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Nisan 28, 5767, 4/16/2007
2nd Generation Holocaust Survivors - Yah, that's me.by Tamar Yonah
Below is all the info pertaining to my radio show today: "The Second Generation of Holocaust Survivors"
(16-04-07) On this show we discuss some of the issues that 2nd Generation Holocaust Survivors experience while growing up. 
My guest was Holocaust Studies educator Debby Jacoby. Debby and I are both 2nd generation survivors ourselves and we share some of our personal stories. Debby also takes us through the harrowing day her father and his family were forced out of their home, put on a train and sent to Auschwitz to be gassed.
<------ Debby Jacoby You can read this dramtic story that Debbie's brother, Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, wrote about their father: MY HERO, MY FATHER
http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=my_hero_my_father One thing that I did not add in the radio interview with Debby is that my father also did not talk much about the Holocaust. I had to hear some of the stories through my mother, until many years later, when I was an adult and my father started to open up and share more. I was going to Poland to see the concentration camps and would be near his city where he was from, Lodz. My father was pushed into the Lodz ghetto by the Nazis when the Jews were forced to leave their homes. All I remember when I was younger was that stuffed deep in my dad's drawer were postcards from the holocaust. They were pictures of piles of naked dead bodies. I can't imagine who published these photos in the format as 'post cards'. I mean, who would want to send a post card with naked dead bodies of men, women and children on it to someone? "Hi mom, I went to Poland and here is what I saw.... having a great time, Adolph." Sheesh! Anyway, I remember staring at these photos secretly, and then putting them back in the stack of other papers in the drawer. Some other memories I had -I spoke of on the show. Of course there are more memories, but I don't really feel like sharing it all now. Perhaps it just has helped to mold and shape me into who I am today and why I make some of the decisions I do. I am hardened a bit, and very stubborn and straight forward. Those are the qualities that made my father survive the Holocaust. I am also posting for you all the lyrics and video to a beautiful song sung by Ofrah Haza, --I call her Israel's 'Princess Diana', as she was even more precious to the Israeli people. She was a great singer, with a voice that could lift one to the clouds. She was Israel's flower, and we were all shocked at her sudden death at such a young age and such a promising future. One of the songs she sings is called: L'orech HaYam. This song is often played on Israel radio stations in times of sadness... i.e. Holocaust Day, Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers, and of course when there is a terror attack. It is a hauntingly beautiful song. To view the video, click here (not on photo below). For lyrics to the song to sing with her, read here: Ofra Haza - Leorech Hayam Lyrics
Tagid li eich la'atzor et hadma'ot Tagid li eifo yesh olam acher lichyot Tagid li lama ein emet, rak hazayot Az lama lenasot ulehamshich achshav livkot?
L'orech hayam
Ein galim, yesh olam
Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach L'orech hayam
Ein galim, yesh olam
Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach
Tagid li eich la'atzor et had'ma'ot Tagid li eifo yesh olam acher lichyot K'she'anashim ratzim el tofet k'mo el yam Ani arutz el toch ha'esh Im yachz'ru misham L'orech hayam
Ein galim, yesh olam
Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach Tagid li eich im hamavet atah chai Mastir hadma'ot bechol laila - Tagid li, ad matai? Ha'esh shekoreit li Lo nimtzeit sham be'emet Vezeh shene'elam, Ha'im yachzor, oh kvar met? Tagid li eich im hamavet ata chai Mastir hadma'ot bechol laila - Tagid li, ad matai? Ha'esh shekoreit li Lo nimtzeit sham be'emet Vezeh shene'elam, Ha'im yachzor, oh kvar met?
L'orech hayam
Ein galim, yesh olam
Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach L'orech hayam
Ein galim, yesh olam
Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach
Tagid li eich la'atzor et hadma'ot
Tagid li eich.... Translation: ALONG THE SEASHORE Tell me how to stop the tears
Tell me where there's another world to live in
Tell me why there is no truth, only illusions
So why should we try, and continue crying now?
* Along the length of the sea There are no waves; there is a world Broken into fragments on the pier Along the length of the sea There are no waves; there is a world Broken into fragments on the pier * Tell me how to stop the tears
Tell me where there's another world to live in
When people run into an inferno as if into the sea
I would run into the fire, If only they would return from there * Along the length of the sea There are no waves; there is a world Broken into fragments on the pier Along the length of the sea There are no waves; there is a world Broken into fragments on the pier *
Tell me how you live with death
Hiding the tears every night - Tell me, how much longer?
The fire that calls me Is not really there
And the one who disappeared, Will he return, or is he already dead? * Along the length of the sea There are no waves; there is a world Broken into fragments on the pier Along the length of the sea There are no waves; there is a world Broken into fragments on the pier *
Tell me how to stop the tears Tell me how.....
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Nisan 14, 5767, 4/2/2007
Here's What To Do During the Holiday...by Tamar Yonah
Because of the Pesach (Passover) Holiday, most of the staff will not be working regular schedules, or be working at all. In the meantime, I suggest a very wonderful video that was produced by my guest Yuval Ovadia, from this last Tuesday's show called:
He Made It in Hollywood, but Left It for the Holy Land
Yuval Ovadia was an average Israeli who, after finishing his army service, decided to leave Israel for the glitz of Hollywood. He moved to New York and struggled to make it. Years later, after studying film and acting, he finally won roles in New York and Hollywood. He had moved up to the good life; Hollywood party invitations, starring roles in action movies, an apt. on Park Ave., - the works. He had made it. So what happened to him after all his hard work, that made him want to chuck it all, move back to Israel and become a Torah observant Jew? Watch his video. ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7069571280084715695&q=the+final+journey )
The radio show interview with Yuval Ovadia is on our web page: www.IsraelNationalRadio.com or directly at: mms://msmedia.a7.org/arutz7/shows/ty/tamar070327.mp3 <---- Just copy and paste to a new browser window.
If you would like to be in touch with him, then you can email me and I will forward all letters to him. ( Tamar@IsraelNationalRadio.com ) I will be back to the mic this coming Sunday, April 8th, with Malkah Fleisher. Until then, most of us are on vacation, but there will be some LIVE shows, so keep an eye out.
The VIDEO that is very inspiring and apt for this Pesach Holiday is about the END DAYS and is full of prophesies that have come true today (Made by Yuval Ovadia). It is a great video to watch and send out to your friends. I'd love to hear your comments on it, you can post them below this blog entry.
Here is part 1: The LAST WAR ( ZERO HOUR)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3235423378789294307
Here is part 2: The LAST WAR ( ZERO HOUR) part 2
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=408729886795553337&q=END+OF+DAYS+PART+2
In Hebrew... Zero Hour http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5023321040876648867&q=zero+hour Chag sameach! Tamar
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Nisan 10, 5767, 3/29/2007
"Shiite" Happens --(to the Enemies of Israel)by Tamar Yonah
I am not happy at the misfortune of others, but being that this population voted the Hamas in to be their elected terrorist leaders to represent them and govern them, I can't help see the poetic justice in the sewage 'tzunami' that fell upon Israel's enemies.
Of course the Arabs in the P.A. blame us for their misfortunes, but the reason the sewage spilled into their village was because of the Arabs stealing and selling the sand to construction companies.
See the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb2W433guSY
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