MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
My wife and I spent part of our honeymoon in Athens, and of course I insisted we visit the Jewish Museum while we were there -- tucked away in a little building and hardly advertising what's inside. But inside is the glorious two thousand year old history of Jews in Greece -- principally in Salonika, but also in places like Crete, and it is recounted in loving detail. Of course, the Jews of Greece were decimated during WWII, with women, men, and their children exterminated in Nazi ovens.
So 70 years later, with virtually no Jews left -- unlike in France -- comes the rise of the Golden Dawn, a neo-Nazi fascist bunch that blames Jews for the ills of the Greek economy. Deja' vu all over again, except now there ain't no Jews.
So the question is real -- is there a future for Jews in Europe, when the fascist maggots attack the Jews who ain't even there any more? May the collective memories of the liquidated Greek Jewish community be for a blessing. And may we never forget.
Next stop, Hungary, where Jobbik is focusing on the 80,000 remaining Jews in what was once a thriving Jewish community.
And the beat goes on.
Note: I had inserted the wrong link initially, and that is now corrected.