An Israeli poll showed that almost half of the Israeli population fear another Holocaust, Yisrael Hayom reported on Sunday
The poll, which was carried out by the Pnima movement prior to Yom HaShoah, which falls out this year on Wednesday, April 27, showed that 47% of Israelis fear another Holocaust.
Interestingly, 23% of those who categorized themselves as Chareidi said that they were very fearful of a second Holocaust, compared to only 11% of secular Israelis.
Younger people are more fearful than older people, with 24% of Israelis age 24 and younger reporting that they are very fearful of a second Holocaust versus only 12% of Israelis over the age of 45.
There is also a gender difference, with more women (55%) reporting that they are very fearful of a second Holocaust versus men (42%).
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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By “holocaust” do they mean someone conquering Eretz Yisrael and murdering its Jewish inhabitants, or
Do they mean someone in golus motivated by anti-Semitism murdering the Jews in golus? Since most Jews in golus live in the United States, this suggests a belief in an American groups becoming anti-Semitic and coming to power and establishing an anti-Semitic dictatorship (which is highly unlike since both the far right and the far left have unassimilated Jews among their leadership)
or
Do they mean someone using modern weapons (e.g. nuclear) to kill all the Jews in Eretz Yisrael, and perhaps elsewhere (not to mention killing the goyim at the same time)? A variant of the later would be a belief the climate change will cause the earth to become uninhabitable thereby killing all the Jews (as well as the goyim).
Unless you have more details, the article is little better than gibberish.
I’m certainly not generalizing from the people who shout “Nazi” at the police at demonstrations to an entire sector, but at least those people seem to believe that one of the crimes of the Nazis was picking up Jews who were sitting down in traffic and depositing them, unharmed, on the sidewalk.
The study is about a possible nuclear attack from Iran on Israel. I guess religious Jews would be more afraid as they know that gay parades and chillul shabbos won’t keep Israel safe. They read the Torah’s warnings but the secular don’t. So they are just ignorant.
I echo akuperma
Who do they think will do the holocaust to whom?
Chiloni against chareidim?
That would explain why more chareidim feel that way
The headline contradicts the article. The headline says that charedim are “more fearful”, but the article says 47% of Israelis have this fear, but only 23% of charedim do. That makes charedim much less fearful than most Israelis.
Akuperma, it’s pretty obvious what they mean. Israel’s Arab enemies, especially those who identify as “Palestinians”, have never made it a secret that they hope and intend to continue the work their grandfathers started, when they allied themselves with Hitler. My only quibble is that it wouldn’t be a second Holocaust but a continuation of the original one, since the would-be perpetrators are the same people who did it.
It’s not called paranoia when they’re really after you.
No one can accurately predict the future. Having befriended many frum people in Lakewood for many, many years, I would suggest to the Jewish people to: do More Learning, do More Davvening and do More Chessed !!!
The Almighty (HaShem) has said in one verse in the Tehellin [sic]: “…He who watches over Yisrael shall neither sleep nor slumber. ”
There is no nation or combination of nations that can ever “win” against Hahem. A great rabbi and a dear friend of mine,zt’l, said HaShem controls the world !! Comfort one another with these words and you will have joy and faith which no one can erase !!
All the best, a goy,
Gerry Mullen