The phrase. of course. is "Never again." Never again can the world stand idly by and look the other way as an incredible tragedynot just an injustice. but one of such monumental horrortakes place as to virtually condemn all those who simply look the other way. When we think of that terrible. sorrowful past. probably the lowest point in mans history. and its episodic inhumanity to man. it stirs the soul to think that there are countervailing influences. and at the same moment one of these has permitted us to celebrate the 37th birthday of a nation which was born from the Holocaust aftermath. The nation of Israel arose from the Holocaust. and. as we remember the darkest side of man in that evil history of the Holocaust. let us also recall that our country was settled by religious refugees seeking their own new Jerusalem. and let us not forget that many of our most generous impulses have their roots in that shared ChristianJudeo tradition. In the words of John Winthrop. We must delight In each other. make others conditions our own. rejoice together. mourn together. labor and suffer together. for we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. the eyes of all people upon US.
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