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Greek Jews commemorate deportation to Auschwitz
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Published: 17.03.13, 07:35
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1. A warning
Joe Mevorah ,   Lincoln, U.S.A.   (03.18.13)
Golden Dawn is a warning for the few Jews living in Greece to leave. It should be quite evident that under the present economic situation that it will strike out and cause violence towards Jews. My family understood that and left that miserable country 60 years ago.
2. Where is the Greek Jewish community today?
R.A.Y.S. ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (03.18.13)
Sadly post WWII, Greece has an ever-increasing intermarriage rate of 65%. By 2025, there won't be any authentic Jews left living in Greece. Synagogue attendance by youth is nil.
3. respond to #1
Joe Mevorah ,   Lincoln, U.S.A.   (03.18.13)
The answer is Israel.
4. #1 Miserable not by choice...
Thessalonian ,   Canada   (03.19.13)
Your comment is indeed offensive to the Greek people who a. welcomed the Shepardic Jews in their country from Spain, b. hid them and fed them in their homes, basements and attics during the Nazi occupation. My family, 1922 Greek refugees from Smyrna was one of those... When your family left "sixty years ago", post WWII era, Greece was again ravaged with Roussian communists vying to turn the blue country red. An equally horrifying era to the Nazi occupation. Can you name a country which was not "miserable" during that era? Regarding the Golden Dawn, it is an unfortunate and undesirable symptom of a suffering and resentful society due to the ills brought by the out of control illegal migration of Asians from 3rd world countries and from the equally massive importation of criminal elements from ex-eastern-bloc Balkan nations, i.e. Bulgarians, Yugoslavs, Romanians etc... Fortunately, their psyche does not represent that of the majority of the people of Greece. We are not a "miserable" nation and or a "miserable" people but rather we have been recently brought to that point due to circumstances out of our control. Thank you for understanding. Regards from a not so "miserable" friend of the Jews.
5. #2Authentic jew
ky   (03.19.13)
What is an authentic Jew . Is it a Jew who is based on on the 19 th century stetl model or an earlier version going back a few thousand years? I would not accept the answer a Jew who believes in Torah without question as the vast majority have asked questions and that makes them more more authentic than those who don't or cant.
6. Friends of the Jews
Joe Mevorah ,   Lincoln, U.S.A.   (03.19.13)
What this world needs "friend of the Jews." Unfortunately not enough "friends." History has taught us that we can only rely on our own. Therefore, thanks for your token but sincere friendship but leave us alone to take care of our own.
7. #4: No one doubtsthe suffering of the people of Greece.
David ,   The Galilee   (03.19.13)
What is tragic is that so many Greeks seem to have forgotten the horrors os the Nazis and are supporting a Neo-Nazi party with Antisemitism at its core.
8. #1-3-6
Thessalonian ,   Canada   (03.19.13)
What sadly stands out from all three of your posts thus far is a mix of frustration, coupled with perprtual resentfulness, garnished with ungratfulness and served with a touch of egocentric isolationism. Not a very healthy and or kosher mix. Then so be it mon ami... Shalom
9. to Thessalonian
Bluegrass Picker ,   Afula   (03.19.13)
you are correct and they are incorrect. Typical of people in North America that never take their eyes off of Hollywood television. No knowledge of what's actually happening in the world. Golden Dawn is ok by me!
10. Respond to #8
Joe Mevorah ,   Lincoln, U.S.A.   (03.19.13)
My friend you are confused. There is no resentment to what I have stated. Just history. I don't need your goyim thoughts on anything. Have a nice day, Mon ami.
11. #5 Authentic Jew
R.A.Y.S. ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (03.19.13)
The authenticity of a Jew is one born to a Jewish mother. You respond like the 4th Son. The Jews know more about the best pork gyro in town than they do of Torah. People with Jewish last names had only Jewish fathers & now they have Xmas trees in their homes. The synagogues are empty on Yom Kippur barely a minyan. The smell of a freshly smoked cigarettes are on many people clothes. There is no one to ask question too as there is no observant leadership. After services non-kosher refreshments are served with the rabbi approving & eating. People are unable to read Hebrew or speak Ladino. Youth are no where to be found on Sabbaths & Holidays. Over the weekends, the young women are in pubs drinking alcohol & dancing with non-Jewish guys. Local kosher foods are non-existent so they imported from Israel as no one cares enough to observe kashrut. The community is unwelcoming to outsider as they were never taught manners to invite in their fellow Jews. There are no bilingual prayerbooks or bibles. The communities will disappear by 2025 and there will be no one there that will even know what Kaddish is all about.
12. Naive, North American
Joe Mevorah ,   Lincoln, U.S.A.   (03.20.13)
First of all those of us from North America tend to be more lenient and tolerant than you. Anyone who feels that "Golden Dawn is o.k. by me"is obviously misinformed, or just plain anti-semitic. Which one are you? I think that you're an idiot!
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