You recently viewed the PBS documentary
The Longest Hatred in class. What did you learn that you did not know before watching the film? Please share your thoughts about the film and the lecture by Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz. You should free to contact the Rabbi directly at
rabbi@cbnaishalom.org if you have any additional questions. She will me making comments throughout this particular blog as well.
26 comments:
I was not in class today
The film, “The Longest Hatred”, and the presentation today really cleared up for me how the Holocaust happened. I have been raised Catholic, and was never taught about the Christian’s previous anger towards Jews. Before watching this film, I couldn’t understand how people could be coerced into hating one group of people so much. I am still confused about it, but now I see how widespread it was. I could not grasp how many people followed Hitler. This film and presentation helped me understand how tragic the Holocaust was.
There was alot of new things i learned form the video about Judaism and the struggles with antisemitism from such an early age. One of the things that i learned that i found was exactly why some people disliked jews. I asked Rabbi Gurevitz why people felt as if they were controlled by jews even though Jews have almost always been a minority. I think that people will make up any reasons to dislike Jews and they will always be the scapegoat no matter what the situation.
The Rabbi taught us a lot about the history of jews in Europe and Germany, mostly about their role in society and the economy, which I did not know about before. I thought that she helped me understand a lot about information that we first learned from "The Longest Hatred", like concerning Max's question. She also taught me a lot about the beliefs and practices of Judaism, mainly about how it is more about how you live your life than what you believe, which I found very interesting.
"The Longest Hatred" taught me just how hard it ws to be a Jewish person living in the time period leading up to the holocaust. Its sad to hear just how much these people were hated use because of their religion. The rabbi taught me information about this topic that I never knew before and it was very interesting. She helped me get a better understanding of the religion that I've never known before. I learned a lot
After watching the longest hatred I learned that Jews have faced so much more antisemitism then I knew about. Being catholic I never really heard of what really happened. Rabbi Gurevitz taught me more about Judaism and I found what she had to say interesting. Her coming in gave me a better idea of what it means to be Jewish.
After watching "The Longest Hatred", I realized truly how much opposition the Jews faced, even back in the 1800s, before Hitler's rise to power. And that was something that I never knew before watching the video or listening to the Rabbi speak today. I found what Rabbi Gurevitz spoke to us about today also helped enlighten me on this subject, which is still sensitive today and I was happy to learn more about something I was entirely informed on before.
The film, "The Longest Hatred" was a long film. While watching it was not very interested in it because personally I could not relate to what was going on. However when Rabbi Gurevitz came to talk about the religion as a whole I understood much more. One thing I learned about the Jewish religion was that it is extremely independent and you can think of God in your own ways. Knowing the history behind it was amazing especially hearing the first female Rabbi was not officially a Rabbi. I would it interesting to know that the three male Rabbi's came together and pledged her into it. Unfortunately she was later killed in the Holocaust. Having Rabbi Gurevitz come in was very insightful and I learned alot. Also she was so passionate for being her own individual I was fascinated by her personality and believes. The assembly was very meaningful and alot was learned I would strongly suggest doing this in future courses.
The film "The Longest Hatred" and also the Rabbi that came today opened my eyes to judaism in many different ways. It taught me some of their lifestyle judgments and ways it was and still is acceptable to act as a Jew. I thought the film showed how rough life was for the Jewish people and really allowed me to see how rough the Jews had it in the past
Throughout the duration of the film, 'The Longest Hatred,' anti-semitism was clearly displayed. The Christians continuously made the Jews into scapegoats for any problems they faced. People viewed jews as if they were aligned with the devil and were considered evil. Throughout history Jews have been blamed for and attacked for so many different reasons but in the end the only real reason was because they are jewish and people will discriminate against them just for that reason.
I thought the film "The longest hatred" was a very tough film to understand. I felt that if this film was shown after our lessons on the holocaust it may have been easier to understand. However that being said, Rabbi Gurevitz was an excellent speaker and made the lesson easier to understand and more interesting. I think the Rabbi deserves a big thank you for her contributions.
Breanna Uhlman: The film the Longest Hatred taught me about why people could hate one particular group of people. I never understood why people could hate a particular group of people so much. Even though the film cleared up for me why they hated that group of people so much I still don't get how someone can hate someone that much to have something like the Holocaust happen. The film also did a better job explaining how the Holocaust happened. I never understood why until now. The discussion that we had with the Rabbi helped me understand the role Jewish people had in history and in the economy back then. I never knew much about what their role was but I have a better understanding now.
Although I was not here Wednesday and Thursday for the movie, listening to Rabbi Gurevitz was very interesting to learn more about the Jewish culture was like and what the views are on life and God. Even though I could not personally relate, I appreciated hearing about her background.
I thought that listening to the Rabbi and watching the film really helped me gain a better understanding of the Jewish religion. While listening to the Rabbi I learned more about the Jewish culture and their role in society. From watching the movie I learned about the hardships and unfair treatment that the Jewish religion has received for thousands of years. I now have a better understanding of Jewish culture and religion.
I thought the film longest hatred really showed how Hitler was able to do what he wanted. I thought the hearing the presentation from the Rabbi really expanded on the film. it also gave a me a different perspective on the Holocaust. I knew what it was but i did not know how it started. This was very educational
I found the film "The Longest Hatred" to be really informational. I liked how it went all the way back to the beginning of antisemitism. That really helped me to understand how something so tragic as the holocaust could have happened. I never really believed that people hated Jews for their religious beliefs. I really didn't think there was a reason other than the fact that Hitler told people they should hate Jews. Now I understand that antisemitism went all of the way back to when the Jews crucified Jesus. As time went on this hatred developed and showed itself in different ways. Talking to Rabbi Gurevitz was helpful to understanding more of how the hatred manifested itself during the time of the Holocaust.
I found the documentary "The Longest Hatred" to be very insightful, and successful at informing viewers of many unknown aspects and precursors of antisemitism. The rabbi also helped to put the beliefs of Judaism in perspective and to separate them from the illogical and immoral prejudices against Jews in the time when antisemitism was common.
I found the documentary "The longest Hatred" to be very informative. One thing this documentary taught me was that Nazi's based their ideas off of ol christian ideas thousands of years ago. I aslo liked that we had the Rabbi come in to speach to us becuase she cleared up any of the questions i had about the documentary.
I was not in class for most of the film, The Longest Hatred, but when i was in class there were people in the documentary that did not resent what had happened to the Jews in the time of the holocaust. It was sad to see how sad it was to see how hated the Jews were for doing absolutely nothing. Rabbi Gurevitz taught me a little bit more of the religion and i was able to understand the background more.
The film that we watched in class really opened my eyes up more to how long the jews were hated, it didnt just start from Hitlers time but many many years before that. Also i was very grateful that we got the chance to hear the Rabbi speak, she also opened my eyes up to a lot of things.
The film and the Rabbi helped me understand the Jews perspective. I learned facts that I didn't know before including that jews were hated way before and the roots of the hatered.
I thought the film was excellent in explaining the history behind the hatred. It showed how awful people can be towards other groups that do not fit into the standard. It is heartbreaking for me, as a Jewish person, to see so much hatred even after the Holocaust. Antisemitism is something that must be stopped. Rabbi Gurevitz was extremely helpful in providing the class with great information about Judaism. I feel that many students left with much more knowledge about the religion than they had before the lecture. I am thankful that Mr. Gallagher took the time and effort to put something like that together for me and the class.
I learned many things from the documentary "The Longest Hatred". I never realized how big antisemitism was. Before when I thought of antisemitism I thought of stricktly the Nazi party. This film taught me that antisemitism was going on for thousands and thousands of years before Hitler. This also taught me that it is still very much around today.
the movie was very informative about the holocaust and how it really started and also helped show just how bad jews were treated. i was absent for the day when the rabbi came.
I learned a lot from the video and from listening to the rabbi speak about jews in the Germany area. She cleared up some of my questions about what we saw in the film, and this helped me to understand the history behind Judaism a lot more. I learned that Jews faced a lot of antisemitism and hatred even before Hitler's time, which I was unaware of before the film and before istening to the Rabbi speak.
I've read all of the thoughtful comments left by each class. Clearly there's a lot of new perspectives and understanding coming out of the material in this course. I think that's probably one of the most important things to take away - that you all now have a much deeper and more complex understanding of what happened in the Holocaust. Its that understanding that will enable you to be much more tuned in to things that people or say today that set off warning signals when you hear or see prejudice of any kind at work. You are welcome to drop me a line if you'd like to talk about anything further.
Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz
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