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“Never Again” is starting to sound like a question.

JL;DR SUMMARY Shane Shmuel reflects on the personal significance of Yom Hashoah, drawing connections between past Holocaust experiences and the resurgence of antisemitism in contemporary Australia. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityAustraliaHolocaust EducationYom HashoahElie WieselJewish ContinuityHolocaust RemembranceMarch Of The LivingBialystok Ghetto

Places mentioned

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
"As a boy, I sang at Yom Hashoah commemorations in Melbourne."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"Two days after October 7th, chants of Gas the Jews were heard outside the Sydney Opera House."
Białystok, Podlachia, Poland
"My maternal grandparents were from Biaystok, about 200 kilometres northeast of Warsaw."
Majdanek, Lublin, Poland
"Standing in Majdanek and speaking about her suffering and survival was one of the most powerful experiences of my life."
Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland
"As we approached the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Yiddish song My Yiddishe Mame played over the speakers."

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