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I have a friend who went to a Jewish high school in the U.S. (reformed, not Yeshiva) and graduated with enough Holocaust jokes to write her own anti-Semitic enc

I have a friend who went to a Jewish high school in the U.S. (reformed, not Yeshiva) and graduated with enough Holocaust jokes to write her own anti-Semitic encyclopedia. Children challenge their surroundings, it’s part of growing up. If Sam (from the article) feels like he has been marginalized, misrepresented and punished unfairly by a system that does not even try to understand him then I am sure he would relate the experiences relayed in a Holocaust museum. A little perspective goes a long way.

yellowapple 7y ago
> I am sure he would relate the experiences relayed in a Holocaust museum As am I, and as did I at around that age. It's one thing to learn about the Holocaust in a classroom setting (and I remember getting bombarded by it every year; pretty much every class that wasn't categorized as "math" or "elective" would spend what felt like - and probably was - a whole month on the Holocaust, to the point of borderline desensitization). It's another to see it up close and personally in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum; I distinctly remember the wall of shoes, and even thinking back on it right now shakes me harder than the entirety of my in-classroom education. If you're ever in Washington DC, definitely take the time to visit the USHMM. It's free and open every day except Yom Kippur and Christmas. I wasn't enthused about it beforehand (I was a bratty teenager, and way more interested in the Air & Space Museum), but it ended up being the most memorable part of that trip, and the part I appreciated - and still appreciate - the most.