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On Nov. 7, mobs of Dutch soccer fans rampaged through central Amsterdam beating up Israeli and Jewish tourists there to see the Maccabi Tel Aviv team play. The outbreak of violence happened on the eve of the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht, when organized gangs of Nazi soldiers in Germany and occupied Austria targeted Jewish businesses, torched synagogues and sent 20,000 Jewish men to concentration camps. Video of the Dutch attacks prompted some world leaders to describe the night as a “pogrom”. In hindsight, however, the mayor of Amsterdam is now backtracking on using the word “pogrom”, saying the word has been weaponized to score political points. And while her comments have angered many Jewish leaders in the Netherlands, at least two of them agree that the horrific comparison is an overstatement. On today's episode of The CJN Daily, you'll hear why. Dave Heilbron, the Dutch-Canadian leader of a pro-Israel lobby organization based in Amsterdam, and Annet Betsalel, a Dutch filmmaker and Holocaust educator in the small town of Bussum, both join the show to discuss what Jewish life in the Netherlands has been like over the past couple of weeks. They say while calling the attacks a pogrom may be exaggeration, Dutch Jews are still nervous about more antisemitic attacks, costly security bills and rising anti-Jewish hatred across the political spectrum in Europe. Related links Read why soccer hooliganism in Europe has disturbing antisemitic chants and symbols, in The CJN. Learn more about Anne Betsalel's work on the rescue of Canada's Veffer family in the Netherlands during the Holocaust, on The CJN Daily. Why a new Canadian book about who betrayed Anne Frank has outraged Dutch Jews, in The CJN from 2022. Credits Host and writer: Ellin Bessner (@ebessner) Production team: Zachary Kauffman (producer), Michael Fraiman (executive producer) Music: Dov Beck-Levine Support our show Subscribe to The CJN newsletter Donate to The CJN (+ get a charitable tax receipt) Subscribe to The CJN Daily (Not sure how? Click here)

Today we take a deep dive into the Amsterdam Jew Hunt that went down last Thursday night and into the early morning hours of Friday. That it happened in Amsterdam should surprise no one. That there will almost certainly be copycat Jew hunts in Europe and elsewhere should also surprise no one. That young Muslim men and perhaps slightly older taxi drivers planned and coordinated this pogrom on various chat platforms should also not surprise anyone. Although it did seem to catch the Amsterdam police off guard—in spite of several advance warnings from Israeli securityservices. In this special podcast State of Tel Aviv speaks in depth with three very different people, each bringing profound insight and knowledge to this critical historical moment. Pieter Dorsman is a Dutch-Canadian businessman and blogger who has lived in Vancouver for decades now but grew up in the Netherlands. He happened to be visiting family near Rotterdam when this attack occurred. We start with him and then speak with David De Bruijn, Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University in Alabama. A native son of The Hague, De Bruijn pulls no punches when discussing the “polite” antisemitism among the more traditional Dutch—and the very explicit, vulgar form of Jew hatred that prevails among Muslims in the country, many of whom are second, third, or fourth generation. These violent antisemites are not “new immigrants” as much of the media has erroneously portrayed them. Lastly, we speak with Eitam Zach, a young Israeli man who has lived in the Netherlands for almost six years now and is very spooked by how life has changed since October 7. And by this latest madness. Throughout this podcast we get into European sport culture, how the Holocaust is ever-present in the minds of Dutch Jews, and how the restrained, “tolerant” Dutch people have managed and mismanaged the integration of so many Muslim immigrants over the decades. Amsterdam today. And tomorrow?State of Tel Aviv is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Timestamps:Intro: 00:00 to 13:21 Interview with Pieter Dorsman: 13:21 to 1:01:00 Interview with Prof. David De Bruijn: 1:01:00 to 1:37:00Interview with Eitam Zach: 1:37:00 to 1:55:32Podcast Notes:* Pieter Dorsman is a Vancouver-based venture capital advisor and investor. Prior to relocating to Vancouver, he held a number of senior positions in the project and corporate finance divisions of UBS in Hong Kong. Pieter started his career at Barclays Bank in London. Born and raised in the Netherlands, Pieter graduated from the Erasmus Universiteit. Pieter writes about international politics and markets on his Substack.* In March, 2024, Pieter wrote about how pro-Hamas/Islamist culture was taking root in the Netherlands.* Last January he published a piece with the prescient title: “Antisemitism, Football and History.”* His most recent – “Amsterdam Cries” – is from Nov. 10.X: @PieterDorsmanLinkedIn: pdorsmanBlog: pieterdorsman.substack.com* Dr. David De Bruijn is a professor teaching philosophy at the University of Auburn, Alabama, in the United States of America. He tweets at @dmdebruijn.De Bruijn's article about the Amsterdam pogrom, published on Sunday, November 13, 2024 in The Free PressX: @dmdebruijn* Eitam Zach is a Tel Avivian living in Amsterdam. He has a BA in International Studies and an MSc in Political Communication. Passionate about people, politics, and whatever comes in between.X: @eitamzach Insta: @eitamzach* An interview with a Dutch Palestinian community leader, Wathek Alsadeh and an Egyptian television station is published here, with English subtitles. In this interview, Mr. Alsadeh alleges that the Jew Hunt was orchestrated by the Mossad in order to generate sympathy for Israel among Europeans.* Holocaust survivor gets Dutch train company to pay damages. This article reports on the lawsuit brought by Ajax Amsterdam's physiotherapist,. Salo Muller, against the Dutch rail company. Muller's parents were transported to concentration camps during WWII by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen train company, which both charged Dutch Jews for the journey and got paid by the Nazis; Muller decided to take on the company and force it to pay compensation to family of the victims it sent to their deaths. The case setttled in 2018. Muller passed away in 2023.* Just over a year ago I found myself writing a post reflecting on the explosion of antisemitic violence in the immediate aftermath of October 7. You can read it here.Remember the plane that landed in Dagestan (having arrived from Israel) and was met on the tarmac by local Muslim fanatics? They searched every crevice of the aircraft and inside the airport terminal. They were hunting Jews. That was several weeks after October 7, 2023.State of Tel Aviv is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stateoftelaviv.com/subscribe

Full Text of ReadingsFriday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 411The Saint of the day is Saint Teresa Benedicta of the CrossSaint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross' Story A brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila that she began a spiritual journey that led to her baptism in 1922. Twelve years later she imitated Saint Teresa by becoming a Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Born into a prominent Jewish family in Breslau, Germany—now Wroclaw, Poland—Edith abandoned Judaism in her teens. As a student at the University of Göttingen, she became fascinated by phenomenology–an approach to philosophy. Excelling as a protégé of Edmund Husserl, one of the leading phenomenologists, Edith earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1916. She continued as a university teacher until 1922, when she moved to a Dominican school in Speyer; her appointment as lecturer at the Educational Institute of Munich ended under pressure from the Nazis. After living for four years in the Cologne Carmel, Sister Teresa Benedicta moved to the Carmelite monastery in Echt, Netherlands, in 1938. The Nazis occupied that country in 1940. In retaliation for being denounced by the Dutch bishops, the Nazis arrested all Dutch Jews who had become Christians. Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa, also a Catholic, died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz on August 9, 1942. Pope John Paul II beatified Teresa Benedicta of the Cross in 1987 and canonized her 12 years later. Reflection The writings of Edith Stein fill 17 volumes, many of which have been translated into English. A woman of integrity, she followed the truth wherever it led her. After becoming a Catholic, Edith continued to honor her mother's Jewish faith. Sister Josephine Koeppel, O.C.D., translator of several of Edith's books, sums up this saint with the phrase, “Learn to live at God's hands.” Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross is a Patron Saint of: Converts to ChristianityEurope Learn more about Saint Benedicta of the Cross! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Friday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, 1891-1942; a brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila that she began a spiritual journey that led to her baptism in 1922; twelve years later she imitated Saint Teresa by becoming a Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross; the Nazis arrested all Dutch Jews who had become Christians; Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa, also a Catholic, died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/9/24 Gospel: Matthew 16:24-28

The Takeaway In this episode, I trace the mental and physical journey I took recently in the Netherlands to grasp the murder of more than one hundred thousand Dutch Jews during WWII at the hands of the Nazis. I wanted to move beyond the number and get to the human beings. Physically, the journey took me to several Holocaust-related sites in Amsterdam: the old Jewish Quarter, the Anne Frank House (Annex), the old Dutch Theatre, the Dutch Holocaust Memorial, and of high interest, the sidewalks of Amsterdam. And outside Amsterdam to the Westerbork transit camp. Part of my mental journey involved moving beyond the human tendency to see Anne Frank as symbolic of all Dutch Jews who were murdered. But the larger mental issue was confronting the remnants of hate I saw and how they drove me toward hate.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed as "false and preposterous" South Africa's allegation that he incited genocide in a speech, saying the charge reflects historical ignorance. Meanwhile, Canada has seemingly switched sides in the legal fight between SA and Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), saying its initial comments had simply been misunderstood. Both attempts at clarification came as the World Court, as the ICJ is also known, deliberates on SA's request for immediate intervention to prevent what it says is ongoing genocide in Gaza. After a hearing late last week, the court promised an urgent ruling on the need for and what kind of emergency measures may be required. When it ordered such provisional measures in the case of Ukraine vs Russia, those came nine days after it heard argument. 'Amalek' is anti-genocide, says Netanyahu South Africa told the ICJ that Netanyahu had called for genocide with references to Amalek, the archetypal enemy of Jews since biblical times. By telling Israeli soldiers to "remember what Amalek has done to you", said South Africa, Netanyahu had invoked a biblical command in which God ordered the Amalekites to be wiped out down to their infant children and livestock. In a statement about that accusation on Tuesday, which never mentioned South Africa directly, Netanyahu called its interpretation absurd. "The Amalekites mercilessly attacked the Children of Israel after the Exodus from Egypt," said his office. "The comparison to Amalek has been used throughout the ages to designate those who seek to eradicate the Jewish people, most recently, the Nazis. Netanyahu pointed to the use of the same phrase in Israel's Yad Vashem holocaust museum, in a memorial - in The Hague, home to the World Court - to Dutch Jews murdered by the Nazis. When he spoke of Amalek, Netanyahu said, he was describing the attack by Hamas on Israel, "and the need to confront them". The statement did not deal with South Africa's contention that Netanyahu's Amalek reference was used by soldiers, and one famous singer, in what SA considers justification of genocide in Gaza. 'Does not mean' that, says Canada Also earlier this week, Canada appeared to swing from dismissing South Africa's case at the ICJ to support for the legal process - but only because it had been misinterpreted in the first place, its government said. In their initial reactions to South Africa's case, both Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and its foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, appeared to say they did not accept South Africa's allegation of genocide in Gaza. "Support for the process and the institution does not mean, per se, that we support the premise of the issue brought forward by South Africa," Trudeau said. "Canada's unwavering support for international law and the ICJ does not mean we accept the premise of the case brought by South Africa," said Joly. Pro-Israel groups in Canada, members of Canada's government, and many media outlets took that as a rejection of the case. But, the federal government told broadcaster CBC News, the wording had been crafted to show that Canada supported the ICJ case being heard, as well as the work of the court more broadly, and it was not rejecting SA's claim of genocide - but was not pre-empting the outcome of the case either. Britain, the USA, and Germany reject South Africa's allegations outright, but Canada has now signalled - or signalled more clearly - that it will abide by the finding of the World Court.

A Dutch Jewish community leader, Allon Kijl, describes the hostility in the Netherlands against the Jews and Israel after Oct. 7th. Mentioned in this podcast is the interview of Daniel Libeskind -- see https://b.link/Ep107NeverAgainIsNowPodcast

词汇提示1.persecution 迫害2.handicapped 残疾人3.intellectuals 知识分子4.pectin 果胶5.herbs 草药6.seasoning 调味7.gypsies 吉普赛人8.homosexual 同性恋9.chronically 长期地10.eliminated 消除11.authorities 当局者原文The Story of Anne FrankWar,persecution, and economic depression affect not only adults, but also old people, children, babies, the sick and the handicapped.Since history is written mostly about politicians, soldiers, intellectuals and criminals, we don't read very often about how events affect ordinary people.Now and then a special book will shed light on what it was like to live in the midst of terrible events.Such a book is "The Diary of Anne Frank."Anne Frank was born in Frankfurtam Main, Germany, in 1929.Her father Otto Frank was a businessman who moved the family to the Netherlands in 1934.In Amsterdam, Otto started a company selling pectin to make jams and jellies.Later he began a second company that sold herbs for seasoning meat.Otto Frank had decided to leave Germany because of the policies and personality of the new German Chancellor Adolph Hitler.Hitler had a personal hatred not only for Jewish people but also for everything Jewish.He felt that one way to strengthen Germany and solve its problems was to kill or drive out all the Jews.Hitler also felt that other groups, such as blacks, gypsies, the handicapped,homosexuals and the chronically unemployed should be eliminated.Then only strong healthy "true Germans" would be left.Since Hitler had a plan to solve Germany's economic problems, he received a lot of popular support.Very few Germans realized that he was mentally and emotionally unbalanced and would kill anyone who got in his way.The Frank family was Jewish, and they felt that they would be safe in the Netherlands.However,in May 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands and soon took over the government.In 1941, laws were passed to keep Jews separate from other Dutch citizens.The following year, Dutch Jews began to be shipped to concentration camps in Germany and Poland.Just before this began, Anne Frank, Otto's younger daughter, received a diary for her 13th birthday.Less than a month later, the whole family went into hiding.Otto Frank had made friends with the Dutch people who worked with him in his business operations.Now these friends were ready to help him, even though hiding Jews from the authorities was treated as a serious crime.Behind Otto Frank's business offices, there was another house that was not visible from the street.Here the Franks moved many of their things.Only a few trusted people knew they were living there.The Franks moved into these small rooms on July 6, 1942,and they lived there with another Jewish family, the Van Pels, until the police captured them on August 4, 1944.So,for more than two years, the two families never went outside.All their food and supplies had to be brought to them.During this period, Anne Frank told her diary all her thoughts and fears.Like any teenage girl, she hoped that good things would happen to her, that she would become a writer or a movie star.She complained that her parents treated her like a child.She insisted that she was grown up.She also talked about how difficult it was to live in a small area with seven other people and not be able to go outside.She wrote about the war and hoped that the Netherlands would soon be liberated from the Germans.Anne sometimes envied her older sister, Margot, who was so much more mature, and who never got into trouble.She and Margot wrote letters to each other to pass the time.Anne even had a romance with Peter van Pels, who was seventeen.Then all their fears came true.All the eight Jews hiding in the house were arrested and eventually sent to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland.Although the war was ending, it did not end soon enough for the Frank family.Only Otto Frank survived the war.One of their helpers, Miep Gies, saved Anne's diary and kept it.After the war, Otto Frank decided to publish it.Since 1947 more than 20 million copies have been sold in 55 languages.Anne's diary shows the terrible cost of hatred, persecution and war better than any history book.翻译安妮·弗兰克的故事战争、迫害和经济萧条不仅影响成年人，也影响老人、儿童、婴儿、病人和残疾人。由于历史主要是关于政治家、士兵、知识分子和罪犯的，我们很少读到事件对普通人的影响。时不时地，一本特别的书会揭示生活在可怕事件中的感觉。这样一本书就是《安妮日记》。安妮·弗兰克1929年出生于德国法兰克福。她的父亲奥托·弗兰克是一位商人，1934年全家搬到了荷兰。在阿姆斯特丹，奥托开了一家公司，销售用来制作果酱和果冻的果胶。后来，他又开了第二家公司，出售调味肉用的草药。由于德国新总理阿道夫·希特勒的政策和个性，奥托·弗兰克决定离开德国。希特勒不仅对犹太人，而且对一切犹太人都有个人的仇恨。他认为，加强德国和解决其问题的一个方法是杀死或驱逐所有犹太人。希特勒还认为其他群体，如黑人、吉普赛人、残疾人、同性恋者和长期失业者应该被消灭。这样就只剩下强壮健康的“真正德国人”了。由于希特勒有一个解决德国经济问题的计划，他得到了很多民众的支持。很少有德国人意识到他在精神上和情感上都不平衡，会杀死任何挡他路的人。弗兰克一家是犹太人，他们觉得在荷兰会很安全。然而，1940年5月，德国入侵荷兰，并很快接管了政府。1941年，通过了将犹太人与其他荷兰公民分开的法律。第二年，荷兰犹太人开始被运往德国和波兰的集中营。就在这一切开始之前，奥托的小女儿安妮·弗兰克(Anne Frank)在13岁生日时收到了一本日记。不到一个月后，全家人都躲起来了。奥托·弗兰克与在他的商业运作中与他一起工作的荷兰人交了朋友。现在这些朋友都愿意帮助他，尽管向当局藏匿犹太人是一种严重的罪行。在奥托·弗兰克的商业办公室后面，还有一栋房子，从街上看不见。法兰克人把他们的许多东西搬到了这里。只有少数值得信赖的人知道他们住在那里。1942年7月6日，弗兰克斯一家搬进了这些小房间，他们和另一个犹太家庭范佩尔(Van Pels)住在一起，直到1944年8月4日被警察逮捕。因此，在两年多的时间里，两家人从未出门。他们所有的食物和补给都必须运来。在此期间，安妮·弗兰克把她所有的想法和恐惧都写在日记里。像任何一个十几岁的女孩一样，她希望好事会发生在她身上，希望她能成为一名作家或电影明星。她抱怨父母把她当孩子对待。她坚持说她已经长大了。她还谈到了和其他七个人住在一个小地方，不能出去是多么困难。她写了关于战争的文章，希望荷兰能很快从德国人手中解放出来。安妮有时羡慕她的姐姐玛戈特，因为她成熟得多，而且从不惹事。她和玛戈特互相写信打发时间。安妮甚至和17岁的彼得·范·佩尔斯有过一段恋情。然后他们所有的恐惧都成真了。躲在房子里的8名犹太人全部被捕，最终被送往波兰的奥斯维辛死亡集中营。虽然战争即将结束，但对弗兰克一家来说，结束得还不够快。只有奥托·弗兰克在战争中幸存下来。他们的助手之一梅普·吉斯保存了安妮的日记并保存了下来。战后，奥托·弗兰克决定出版这本书。自1947年以来，该书已被翻译成55种语言，销量超过2000万册。安妮的日记比任何一本历史书都更好地展示了仇恨、迫害和战争的可怕代价。

117,000 Dutch Jews were killed throughout the Holocaust. Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner was one of the few selected to live. Eventually, she gave her life over to Jesus.

Full Text of ReadingsWednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 409The Saint of the day is Saint Teresa Benedicta of the CrossSaint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross' Story A brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila that she began a spiritual journey that led to her baptism in 1922. Twelve years later she imitated Saint Teresa by becoming a Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Born into a prominent Jewish family in Breslau, Germany—now Wroclaw, Poland—Edith abandoned Judaism in her teens. As a student at the University of Göttingen, she became fascinated by phenomenology–an approach to philosophy. Excelling as a protégé of Edmund Husserl, one of the leading phenomenologists, Edith earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1916. She continued as a university teacher until 1922, when she moved to a Dominican school in Speyer; her appointment as lecturer at the Educational Institute of Munich ended under pressure from the Nazis. After living for four years in the Cologne Carmel, Sister Teresa Benedicta moved to the Carmelite monastery in Echt, Netherlands, in 1938. The Nazis occupied that country in 1940. In retaliation for being denounced by the Dutch bishops, the Nazis arrested all Dutch Jews who had become Christians. Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa, also a Catholic, died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz on August 9, 1942. Pope John Paul II beatified Teresa Benedicta of the Cross in 1987 and canonized her 12 years later. Reflection The writings of Edith Stein fill 17 volumes, many of which have been translated into English. A woman of integrity, she followed the truth wherever it led her. After becoming a Catholic, Edith continued to honor her mother's Jewish faith. Sister Josephine Koeppel, O.C.D., translator of several of Edith's books, sums up this saint with the phrase, “Learn to live at God's hands.” Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross is a Patron Saint of: Converts to ChristianityEurope Learn more about Saint Benedicta of the Cross! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

The Takeaway In this episode, I trace the mental and physical journey I took recently in the Netherlands to grasp the murder of more than one hundred thousand Dutch Jews during WWII at the hands of the Nazis. I wanted to move beyond the number and get to the human beings. Physically, the journey took me to several Holocaust-related sites in Amsterdam: the old Jewish Quarter, the Anne Frank House (Annex), the old Dutch Theatre, the Dutch Holocaust Memorial, and of high interest, the sidewalks of Amsterdam. And outside Amsterdam: the Westerbork transit camp. Part of my mental journey involved moving beyond the human tendency to see Anne Frank as symbolic of all Dutch Jews who were murdered. But the larger mental issue was confronting the remnants of hate I saw and how they drove me toward hate.

Full Text of ReadingsTuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 414All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint Teresa Benedicta of the CrossA brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila that she began a spiritual journey that led to her baptism in 1922. Twelve years later she imitated Saint Teresa by becoming a Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Born into a prominent Jewish family in Breslau, Germany—now Wroclaw, Poland—Edith abandoned Judaism in her teens. As a student at the University of Göttingen, she became fascinated by phenomenology--an approach to philosophy. Excelling as a protégé of Edmund Husserl, one of the leading phenomenologists, Edith earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1916. She continued as a university teacher until 1922, when she moved to a Dominican school in Speyer; her appointment as lecturer at the Educational Institute of Munich ended under pressure from the Nazis. After living for four years in the Cologne Carmel, Sister Teresa Benedicta moved to the Carmelite monastery in Echt, Netherlands, in 1938. The Nazis occupied that country in 1940. In retaliation for being denounced by the Dutch bishops, the Nazis arrested all Dutch Jews who had become Christians. Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa, also a Catholic, died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz on August 9, 1942. Pope John Paul II beatified Teresa Benedicta of the Cross in 1987 and canonized her 12 years later. Reflection The writings of Edith Stein fill 17 volumes, many of which have been translated into English. A woman of integrity, she followed the truth wherever it led her. After becoming a Catholic, Edith continued to honor her mother's Jewish faith. Sister Josephine Koeppel, O.C.D., translator of several of Edith's books, sums up this saint with the phrase, “Learn to live at God's hands.” Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross is a Patron Saint of: Converts to Christianity Europe Learn more about Saint Benedicta of the Cross! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

August 9: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr1891–1942Optional Memorial; Liturgical Color: RedCo-Patron Saint of EuropeA Jewish intellectual discovers St. Teresa of Ávila, converts, and dies for her raceEdith Stein, today's saint's given name, was a highly cultured European intellectual. She obtained a doctorate in philosophy summa cum laude from a German university after being accepted as a student by a renowned philosopher. She mastered numerous languages and worked as both a nurse and interpreter during World War I. She was a naturally gifted and effective teacher. She translated various works of Saint John Henry Newman from English and a work of Saint Thomas Aquinas from the original Latin. She published a book called Potency and Act on some foundational concepts in Thomism. Her erudition opened doors to elite circles of artists, philosophers, and other creators of culture. Yet she decided, in the flower of her life, to leave the shore, to wade into the sea of God, and to dive deep for the pearl of great price. Years after converting to Catholicism, Edith took vows as a Carmelite nun, becoming Teresa Blessed (or “Benedicta”) of the Cross. Yet in the convent, her worldly achievements counted little. When she first walked through the doors, one of Mother Superior's initial questions to her was: “Can you sew?” The science of the Cross had begun.Edith Stein was born and raised a Jew, the last of eleven children in a pious, middle-class German family. But she lost a living faith as a teenager and stopped praying. After passing all of her courses with distinction, and after serving at a war hospital in Austria, she finished a doctorate on the subject of empathy. She then became a full-time assistant to her philosophical mentor. Edith had various positive experiences with individual Christians during the war years. She saw, first hand, how Christians understood their own loss and suffering in light of the Cross of Christ. On a visit to the Cathedral of Frankfurt, these experiences of others' faith merged, rather suddenly, with a profound experience of her own. From the back of the church, Edith saw a woman with a shopping bag enter, kneel in prayer for a few moments, genuflect, and then depart. Our saint was deeply moved by the mystery of it. The woman clearly came into the church to have a short conversation with someone. Edith had never seen anyone do this in a synagogue or in a Protestant church. It struck her—Truth is a person, not a mere concept. God is living, breathing Truth in the person of Jesus Christ.A couple of years later, in 1921, while spending time at a friend's home, she discovered an autobiography of Saint Teresa of Ávila in the home's library and started reading it. She read all night. She read until the sun came up. In the morning she bought a Catholic Catechism and devoured that too. She had finally found the truth she couldn't quite find in her philosophical studies. She would convert to Catholicism. On January 1, 1922, Edith Stein was baptized. She was confirmed the next month by the local bishop in his private chapel. When she went home to tell her mother that she was now Catholic, the two could only cry in each other's arms at their complex emotions. After her conversion, Edith taught at a Dominican high school, engaged in scholarly work, and lectured on women's issues with the encouragement of her bishop.Finally, in 1933, after experiencing the dawning anti-semitism of the Third Reich, Edith fulfilled a long-held dream and entered the Carmelite convent in Cologne. Before entering, she went home to say a bittersweet goodbye to her family and attended synagogue one last time with her mother, who felt betrayed and who never responded to any of her daughter's many subsequent letters. Sister Teresa Benedicta took final vows in 1938. On New Year's Eve of that same year, she secretly transferred to a Carmelite convent in the Netherlands to escape Germany's insane anti-semitism. There, she was a model nun, devoted to Saint John of the Cross and to the Carmelite spirituality of the Cross. She prayed in front of the tabernacle for long hours and wrote for many more.After the Dutch bishops released a letter protesting the deportation of Dutch Jews, the retaliation against the Church was swift and merciless. The gestapo soon pounded on the doors of all local convents to take away any Jewish converts. On August 2, 1942, Edith was praying in the chapel when the gestapo came. She had five minutes to leave. Edith and her sister Rosa, also a convert who was helping in the convent, were taken away. They were transported in trains, like cattle, to Auschwitz, gassed to death, and cremated, most likely on August 9, along with hundreds of other Jews. Edith Stein was sharply aware of her double spiritual identity as a Jew and a Catholic. She knew she was dying, spiritually and physically, for each of her identities. Her iconic life and death, so redolent of the tensions of the twentieth century, caused Saint John Paul II to name her a co-patron of Europe. She was beatified in Cologne in 1987 and canonized in 1998 after a miraculous healing of a little girl in the state of Massachusetts was attributed to her intercession.Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, you were Jewish by blood, Catholic by baptism, and Carmelite by solemn vows. Your multiple spiritual identities, complex mind, and education found their unity in Christ. May we follow your example in finding our unity in Him as well.

Within the framework of Operation Reinhard, the Nazi extermination of Polish Jewry, the SS built three death camps in Eastern Poland - Belzec, Treblinka & Sobibor. The latter was the smallest of the three, and a quarter of a million primarily Polish and Dutch Jews were killed in its gas chambers during its year and a half of existence. It was at Sobibor that on October 14, 1943 a great prisoner escape took place. Led by the son of a Polish rabbi named Leon Feldhendler & a Soviet Jewish Red Army officer named Sasha Pechersky, these two unlikely leaders joined together to formulate a plan to save not just themselves but to give all of the 600 inmates at Sobibor an equal chance to escape. The revolt killed several SS officers, 300 Jewish prisoners made it to the forest and nearly 50 survived the war. As they broke for the fences, Pechersky demanded that anyone who survive should tell the world what went on in Sobibor.    To dedicate an episode in the Jewish History Soundbites ‘Jewish Saviors of the Holocaust' series, please contact Yehuda at yehuda@yehudageberer.com    Jewish History Soundbites is coming to NY! Register here for the upcoming tour of the Mt. Judah cemetery with Yehuda Geberer on July 29, 9:30 am   For sponsorship opportunities about your favorite topics of Jewish history contact Yehuda at:  yehuda@yehudageberer.com   Subscribe To Our Podcast on:    PodBean: https://jsoundbites.podbean.com/   Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at @Jsoundbites You can email Yehuda at yehuda@yehudageberer.com

Last week on The CJN Daily, we brought you an interview with Canadian writer Rosemary Sullivan. Her latest book, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation, details a team of historians and researchers that argue it was a Dutch Jewish notary who sold out the Franks to the Nazis. Sullivan defended her work and argued the Dutch need to face the fact that one-third of all Dutch Jews in hiding were betrayed, resulting in the death of 75 per cent of the country's Jewish population. But the Dutch are angry at the book—especially one Dutchman, Ruben Vis. The CEO of a Dutch Jewish organization called NIK, who is also the son of Holocaust survivors who hid for their survival, Vis has since embarked on a PR campaign to force the book's publisher to stop printing copies. He also believes his research refutes several accusations from The Betrayal of Anne Frank, a book which he describes as a painful hit on Dutch Jews. Vis joins from Amsterdam to explain what Sullivan's book got wrong and why his fight to stop the book is going to heat up even more next week. What we talked about: Listen to Rosemary Sullivan discuss her book on The CJN Daily at thecjn.ca Watch Sullivan's full interview with The CJN on YouTube Learn about the event, "The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Refutation", in which local Dutch historians and family members go into details about their counter-findings, at spui25.nl Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Victoria Redden is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network. To learn how to support the show by subscribing to this podcast, please watch this video.

117,000 Dutch Jews were killed throughout the Holocaust. Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner was one of the few selected to live. Eventually, she gave her life over to Jesus. Soon after, the war finally ended.

Ballade (1953) by Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981)This is our lament for our country and for the black lives we are losing. Ballade commemorates the experience of the Dutch people under German Fascist occupation in World War II, and by extension, all victims of Fascism everywhere. The Nazis murdered three quarters of all Dutch Jews, and hundreds of thousands of Dutch Gypsies, resistance fighters, journalists, artists and the ordinary citizens who tried to protect them. Ballade tells their story without words, first in a traditional Jewish lamentation, then in the sounds of marching troops, aircraft engines, falling bombs, and a funeral march. The Nazis were afraid of this music. They imprisoned its composer, Hendrik Andriessen, and prohibited performing his compositions. We must not tolerate the drift of our country towards Fascism, for this is where it leads. Viva Knight and Ted Rust add our voices to the worldwide protest against the state-sanctioned murder of black people in the United States of America. We say their names:George FloydManuel EllisBreonna TaylorAhmaud ArberyTony McDadeDion Johnson. We deplore the loss of over 100,000 Americans, a disproportionate number of them black, due to our nation's failure to contain the coronavirus pandemic and to tolerate peaceful protest.For white people asking what they can do about racism in America, here is a response from Light Watkins: https://youtu.be/sjhz594Am6gphoto ©Christine Wu, 2020

Born in Breslau, Germany, murdered in the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, Poland, Edith Stein dedicated her life to a pursuit of truth leading from her roots in Judaism, via adolescent agnosticism to the study of philosophy, to Catholicism and ultimately to life as a Carmelite. She served God with prayer, scholarship and dedication to her fellow human beings, created in God's image. In 1933, while others kept silent, she sought help from the Vatican for her beleaguered Jewish community, an Esther who pleaded for her people. In her writings she probed the meaning of suffering and reached for closeness to God. She endured the indignities inflicted by her Nazi persecutors sustained by prayer and caring for the children around her. With her older sister Rosa, she died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Edith Stein was beatified and declared a saint by Pope John Paul II.” Text by Susanne M. Batzdorff  (Poet and Writer; niece of Edith Stein) “Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone….I keep thinking of Queen Esther who was taken away from her people precisely because God wanted her to plead with the king on behalf of her nation. I am a very poor and powerless little Esther, but the King who has chosen me is infinitely great and merciful. This is great comfort.” (Edith Stein on Carmelite vocation, 1938). After being transferred to Dutch Carmelite convent from Cologne because of severe persecusion of Jews in Nazi Germany, she wrote in her will these words:  “Even now I accept the death that God has prepared for me in complete submission and with joy as being his most holy will for me. I ask the Lord to accept my life and my death … so that the Lord will be accepted by His people and that His Kingdom may come in glory, for the salvation of Germany and the peace of the world.”“ A brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila that she began a spiritual journey that led to her Baptism in 1922. Twelve years later she imitated Teresa by becoming a Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Born into a prominent Jewish family in Wroclaw (Poland), Edith abandoned Judaism in her teens. As a student at the University of Göttingen, she became fascinated by phenomenology, an approach to philosophy. Excelling as a protégé of Edmund Husserl, one of the leading phenomenologists, Edith earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1916. She continued as a university teacher until 1922 when she moved to a Dominican school in Speyer; her appointment as lecturer at the Educational Institute of Munich ended under pressure from the Nazis.After living in the Cologne Carmel (1934-38), she was moved to the Carmelite monastery in Echt, Netherlands.  In Echt, Edith Stein completed her study of “The Church's Teacher of Mysticism and the Father of the Carmelites, John of the Cross, on the Occasion of the 400th Anniversary of His Birth, 1542-1942.” In 1941 she wrote to a friend, who was also a member of her order: “One can only gain a scientia crucis (knowledge of the cross) if one has thoroughly experienced the cross. I have been convinced of this from the first moment onwards and have said with all my heart: ‘Ave, Crux, Spes unica' (I welcome you, Cross, our only hope).” Her study on St. John of the Cross is entitled: “Kreuzeswissenschaft” (The Science of the Cross). In retaliation for being denounced by the Dutch bishops, the Nazis arrested all Dutch Jews who had become Christians. Teresa Benedicta was arrested by the Gestapo on 2 August 1942, while she was praying in the convent's chapel with the other sisters. She was to report within five minutes, together with her sister Rosa, who had also converted and was serving at the Echt Convent. Her last words to be heard in Echt were addressed to Rosa: “Come, we are going for our people.”

Monday January 27 commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. And, as I was watching the news media’s coverage of the event, I noticed a story about how 99% of Danish Jews survived WW2. I wanted to know more given that, in other parts of Europe, such as the Netherlands, only 25% of Dutch Jews survived. Why was that. As I dug more into why they survived, and how they survived, I realized this was a story of how the Danes protected their Jewish population by responding to the unknown via what NewRepublic.com called, ‘solidarity and decency… a dense tissue of connection among people, on long-formed habits of the heart, on resilient cultures of common citizenship, and on leaders who marshaled these virtues by their example. In Denmark, this dense tissue bound human beings together and indirect rule made it impossible for the Germans to rip it apart’.Today, I explore just how the Danes stood shoulder to shoulder with their Jews during WW2, thwarting every attempt by the Germans to force the Danes to simply hand them over. The Risktory Podcast is created, written, produced and hosted by Jacinthe A Galpin. Soundtrack (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)Alan Spiljak – CloudsAlan Spiljak – ForgottenAlan Spiljak – Light blueAlan Spiljak – Empty daysAlan Spiljak – Stars aboveAlan Spiljak – Not the endAlan Spiljak – SunAlan Spiljak – Flying awayAlan Spiljak – TimeAlan Spiljak – Fantasy in my mind Bibliography*A Conspiracy of Decency - https://amzn.to/37PmZFR*Countrymen - https://amzn.to/2GHfuof https://www.history.com/news/wwii-danish-jews-survival-holocausthttp://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181001-the-danish-network-that-defied-hitlerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Denmarkhttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/denmarkhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/13/countrymen-untold-story-denmark-jews-escaped-nazis-bo-lidegaard-reviewhttps://newrepublic.com/article/115670/denmark-holocaust-bo-lidegaards-countrymen-reviewedEquipment I use*RODE NT USB Bundle Pack (mic, tripod and boom arm included) - https://amzn.to/37OZI6T *Adobe Audition - https://amzn.to/2OjXchn * Disclosure: These links are Amazon.com affiliate links. If you use them to make a purchase, the Risktory Podcast will earn a commission. Keep in mind that we link these companies and their products because of their quality and relevance to this week’s episode, and not because of the commission we receive from your purchases. The decision is yours, and whether or not you decide to buy something is completely up to you. Thank you for your ongoing support of the Risktory Podcast.

Monday January 27 commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. And, as I was watching the news media’s coverage of the event, I noticed a story about how 99% of Danish Jews survived WW2. I wanted to know more given that, in other parts of Europe, such as the Netherlands, only 25% of Dutch Jews survived. Why was that. As I dug more into why they survived, and how they survived, I realized this was a story of how the Danes protected their Jewish population by responding to the unknown via what NewRepublic.com called, ‘solidarity and decency… a dense tissue of connection among people, on long-formed habits of the heart, on resilient cultures of common citizenship, and on leaders who marshaled these virtues by their example. In Denmark, this dense tissue bound human beings together and indirect rule made it impossible for the Germans to rip it apart’.Today, I explore just how the Danes stood shoulder to shoulder with their Jews during WW2, thwarting every attempt by the Germans to force the Danes to simply hand them over. The Risktory Podcast is created, written, produced and hosted by Jacinthe A Galpin. Soundtrack (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)Alan Spiljak – CloudsAlan Spiljak – ForgottenAlan Spiljak – Light blueAlan Spiljak – Empty daysAlan Spiljak – Stars aboveAlan Spiljak – Not the endAlan Spiljak – SunAlan Spiljak – Flying awayAlan Spiljak – TimeAlan Spiljak – Fantasy in my mind Bibliography*A Conspiracy of Decency - https://amzn.to/37PmZFR*Countrymen - https://amzn.to/2GHfuof https://www.history.com/news/wwii-danish-jews-survival-holocausthttp://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20181001-the-danish-network-that-defied-hitlerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Denmarkhttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/denmarkhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/13/countrymen-untold-story-denmark-jews-escaped-nazis-bo-lidegaard-reviewhttps://newrepublic.com/article/115670/denmark-holocaust-bo-lidegaards-countrymen-reviewedEquipment I use*RODE NT USB Bundle Pack (mic, tripod and boom arm included) - https://amzn.to/37OZI6T *Adobe Audition - https://amzn.to/2OjXchn * Disclosure: These links are Amazon.com affiliate links. If you use them to make a purchase, the Risktory Podcast will earn a commission. Keep in mind that we link these companies and their products because of their quality and relevance to this week’s episode, and not because of the commission we receive from your purchases. The decision is yours, and whether or not you decide to buy something is completely up to you. Thank you for your ongoing support of the Risktory Podcast.

In July 1942, the systematic murder of Dutch Jews in concentration and extermination camps began. Together with Jews from almost all other European countries, they arrived in camps that the Nazis had built, most of them in occupied Poland. Upon their arrival, most of them were selected to be killed straight away, others were designated for forced labour until they died. Almost all of the Hungarian Jews in this photo were murdered in the gas chambers immediately after their arrival.

The deportation of more than 104,000 Jews from the Netherlands required vast preparation and organisation. In Amsterdam, the premises of the Hollandsche Schouwburg were used for 16 months to hold a total of over 46,000 Dutch Jews awaiting deportation. The photographer recognised her classmate among the people in the theatre. The Hollandsche Schouwburg symbolises the turning point from life in restricted freedom to imprisonment. From life to death.

The story of the oft-erased gay Dutch painter/writer Willem Arondeus who, when his country was invaded by Nazis, joined the resistance and saved the lives of countless Dutch Jews. Round Table: Microcheating Content Warnings: Discussion of the Holocaust/Nazism (skip to 15:51 for Round Table) Music: “So Far So Good” by Jonathan Coulton Research Lead: Miri

NORTH ADAMS — Had Paul de Jong’s Holocaust surviving father decided to accept the job offer in New York, this immigrant’s tale would not have been told. Vrin de Jong, a schoolmate of Anne Frank in Amsterdam, survived the murderous Nazi occupation of The Netherlands, where most Dutch Jews did not. On his first trip to the United States, by boat, in 1951, “He traveled to the promised land,” tells his son in the large North Adams house he and his wife, Carin, are renovating. “I have the photobooks from my father and he had a fantastic time. He felt welcomed, he felt understood and unjudged as a Jew. As opposed to The Netherlands, where, when he came back from the war, people basically looked at him and said, ‘Well, we didn’t expect to see YOU again.’ ” Finish the reading the story at: tinyurl.com/accentspodcast

It was all over the Dutch press this past spring—the revelation that in the years immediately following the Nazi occupation, Amsterdam authorities came after the small trickle of returning Dutch Jews who owned property and told them they owed outstanding leasehold fees from the time they were away – indeed, the authorities demanded that they not only pay those fees, but also fines for late payment. The person who first discovered this mind-bogglingly absurd requirement was Charlotte van den Berg, a then 21-year-old mild-mannered intern working at the Amsterdam City Archives.... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Growing up in the Netherlands, Simon Kuper was raised on soccer and on stories of the Dutch resistance during World War II. It was only as an adult that Kuper, a columnist for the Financial Times, began to understand the level of complicity on the part of the Dutch: more than 75 percent of the Jews in the country were killed during the war. And yet ordinary life—including soccer playing and viewing—continued with little disruption. In his book Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe’s Darkest Hour (just out in the United States), Kuper looks at soccer culture during the war and offers fresh insight into the treatment of Dutch Jews. In particular, he digs into the archives and institutional memory of Ajax Amsterdam, the country’s premier club and one that has long been associated with the city’s Jews. Kuper, who has written three other books about soccer, spoke from Paris with Vox Tablet’s Sara Ivry about what he uncovered in his research and... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alfred Munzer discusses the difficult decisions his parents, Dutch Jews, had to make after learning in early 1941 that they were expecting a child. Germany had invaded the Netherlands in May 1940 and conditions were growing increasingly difficult for Jews by the time Al was born.