For those who have suffered and endured torture  

All over the world

In the name of ethnic cleansing,

In the name of scapegoating,

In the name of “I have the power and you do not.”

May their memory be a blessing,

Together with the memory of the six million Jews

And millions of others whose lives were lost during humanity’s darkest days.

For those who survived the Holocaust

And passed from this world during the years and decades that followed,

May they always be remembered, together with their stories and their courage.

And for the survivors who continue to be among us

And their families and communities

Unto the second, third and fourth generations and beyond,

May their lives be filled with blessing and may we be blessed to know them

And remember them and their stories and courage and

All they are able to share of what they and their ancestors endured.

--Rabbi Pam Frydman

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It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator.

All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing.

He appeals to the universal desire to see, hear and speak no evil.

The victim, on the contrary, asks the bystander to share the burden of pain.

The victim demands action, engagement and remembering.

-- Judy Herman