1.0Virtual Talmudhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmudRabbi Joshua Waxmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/author/jwaxmanThe Shame of Inaction - Virtual Talmudrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MhQsmrDvOK"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/04/shame-of-inaction.html">The Shame of Inaction</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/04/shame-of-inaction.html/embed#?secret=MhQsmrDvOK" width="600" height="338" title="“The Shame of Inaction” — Virtual Talmud" data-secret="MhQsmrDvOK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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This April 25 we observe Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date chosen for this observance is 27 Nissan in the Jewish calendar, associated with the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 in which 13,000 Jews perished in resisting Nazi extermination. Of all the unspeakable and senseless tragedies that took place during this…