Shlomoh says:

Toivi are you equating what happened to the blacks 100+ years ago to the holocaust?

Host Toivi says:

No, black slavery is different than the Jewish Holocaust. But it is another failure of us, the human race.

Shlomoh says:

yes, but the holocaust, I believe, was a uniquely Jewish event

Kesem_HostJSingles says:

there were many different kinds of people killed in the holocaust

Host Toivi says:

The Holocaust was considered a Jewish tragedy. When they took my teacher, a Catholic Pole, to Auschwitz, they left his family in peace. When they took the rabbi, they took the whole parish with him.

Shlomoh says:

Then you agree it was an event against the Jews

Yes, I do.

Case says:

maybe because the parish TOGETHER was more of a threat. UNITY

Case says:

just an observation (s)

Host Toivi says:

No, simply that they were Jews.

Case says:

okay just trying to understand, thanks

Orin1 says:

it was an event against anyone who didn't fit a stereo type

Host Lisa_Katz says:

does the existence of Israel or the power of American Jews or both or other things ensure that the Jews will not be the victims of a future Holocaust?

Host Toivi says:

If we had had a country of our own during the Holocaust, we would not have stood alone.

Host Lisa_Katz says:

you mean that if Israel had existed back in 1930, the Holocaust might not have happened?

Kesem_HostJSingles says:

either that or Israel would have been the target of mass destruction

Host Lisa_Katz says:

Any more questions for Toivi Blatt before we call it a night?

Host Lisa_Katz says:

Thank you all for coming tonight!

Host Kesem_HostJSingles says:

thanks for a gr8 chat!!!

Host Lisa_Katz says:

Toivi, thank you very much for volunteering your time and energy to answer our questions.

Shlomoh says:

tnx toivi

Host Kesem_HostJSingles says:

thank you Toivi

ZHL says:

Toivi I would like to say thank u

Host Toivi says:

I would like to thank all of you for your interest.

ZHL says:

and may u live to 120

Case says:

thank you Toivi

Host Toivi says:

Thank you, Lisa!

Host Kesem_HostJSingles says:

thanks again Toivi very interesting chat!