and so many other Holocaust survivors, who had lived side by side for generations, with Germans who suddenly turned on them in the most terrifying way. Their summer villa near Berlin had reportedly been searched for arms — on the grounds that Einstein was treasonously spreading Communist-influenced “atrocity propaganda” against Germany from abroad. “(Deuteronomy 25:17) ... saw the beauty and kindness in humankind all while remembering—lo Tishkach—you may never forget. But the focus was on Jesus and the beginning of His rescue plan. The kindness of your people has touched my heart so deeply that I cannot find words to express in English what I feel. If we can do this, Cupid is no longer an archer: hi s glory shall be ours, for we are the only love-gods. We all know we are always better off giving relationships and people a new chance to start a new page with an open mind and forgiveness. It reminds us not to blame ourselves when we encounter the oldest hate in the world, and it reminds us to meet that hate with resilience and bravery. He was far from being on holiday, however. You have a limited number of free articles. I will never forget when you told me that you were going to forgive Dr. Without our long fought-for western European freedom of mind, stated Einstein in front of a gripped audience overflowing the massive Royal Albert Hall, “there would have been no Shakespeare, no Goethe, no Newton, no Faraday, no Pasteur and no Lister.” Afterwards, on the steps of the hall, he told another newspaper reporter: I could not believe that it was possible that such spontaneous affection could be extended to one who is a wanderer on the face of the earth. Subscribe for just $18. He told a Paris-based correspondent: “I really had no idea my head was worth all that.” As for the threat, “I have no doubt it is really true, but in any case I await the issue with serenity.” To his hugely anxious wife, Elsa, he argued: “When a bandit is going to commit a crime he keeps it secret” — according to a local press statement she made in early September, reported in the New York Times. Zachor. The enemy is someone who is willing to die in order to kill you. Mr. Schloss was much older than me but spoke to me like we had been classmates. Germany’s Weakened Far-Right: What’s at Stake in 2021? We are reminded of the sacred imperative of Zachor—remember. Munch. shall fall in love with Benedick; and I, with your two helps, will so practise on Benedick that, in despite of his quick wit and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in love with Beatrice. Here, in 1933, is Professor Einstein reading outside the little log cabin in which he is living and working. Then, on Aug. 30, 1933, Nazi extremists shot an associate of Einstein in Czechoslovakia, the controversial German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing, whose photo had also been captioned
 ”not yet hanged” — for which the assassins were immediately honored in Germany. In response, he had been relentlessly attacked in the German press,
 and his scientific works had been publicly burned in Berlin. 5:9) “and let them not engage (ישעו) in useless things.” 17 Bestow kindness upon Your servant; I shall live and I shall keep Your word. Jews who have done everything to integrate, contribute, and commit to the societies they are in, suddenly find themselves isolated and on the outs. The people who were their friends, neighbors, teachers, and in some cases, even family members had turned on them in the cruelest and heartless way.Â, As famed historian Paul Johnson pointed out, often Orthodox Jews were better able to cope with this trauma than reformed or assimilated Jews. You shall not despise an Egyptian, for you were a sojourner in his land”, we will have to confront hate. And whoever gives just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple --I assure you: He will never lose his reward!" We all know that when carrying a grudge for a long time isn’t healthy. One especially prominent anti-Semitic German publication about Jews, approved by the government’s propaganda chief Josef Goebbels, showed a photograph of Einstein with the sinister caption in capital letters: “BIS JETZT UNGEHAENGT,”
 that is, “not yet hanged.”. As cases of antisemitism saw a sharp increase in New York, I remember sitting next to a longtime New Yorker who had expressed his upset with the attitude of the generation before us—John Lennon’s generation. Above all the loss, violence, death, and unspeakable horrors—there was also the pain of betrayal. Thank God for His love. There, in the holiday hut on Roughton Heath near Cromer, Einstein lived and toiled peacefully at mathematics — the unified field theory, based on his general theory of relativity, which would occupy him until his dying day — while occasionally stepping out for local walks or to play his violin. While we must dedicate ourselves to Isaiah’s vision of universal peace 364 days a year, we must take one day a year and remember that we will have enemies. Adapted from Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World’s Greatest Scientist by Andrew Robinson, available Oct. 8 from Yale University Press. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our. Within days, press reports appeared suggesting that Einstein was next in line, and mentioning a hefty financial reward placed on his head. Why must we remember that even if we may choose to forgive Amalek, God never will as it says, “For there is a hand on the throne of the Eternal, [that there shall be] a war for the Lord against Amalek from generation to generation.” (Exodus 17:16). When is the last that you praised the Lord for His goodness? He discreetly departed from Belgium, took a boat across the English Channel and headed for London. * The request timed out and you did not successfully sign up. As the first burst of violence quieted down, Kadish took his camera and ran into the neighboring house. With his last bits of strength, next to his son’s body, the father dipped his finger into a puddle of his own blood and wrote: “Yidden, Nekama—Jews, Revenge.” George Kadish immortalized this message with his camera and publicized it into an iconic picture following the war.Â, While the Jewish people seldom have, if ever engaged in acts of revenge, we have fervently engaged in memory. However, he tried to evade the policemen’s watchful eyes and did not take rumors of an attack on him too seriously, despite his awareness of the disturbing history of political assassination in post-war Germany, which had claimed several lives including, most notoriously, that of Germany’s foreign minister, Walther Rathenau, a friend of Einstein and a prominent Jew, who was murdered in Berlin in broad daylight in 1922. You have 3 free articles left. MEDEA has been seated in despair on her door-step during the choral song. We are reminded of survivors like Mr. Schloss and so many others who rose from the ashes, built new lives, saw the beauty and kindness in humankind all while remembering—lo Tishkach—you may never forget.Â. You shall not forget! You have 1 free article left. For about three weeks, Einstein was largely undisturbed by outsiders, except for a visit from the sculptor Jacob Epstein, who modeled a remarkable bronze bust of the hermit Einstein, today on permanent display at London’s Tate Gallery. Go in with me, and I will tell you my drift. He sees a different world from ours, and in the world he sees, we are his enemy. Psalm 34:1-2. Einstein’s flight from Nazi terror is easily understandable. An unexpected error has occurred with your sign up. Professor Albert Einstein, who has taken up residence in England as a refugee from Nazi threats, was among the prominent speakers who addressed a great gathering at the Royal Albert Hall in London, recently, to aid the Jewish Refugee Fund. He is the president of EITAN-The American Israeli Jewish Network and lives with his wife in New York City. Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. He was humble, intelligent, friendly, and gracious. From this undisclosed location, Einstein informed a British newspaper reporter in mid-September: “I shall become a naturalized Englishman as soon as it is possible for my papers to go through.” However, “I cannot tell you yet whether I shall make England my home.”. In addition to the shock many experience as they see the monster of antisemitism rear its ugly head again, equally shocking is when it shows in places committed to equality and integration. How England Helped Albert Einstein Escape Nazi Germany. AEGEUS and his attendants enter. (Rathenau’s photo was captioned “executed.”) As a long-standing devotee of sailing, Einstein was indifferent to danger or death, to the extent that he refused to carry life-jackets or life-belts on board his sailing-boat — even though he had never learned to swim. As the war broke out, bloodthirsty Lithuanian nationalists stormed Jewish homes and murdered their residents in cold blood. The question of his death is enrolled in the Capitol; his glory not extenuated, wherein he was worthy, nor his offences enforced, for which he suffered death. I shall leave England for America at the end of the week, but no matter how long I live I shall never forget the kindness which I have received from the people of England. But despite his long and enriching relationship with Britain, dating back to his teenage encounters with British physics in Switzerland, after he left the country for America in 1933, he was never to return to Europe. Dog Thieves Capitalize on Pandemic Pet Demand, Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World’s Greatest Scientist, 'I Shall Never Forget the Kindness.' By signing up you are agreeing to our. The focus of that year could have been the hardships that preceded Jesus’ birth or the months that immediately followed with Herod’s deadly decree.