I knew it would happen – I’m getting all involved in how this site looks instead of what I have to say. Maybe it’s like dancing and when I learn how to do it so that it feels natural, my mind will turn around and start working again.
Holocaust Day begins tomorrow evening. The lady at the cosmetics counter who calls me to tell of sales warned me that the shopping center will be closed at 6, and that i should come before to buy beauty products. It struck me as strange, the way we began talking about Holocaust Day in relation to cosmetic convenience, and the way it has become a part of our daily lives to the point where it is almost transparent. And this even though I’ve been looking up family members all week, tracing the life and death of Kurt Gerron, comforting a few friends who become as upset about this day as if it had happened yesterday.
At least Durban is being boycotted together with Ahminidinajhad. The Swiss may think they are being neutral by shaking his hand, but I don’t like that kind of neutrality. It’s appeasement. And it’s dangerous.
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