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Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children during Holocaust dies
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Published: 12.05.08, 12:30
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1. Life in a Jar Project
Ypip ,   Canada   (05.12.08)
http://www.irenasendler.org/
2. WOW -may hersoul rest in peace
gabriela ben ari ,   Jerusalem   (05.12.08)
3. OH THAT THE OLMERT CABINET WOULD DO THE SAME IN SDEROT!!!
petra ,   USA   (05.12.08)
MAY G-D BLESS HER RIGHTEOUS MEMORY. SHE HAD MORE COURAGE THAN ISRAELS PRESENT CABINET.
4. Thank you Mrs. Sendler - we love you.
Andy ,   ramat hasharon   (05.12.08)
5. madam sendler...
STEPHANE ,   FRANCE   (05.12.08)
as a young jew, i wasn't in the wrong country at the wrong time like 6 millions of my brothers and sisters...of course i didn't have this honor to know a hero like madam sendler, but in the name of a jew that doesn't forget, i want to say a big thank you to this woman, and to her family, i want to tell you that you can be very proud of her.
6. How wonderful that she survived the camps herself and lived
Rivkah   (05.12.08)
to an old age. How fitting that the Jews of Israel honored her as a Righteous Gentile. It is amazing what this woman and a few others were able to do with the help of a lot of Polish families who risked their lives to do something to protect the children of the Warsaw Ghetto. If only more families in all of Europe under the Nazis had done more, many of the children would not have been lost. I hope the Lord showed His mercy to this woman and to people like her so that she can be comforted for eternity instead of being separated from the Lord. Surely it was the Lord's heart in her that gave her the courage to stand up to the injustices and murders, to save a few.
7. A great Madame
Bar ,   Israel   (05.12.08)
At least a GREAT woman who did GREAT things in her life . She shall be remembered at eternity . Thank you Irena .
8.  Belongs to ages now....
Jack ,   Vancouver   (05.12.08)
She took on the German Third Reich and was victorious. She now belongs to the ages.
9. One of the more than 6000
Bar ,   Israel   (05.12.08)
Righteous Poles who risked their lives to save Jews . She was a GREAT HUMAN .
10. Only People like her represent hope for humanity.
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (05.12.08)
11. "rivkah"#6 This is the first talkback you write...
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (05.12.08)
where you show a spark of beauty in your soul. Keep grasping in this aspect of you and so you will be more fulfilled and more serviceable to others.
12. Sorrow & proud
Yanush ,   Szczecin Poland   (05.12.08)
Proud to belong to Her nation and deeply grieve She's no more with us. Keep lovin all the people cause they unexpectedly leave!
13. mother ;-(
(05.13.08)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQ0OkcLKuE&feature=related
14. Rest in peace - beautiful soul.....! Thank you!
Arthur ,   SF, CA   (05.13.08)
15. Re#6 - Agreed!! Well Put
Christy ,   Boston, US   (05.13.08)
"Surely it was the Lord's heart in her that gave her the courage to stand up to the injustices and murders, to save a few." I also believe it was the Lord's doing in all the various people's hearts who helped save the Jews and who stood against the Nazi Tide. I also believe she has gone to dwell with the Lord and is, at this moment, experiencing joy we can't ever imagine this side of heaven.
16. #11 - Keren
Kev ,   London   (05.13.08)
Rivkah tells it as it is - without crippling, worthless sentiment. That's why her talkbacks are some of the most respected here. Her's are virtually always the most recommended ones.
17. #15 Twisted minds love twisted concepts.that's your case
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (05.13.08)
for sure.
18. Kev
Bar ,   Israel   (05.13.08)
The most recommended ? by herself and you .
19. May He welcome u with the same care u welcomed us!
May ur soul raise to ,   G-d on golden wings!   (05.13.08)
20. #17 is meant to #16.
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (05.13.08)
21. Bar, #18
Kev ,   London   (05.13.08)
I often see her talkbacks as highlighted in red and when I read what she's said, they are often very erudite observations. I don't agree with everything that she says but I do recommend the ones that I agree with. Most of her highlighted posts are already that way when I log on.
22. #18
mark ,   ca   (05.13.08)
Agree 100% !:-))
23. Christy , Rivkar , Keren
bar ,   Israel   (05.13.08)
Was it also your "lord" who ordered those murders ?
24. 23 Bar: The Lord sent "fishers" the Bible says to
Rivkah   (05.14.08)
draw the Jews back to their ancient homeland and provided a homeland that included Trans-Jordan after World War I that was approved into International Law by the League of Nations then changed to the land west of the Jordan River including Gaza and the Golan Heights. IF THE JEWS had LISTENED to the FISHERS the Lord sent, they would have been spared the horrors of the World War II holocaust. Wasn't the murder of six million Jews by Germany in World War I enough of an incentive for the Jews to leave the land that was drunk with the blood of the saints and Jews (Saturday Sabbath keepers)??? WHY DID THE JEWS STAY IN GERMANY AND EUROPE??? Then, the bible says God sent HUNTERS to DRIVE HIS PEOPLE back to their ancient homeland. IT WAS THE JEWS WHO FAILED TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. After TWO holocausts of Jews in Europe, WHY are there STILL Jews in Europe??? AND WHY IS THERE NO CHRISTIAN HOMELAND when twice as many Christians were slaughtered as Jews??? THAT IS BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS DID NOT REPLACE THE JEWS. The Christians were grafted onto the religion with Jewish roots and a Jewish Bible and a Jewish Messiah.
25. 15 Christy: Thank you. I have fewer red title lines now, so
Rivkah   (05.14.08)
the readers of my tb's are dropping off. That should please the critics who cannot bear for a woman to be listened to, much less voted for.
26. Rivkah
bar ,   Israel   (05.14.08)
Go and fish by yourself , but don't tell this B.S. to Jews . The league of Nations provided a Homeland for the Jews after WWI ? Try to learn history . Jews are still in Europe because without Jews , no country can survive . They need US , but we don't need you , Rivkah .
27. #24 So,why do you call yourself "rivkah",a Jewish name
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (05.14.08)
if you are a christian ,not Jewish? You contratict yourself ,because using an usurped name you are,symbolicaly, showing intentions TO REPLACE Jews. And of course christians are grafted onto Jew's religion since christian's religion is a robbed doctrine,whose homeland should be ROME.You have a homeland and it is that of those who forged you all,again -ROME in EUROPE! And of course Jews didn't understand Torah(not your posterior bible that can subvert anything it want) and commited mistakes,but it doesn't mean "fishers"or whoever else was right. We believe only G'od knows the ways things have to be set. And you historic knowledge is at fault,because when the League of the Nation AGREED to a homeland to Jews,it was not yet in effect ,and yes Jews were trying to come to the region called Palestine by then since the 1700ths,but they were impeded by arabs and brits when we started comming in masses. "rivkah",learn to think consistently! Your thinking is based in some stakes here and there.You don't think properly and consistently.Your thinking is full of voids,not to say a complete void.
28. 21: Kev: You will notice that it is mostly females who
Rivkah   (05.14.08)
attack me since Charles of Petach Tivka has retired from writing to YNET. I do not have a membership card in the motherhood club, so the witches growl in hate at my perceived advantage in life of not having the burden of childen. Most women, if asked to live their lives over again would opt out of motherhood because it is apparently so heartbreaking according the the book "The Territorial Imperative" by Robert Ardry. It has been that way most of my life. My mother and sisters were jealous of me, as were girls in school. I prefer pets and books to people, having been so preyed upon by humans.
29. 26 Bar: read about the BALFOUR DECLARATION.
Rivkah   (05.14.08)
That gave the Jews a homeland after the FIRST World War that was agreed to by the League of Nations. The Jews did not move there en masse as God planned, so they were robbed of the implementation of the Balfour Declaration. Why were the Jews given a homeland on paper after World War I? The Jewish inventor of an explosive allowed the British to use his invention ONLY if they gave the Jews a homeland which the British agreed to. The British paid a terrible price for reneging on the deal that was International Law from the League of Nations: the British Empire withered in God's rage at them. You should read Jeremiah's writings to learn about he fishers and hunters God used to get His people into their ancient homeland instead of ranting against me. Speaking in ignorance does not make you look wise. You just want someone to hate and that will bring judgment on you, not me.
30. 27: Keren: You speak with words without wisdom.
Rivkah   (05.14.08)
Go to a library and look up the name Gilbert in "The Dictionary of Surnames" by Oxford Press. You will find the Gilbert family, my ancestors, in England which includes my great, great, great grandfather John, Earl of Gilbert converted to the Church of England many centuries ago from the Jewish religion. Some converted to stay in England while others were expelled. So Messianic would be a better title for me than Christian since I believe in a Saturday sabbath, not a Sunday sabbath and I have a Jewish ancestry. A lovely person named Egal who is the maintenance engineer at the Olympia Hotel in Tel Aviv on Hyarkon Street pronounced for me my name in Hebrew: Rivkah. Jews take a religious name at Bat and Bar Mitzvoh/Mitzvah just as Messianics and Christians do in some religions and/or congregations/churches/temples. Abram became Abraham. Sarai became Sarah. Sounds like you need a name with "ah" the breath of God in it, too.
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