Yiddish resistance song: Mir Veln Zey Iberlebn/ We Will Outlive Them
Yiddish resistance song: Mir Veln Zey Iberlebn/ We Will Outlive Them
Today is 13 days, which is 1 week and 6 days of the Omer.
It is also Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
During World War II, Jews of Lublin were rounded up by soldiers and taken to a field. "Dance. Sing and dance for us," they were instructed. No one sang, until one person began: "Lomir zikh iberbetn...." Let's all get along. No one followed. Another voice offered the same tune with different words: "Mir veln zey iberlebn." We will outlive them.
Our resistance song comes from that night. It's not uncomplicated. So many of us did not, have not, outlived. But this is a slogan of determination. It's a love note to every person working to make the 'we' who will outlive them bigger and fuller and stronger.
Are the downvotes from people against remembering the Holocaust, or people against resisting Nazis?
I want to preface this by saying I did not downvote your post and that I have a lot of love for Jewish people (I grew up in a very Jewish town). Please don't take my response as an attack, I am not here to argue. This is just my opinion on the answer to your question here:
People are probably downvoting it because they're misplacing their anger. I am not absolving them of that but after months of civilian bombings, I can understand why someone's gut reaction to "Yiddish resistance song" is negative. My initial interpretation was that the resistance being referenced was related to Gaza - I know it's not, but when I think of a Judaism and oppression, my first thought is no longer the Holocaust.
The Israeli government is really fucking over Jews all across the world by association and it sucks.