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I'm always surprised when people talk about the Holocaust and the refrain is "Never Again." Yet it has happened, again and again since. The difference is to most people in the U.S. Cambodians don't matter or blacks in Darfur.

I would think the most vocal group in this fight would be Jews. Yet I don't here an outcry at all. Is it because they are black? Not Jewish?....We should all be outraged when this goes on, no matter where it is. But the thought in WWII that the U.S. didn't act fast enough on entering to stop the Holocaust seems hollow if we aren't going to do it for others as well. I'm not in favor of America=World Police but boy if people don't give a shit about genocide unless it is happening to their own race.
 

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I agree VT

It's one of those areas we simply do too little, and the victims are always thinking we're going to help them, but we don't.
 

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this isn't the 1960s, there are no rallies

only thing uniting people into rallies these days is Obamamania
 

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no big time money/resources involved in saving them nor is it a threat to the world balance like say a hitler

so the powers that be could give two shits

we just have celebrities, lebron etc..... saying stop this stuff but nothing happens
 

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since rather than pointing out nobody is doing much for Darfur but you only chose to point to jews

Israel does more for Darfur then Europe and the USA

they sounded the horn because Darfur is a genocide being done my hostile muslims in the Sudan

so wtf exactly are you talking about
 

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Romanowski,

I point out the Jewish contingent b/c they should be the most vocal of groups on genocide and I simply don't see it. Of course we should all do something about it. To me you can't have it both ways, either you do nothing in these situations or you do something as in WWII. If you pick and choose it looks mighty similar to choosing based on race. And please show me where Israel helped Cambodia and is that active in Darfur...And there are more Jews outside of Israel than inside I believe.
 

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y the jew thing in this situation kinda uncalled for its the world at larges fault

this jew has it right

world needs to force china to quit trading guns for oil

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Darfur & the Olympics: A Jewish Lament

Today's guest blogger is Rabbi Or N. Rose. Rabbi Rose is associate dean of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College and co-editor of Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice (Jewish Lights Publishing).

"For these things do I weep, my eyes flow with tears..."
-Lamentations 1:16

This is the saddest time of the Jewish year. On the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av (this year falling on August 9-10), Jews throughout the world mourn the destruction of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem and several other national calamities. Traditional rituals for this day of communal mourning include fasting and reading the book of Lamentations.

This year, as I prepare for Tisha B'Av (the 9th of Av), reflecting on the themes of violence and exile, my attention turns to the tragic intersection of two contemporary world events: the ongoing genocide in Darfur and the opening of the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing.

As has been widely reported in the media, the Sudanese government and its proxy militia, the Janjaweed ("evil men on horseback" in Arabic), have carried out a brutal scorched-earth campaign against their opponents in the western province of Darfur. This genocidal rampage has involved the burning of homes and crops, the destruction of wells and granaries, and the rape, torture, and murder of countless civilians. The violence in Darfur has led to the displacement of approximately two and a half million people and the death of hundreds of thousands of others.

But what does this have to do with the Olympics? Despite the atrocities committed by the Sudanese government over the past five years, China continues to serve as Khartoum's most significant political, military, and economic ally. China has repeatedly used its veto power as a permanent member of the UN Security Council to prevent the passage of strong measures against the Sudanese government. While China did support a 2007 Security Council resolution calling for the deployment of a hybrid UN-African Union peacekeeping force to Darfur, Beijing weakened that resolution before it was passed. China also doubled its trade with Sudan in 2007 and, in violation of a UN arms embargo, continues to supply Khartoum with weapons used to perpetrate atrocities against innocent Darfurians.

Beijing now welcomes with great fanfare athletes from around the globe for an international sporting competition based on the principles of good will and fair play. This, while actively supporting a genocide. As actress and activist Mia Farrow remarked, "China hopes that these games will be its post-Tiananmen Square coming out party. But how can Beijing host the Olympic Games at home and underwrite genocide in Darfur?" Ironically, the theme for the Summer Games is "One World, One Dream." Does this dream include the nightmares of the people of western Sudan?

China is, of course, not the only international power implicated in the genocide. Though Beijing's actions are particularly despicable, other world leaders have failed the Darfurians. As an American citizen, I am deeply disappointed with President Bush and his administration. While the President was one of the first heads of state to name the crisis in Darfur a genocide and, with Congress, has supported substantial funding for relief aid, he has not demonstrated the kind of consistent personal engagement necessary to help end the bloodshed in western Sudan. I pray that President Bush's trip to Beijing for the opening ceremony of the Games will stir him to take up the plight of the Darfurian people more vigorously in his final months in office.

Corporate sponsors of the Beijing Games must also be held accountable for their unwillingness to use their significant leverage to motivate China to change its behavior. The sponsors would prefer to remain above the political fray, but as major stakeholders in the Olympics they have an obligation to do the right thing, especially since these companies are spending billions of dollars bolstering China's image as a gracious and welcoming Olympic host.

While there is much to lament about the situation in Darfur and the behavior of China and other global political and economic powers, we cannot despair. We must join the growing international anti-genocide movement, lending our efforts to bring justice and peace to Sudan.

Just this week, the United States Olympic team courageously voted to have Lopez Lomong, a track star and former refugee from southern Sudan, carry the American flag during the opening ceremony. Commenting on this honor Lomong said, "... Terrible things are going on in Darfur; people are running... and I put myself in their shoes." Our Olympic team is doing what it can for Darfur, now we must do our part.

Throughout the Olympics, there will be several opportunities for us to take action. One particularly creative campaign is called Switch Over to Darfur. The organizers of this initiative are calling on Olympic viewers to turn off their TV's during commercials (by the offending sponsors) and "switch over" to daily reports by Mia Farrow from a Darfurian refugee camp. In addition to interviewing genocide survivors, Farrow will also provide recommendations for further action steps.

While Tisha B'av is considered the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, the ancient rabbis also say that this is the day on which the Messiah will be born. The way that I interpret this paradoxical statement is that even in our darkest hour redemption is possible. Even when all seems lost and there is no hope, there is a "way out of no way."

The hour is indeed dark for the women, children, and men of Darfur, but it need not always be so. If people of conscience are willing to dedicate themselves to ending the genocide in western Sudan, it can happen.

"Take us back O Lord, to Yourself, and let us come back; renew our days as of old."
-Lamentations 5:21

The content of this blog reflects the views of its author and does not necessarily reflect the views of either Eboo Patel or the Interfaith Youth Core.
 

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its an intra-muslim, muslim vs muslim, conflict that the rich arab nations could resolve yet refuse too.

The most likely culprit being anything the west says must be "infidel". They have no rational faculties

Israel has sent aid then was condemned for not receiving refugees
 

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its an intra-muslim, muslim vs muslim, conflict that the rich arab nations could resolve yet refuse too.

The most likely culprit being anything the west says must be "infidel". They have no rational faculties

Israel has sent aid then was condemned for not receiving refugees

I think you are proving my point. So if they weren't Arab, or black or cambodian or this or that, we would do something. What the hell does condemnation do. We condemned Hitler and he just continued doing what he was doing....
 

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you dont have a point. start a movement yourself and stop pointing fingers. the responsibility doesn't fall onto jews alone

If your not talking about the jewish state then how are you measuring private charity? how the hell would you know what jews are doing or not doing.

my point was however Israel did send aid, but then was wrongfully condemned for not accepting refugees.

how many of those refugees were welcomed in europe, and the us?
 

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I think I do have a point. And I made it clear in the first post that everyone should be outraged. I think the point I'm making is its a double standard. In the Jewish community, America acted too late in WWII to stop what was going on. Yet I don't here a peep or an organized message this time or better yet on Cambodia.....If you have a responsibility in the first situation, which we surely did, we should be there now. I would much rather crush these rapists and murderers in Darfur than in Iraq.
 

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just the nature of the world we live in VT

unless there is a vested interest such as say oil like with iraq, or hitler growing powerful enough to be a threat to the world order

nobody gonna do shit about this type of thing

many us corporations did business with hitler including IBM

just like china does business with sudan

either you accept it for what it is or beat yourself up over it seeing it happen

the world is one fucked up place and morals and the "right thing" are rarely done unless they are going to get something in return for their investment
 

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When it happens to them, its one thing, to spend money on it, is another...


Drop dead ya fuckin' bigot! Jews make up 0.3 % of the world's population. How loud ya want us to yell?

Which country got the first field hospitals set up in Indonesia and Sri Lanka after the tsunami? Yeah, that one!
 

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lot of tourism in that part of the world scott

some vested interest there

plus natural disaster relief quite different than having to go in and stop genocide lot more costly and harder to do

anyway like i said darfur isn't a jew issue anyway its a world issue everybody at fault
 

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Tiz thanks for another in a long line of posts with little thought.
 

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I think the caption should read "American Silence on Darfur".

What do jews have to do with it?
 

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