Kaposvar, Hungary - December 1938
Their teacher was totally out of line when he went hunting like that. Yes, teachers have some authority over the students, and yes, people are allowed to voice their opinions (albeit inappropriate to do so in the presence of students,) combining those two liberties into a toxic concoction meant to bleed out the souls and beliefs of ones‘ students is amoral.
Along with her Grandfather’s death, Judith also witnessed the slow but steady decay of all she recognized. Her father lost his whistle, mornings lost their joy, and she was about to lose her life as she knew it. Indeed, grandfather escaped. He escaped the world he, and all other semites knew, was about to take a sharp and painful turn for the worst.
“Warte nur, balde, ruhest du auch -- Wait, soon, you too will rest.”
But this “rest” doesn’t seem close at hand. At the very least, not for Judith.
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- it kinda bugs me that i cant find the first 'jewish law' anywhere online.. i'd like to know what it says in its entirety.
ReplyDelete-the teacher's a prick, but i LOVE his insults. kinda makes me think shakespeare.
-but we gotta take into consideration the fact that at the time, noone would punish him for being out of line. nor would many care that its immoral.
- aweful coincidence the poem was sitting there.
- i've never been able to understand why people get so upset when someone's being sacrilegious. but its not a surprise i feel that way, considering i've never really liked organized religion.
-again, nothing on the 2nd jewish law.... i. want. to. know.
-i think the thing that got to me most in this passage was the no-more-whistling thing. it shows how deeply people were effected. and thats sad.