Representing a holocaust and its continuing impact on successive generations. The future of holocaust memory and jewish identity, memory is connected very specifically to identity. You dont know your past, you dont know your present, and you cant begin to speculate about the future. I want to suggest that there is been a major paradigm shift from the writings of survivors to those of their descendants, their daughters and their sons. So as ellyviccel explains we leave the literature of testimony and that is what the writers are writing, what they gave us and were going to the Second Generation. What do we know about the Second Generation generally . One thing we know, they inherit the trauma, and the Second Generation is both the first and the last. That is to say the last generation that has contact, physical contact with the survivors. Their parents. And they are the first generation, the first generation born after the holocaust and born into freedom. So the first and they are the l
Identity. You dont know your past, you dont know your present, and you cant begin to speculate about the future. I want to suggest that there is been a major paradigm shift from the writings of survivors to those of their descendants, their daughters and their sons. So as elly viccel explains we leave the literature of testimony and that is what the survivors are writing, what they gave us and were going to the Second Generation. What do we know about the Second Generation generally . One thing we know, they inherit the trauma, and the Second Generation is both the first and the last. That is to say the last generation that has contact, physical contact with the survivors. Their parents. And they are the first generation, the first generation born after the holocaust and born into freedom. So the first and they are the last. The Second Generation got a very big impetuous from a woman named Helen Epstein. Helen epstein is herself a daughter of survivors in czechoslovakia. In 1979 she pu
the time is ticking for congress to take action, because it s congress that has an exit constitutional responsibility here. they swore an oath to and the 14th amendment of that constitution says, the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be question, which presumably means, you need to pay the debt. june 5th is only nine days from now. the house of representatives has adjourned for the long memorial day weekend. republican leadership said, they will provide 24 hours notice before scheduling voting days, and addressing the potential default. while some republicans might just be hoping to extract a greater cuts to the social safety net in exchange for not crushing the american economy, with others, the motivation is less clear. take, for example, the chaos caucus, a group of the most disruptive members of the republican caucus right now. the chaos caucus, many of whom are members of the freedom caucus, succeeded and complicating and stalling kevin mccarth
how conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, that s not the one we re having. thanks to both of you, and solar and political economy in the american enterprise institute. he s the author of a dream is not dead, but populism could kill it. jennifer reuben is an opinion writer at the washington post, and msnbc political analyst host of the new podcast, jen reuben s green room. all right, straight ahead, we ll continue our breaking news coverage of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are ongoing right now. i ll be joined by congressman lloyd doggett, democrat of texas, and a member of the budget committee, as well as congressman adam smith, democrat of washington, and ranking member of the armed services committee. another hour of velshi begins right now. of velshi begin right now. and good morning to you, it is saturday may the 27th, i m ali velshi, the full faith and credit of the united
relatively easy time passing its rules package, its first order of business, but the rules package includes provisions like the motion to vacate, which makes it easier to remove the speaker, kevin mccarthy. it also gets rid of pandemic era changes like proxy voting, it imposes rules and limiting spending and blocking tax increases. house republicans also passed a pair of disingenuous and deceitful antiabortion bills that were designed to push propaganda rather than addressing real concerns about women s reproductive rights. their decision to pass these bills during the first week of that new term, and despite the overall unpopularity of their antiabortion positions, demonstrates how they seriously are about governing in general. republicans made it clear months ago that they intend to use their tenure to investigate democrats. the rules package includes a provision that allows the house to create a new subcommittee to investigate the origins of covid and to scrutinize the wor