Hi everyone,
On this holocaust remembrance week our hearts are heavy. We are descendants of survivors. Our therapy/social work practices are deeply influenced by who we are and where we come from.
From the Jews Say No to Genocide Social Media Post:
On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the words “never again” feel especially painful and heartbreaking.
What does the act of ‘remembering’ mean when a genocide is being committed in the name of Jewish safety?
As a coalition of Jewish people and Jewish organizations, many of us are the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. We carry intergenerational trauma, wisdom, and resilience in our bones. We have deep knowledge of what state-sanctioned dehumanization, hate, and violence means.
Today and all days, we hold the memories of our families tight. We remember the 6 million Jewish people and millions of others deemed ‘undesirable’ who died at the hands of Nazi violence. We carry their spirits with us as we commit to fighting genocide everywhere. Our ancestors and our conscience compel us to act.
On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we weave together our grief, our remembering, and our determination into action for a Free Palestine. From our history, we have learned what complicity looks like. We know that we have an urgent global responsibility to recognize the genocide taking place in Palestine and to uphold the provisional measures ordered by the ICJ just yesterday.
As the Israeli state continues to murder, displace, and torture Palestinians, we find strength and grounding in our Jewish voices and histories to say loudly: this must end. There is no justification for this genocide. There will never be any justification for the mass murder and collective punishment of Palestinian people.
We remember the words of Refaat Alareer who wrote:
‘I am you.
I am your past.
And killing me,
You kill you.’
And we say: Never again for anyone.
Jewish Social Workers & Therapists for
Social Justice & Palestinian Liberation
