SPECIAL PRAYER FOR HOLOCAUST DAY YESTERDAY

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PX-vW4VccY&feature=player_embedded#!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/markets/indexes/

HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS FRI APRIL 20,2012

09:30 AM +2.43
10:00 AM +66.75
10:30 AM +100.25
11:00 AM +107.24
11:30 AM +100.81
12:00 PM +100.61
12:30 PM +90.07
01:00 PM +112.92
01:30 PM +70.61
02:00 PM +69.99
02:30 PM +70.07
03:00 PM +73.64
03:30 PM +68.52
04:00 PM +65.16 13,029.26

S&P 500 1378.53 +1.61

NASDAQ 3000.45 -7.11

GOLD 1,643.80 +2.40

OIL 103.05 +0.78

TSE 300 12,147.28 -6.41

CDNX 1397.95 +1.18

S&P/TSX/60 692.98 -1.15

MORNING,NEWS,STATS

YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow +40 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow +1 points at low today.
Dow +112 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,640.70.OIL opens at $104.02 today.

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow +1 points at low today so far.
Dow +112 points at high today so far.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow +1 points at low today.
Dow +112 points at high today.

GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,902.60 (NOT AT CLOSE)

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(TAKE OVER 3 WORLD REGIONS)

IMF: eurozone at centre of coming storm
19.04.12 @ 18:12 By Valentina Pop

BRUSSELS - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday (19 April) warned of dark clouds hanging over the global recovery, with the eurozone at the heart of the problem.We are seeing light recovery, blowing on the spring wind. But we are also seeing very dark clouds on the horizon, Lagarde said in a press conference in Washington.The eurozone is the epicentre of potential risk, she warned.
Her comments come ahead of the IMF's spring meeting, which is to decide on increasing its own resources - part of which could also be used to fund further eurozone bail-outs.Lagarde said she has already received pledges of over €240 billion out of its €300 billion goal - most of which would come from the eurozone countries themselves, the rest being committed by non-euro states such as Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland. The US has so far not put up any cash on top of its regular contribution.As for Europe's own financial firewall made up of a temporary and a permanent - yet non-existent - bail-out fund, Lagarde said EU governments have taken significant steps in recent months and made a significant improvement of the firewall.There is a little bit missing here or there but is shows significant determination to defend their currency zone,she said.The IMF had been advocating for a combined firepower of €1 trillion, but the only concession they could get from funding-reluctant donors led by Germany was to increase the two funds' joint ceiling to €700 billion, even though their actual lending power will be €500 billion.Another suggestion coming from the former French finance minister is likely to fall on deaf ears in Berlin: to use the two bail-out funds for direct re-capitalisation of troubled banks, notably Spanish ones, which are running out of cash despite the recent €1 trillion in cheap loans offered by the European Central Bank (ECB).

The two funds could actually help in terms of recapitalization anywhere in the eurozone,she said.What we are advocating is that this be done without channelling through the sovereigns,she added, meaning that the funding should not go via governments.A report issued by the IMF on Tuesday warned that eurozone banks are still at risk of a credit crunch, despite the ECB action. But Berlin is likely to reject this idea, as funding from the two bail-out funds needs parliamentary approval in Germany.Pressure is likely to increase on Germany to agree to some sort of funding for Spanish banks, as the country's borrowing costs have starting rising again.Its government is struggling with worsening economic conditions and even the IMF is now advocating less austerity so as not aggravate the situation.In addition, Italy on Wednesday announced it will not be able to reach its deficit target of 1.7 percent of GDP this year and have zero deficit next year due to worse-than-expected recession.The EU commission on Thursday downplayed the move and said it remains confident Italy will reach zero deficit next year and return to surplus as soon as possible, helping it to pay back some of Rome's massive debt.While Italy is also under the EU's so-called excessive deficit procedure, its public balance sheet is not as bad as Spain's. But its debt - 123 percent of GDP - is double the level set under eurozone rules.

CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

India test fires missile capable of hitting Europe
Today APR 20,12 @ 09:49 By EUOBSERVER

India has test-fired a long-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead as far afield as Europe or China. The show of strength comes amid EU and US condemnation of nuclear programmes in Iran and North Korea, but India - the largest democracy in the world - is more Western-friendly.

Parliament gives half-hearted support for US data deal 19.04.12 @ 17:16 By Honor Mahony

BRUSSELS - A line was drawn grudgingly under what has become an iconic debate on security versus personal rights when MEPs on Thursday voted in favour of a new air data agreement with the US.After a lengthy debate where many speakers acknowledged that the agreement was not ideal, 409 voted in favour of it and 226 against.The new set-up allows the US authorities to continue to gather an array of details, including names, addresses, credit card details, luggage and transfer flight details, from all air passengers coming from Europe – but under tighter conditions.

Ahead of the vote, home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom conceded that the deal is not 100 percent perfect but warned that further negotiation with the Washington is not an option.Dutch Liberal MEP Sophie In’t Veld, the lead deputy on the issue, urged her colleagues to reject the agreement.Ask yourselves, if other countries knock on our doors, and we know that they will, ... Cuba, China, Russia - are we willing to give them our data and (see it used) for profiling on the same terms as we are doing with the United States? Brussels and Washington have been debating the matter for almost a decade.The US said it wanted access to passenger details following the September 2001 bombings in New York and Washington.Since then, both sides have been tussling over the extent of the information the US can gather, who sees it and how, the length of time it is stored for and for what purpose.A first agreement came into place in 2004. This was struck down by the European Court of Justice two years later. A much-criticised temporary agreement followed in 2007. This will be replaced by the permanent arrangement approved by MEPs.But the path to Thursday’s agreement has been tough with Brussels and Washington often ideologically opposed on the need to balance security concerns with those of privacy. The privacy-conscious parliament, meanwhile, gained new powers and was quick to use them on the PNR (passenger name record) issue.As a result of parliament’s prodding, conditions for data use have tightened. US authorities are now obliged to inform EU authorities when they are following up on a lead using details from European air passengers.

Additionally the data must, in most cases, be made anonymous after a period of six months while the emphasis is on air carriers giving the data to US authorities rather than security officials simply taking it. Meanwhile citizens will have some judicial recourse if their data is misused.But critics of the deal say that the rules are still too lax. They say there is nothing to stop US authorities from using the data for profiling, and that although data will be anonymised after a certain period it will not be deleted.Opponents also point out that the text allows the up to 19 pieces of data to be used in customs and immigration checks as well as for public health purposes.I think it is telling and it is disappointing that after nine years of negotiation with our closest friend and ally we can only come up with an agreement that commands half-hearted support from a divided House,said In’t Veld.

Italy follows Spain on missing deficit target
Today APR 19,12 @ 09:28 By Valentina Pop

BRUSSELS - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti followed in the footsteps of his Spanish counterpart on Wednesday (18 April) by announcing that Italy would need extra time to reaching its deficit target amid a deepening recession.The Italian government had pledged to balance its budget in 2013, but it now expects the economy to shrink by 1.2 percent of GDP this year, the cabinet said in a statement. It added that the deficit of 0.1 percent previously estimated for 2013 would not be reached until 2014, while a balanced budget would be reached only in 2015.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) put out an even more pessimistic forecast about Italy's recession earlier on Tuesday, when it said the Italian economy would contract by 1.9 percent.We are a short-term government called on to make enduring changes, Monti said at a news conference on Wednesday.What we are doing is only the beginning of an operation that will last for many years, but that doesn’t mean there will be many years without growth. Everything, everything, everything that we are doing now goes in the direction of spurring growth.Worse-than-expected recession figures have also pushed the Spanish government to ask EU institutions for a softer deficit target this year, as austerity measures deepen the economic slump. The EU agreed to a target of 5.3 percent, drawing criticism that its new mantra of fiscal discipline is hollow talk.The IMF also on Tuesday warned that more cuts in Spain will make things worse.What we would not like ... is more fiscal consolidation, IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard said at a press conference on its World Economic Outlook.Madrid's borrowing costs have shot up to close to bail-out territory in recent weeks. Blanchard said said markets are schizophrenic on the austerity/growth debate, creating a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation for troubled euro-countries.

The IMF also said the European Central Bank (ECB) could help to spur growth in the region, by further easing interest rates and issuing cheap loans to banks.The ECB has already injected €1 trillion worth of cheap loans into the eurozone banking system, a move which was tacitly approved by Germany because it does not require parliamentary approval.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(FOR DIVING JERUSALEM AND FORCING ISRAELIS OFF THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND)

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/154941#.T5C56tm3hko
Dayan: Gov't Not Determined Enough to Prevent Ulpana Demolition-Yesha Council Chairman: There is a lack of determination by the government to solve the issue of the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El.By Elad Benari First Publish: 4/20/2012, 4:13 AM

Yesha Council Chairman Danny Dayan said on Thursday that there is a lack of determination in the political echelon to solve the issue of the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El.The Ulpana neighborhood is one of several Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria over which the threat of demolition hangs after a Supreme Court ruling. The communities were built with state cooperation, but the lands on which they stand are disputed. Legal experts have said that a reasonable solution would be compensation to any claimants who could prove ownership, since the homes have been standing for many years without being contested.Beit El was founded in 1977 - ten years after the Six Day War - when a group of Jewish families took up residence in open land adjacent to the local IDF base.A religiously observant community associated with the religious Zionist movement, Beit El was granted municipal status in 1997.Speaking to Arutz Sheva on Thursday, Dayan said,It is inconceivable injustice to destroy five apartment buildings with six apartments in each, where the best residents of the country are living, who were encouraged by Israeli governments, including financial encouragement, to come and settle there.Dayan called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to show more determination and work to prevent the demolition.We need to demand from the political system and from the political and executive branches, i.e. the prime minister and his ministers, to show determination. I hear in conversations with ministers and other officials that there is no desire to carry out the destruction in Ulpana. But this statement is inadequate, it must be translated into practice, and this requires determination on their part.He added,Until this moment, unfortunately, I cannot say I have seen the determination that is required by the political leadership. I hope this picture will change in the coming days.

I do not think legislation is needed to resolve the issue, a government decision is enough, said Dayan.Legislation should only be used if decisions are not implemented. A similar decision has already been made in the past: we were in a similar position with nine houses in Ofra, and it was actually Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in the previous government of Ehud Olmert, who made a decision and informed the Supreme Court that after the government weighed all the considerations, it decided to change its position.He noted that the ball is now in the Prime Minister’s court. The Prime Minister can immediately change the neighborhood’s legal situation. Take the unfortunate incident of Beit Hamachpela in Hevron. They told us it was illegal. If anything was illegal it was that the Defense Minister issued an order that declared the area a closed military zone. Here the exact opposite has to happen, because in this case there is a statement by the State that the buildings must be demolished. This statement has to be cancelled and turned around by 180 degrees so that the legal situation will change. The tools are in the hands of the government and in the hands of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense. By the way, I think they also want to achieve these results.Earlier this week, Likud Cabinet ministers demanded action and not words, after Netanyahu promised we will find a solution for the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El and other Jewish communities threatened with expulsion.In response to the Prime Minister’s statement that we will find a solution, Education Minister Gideon Saar warned that if he does not, the Knesset will take action and pass a law to legalize the communities.

ISRAEL PERSECUTED WORST IN HISTORY YET

ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST

1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

ISAIAH 14:12-15
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(SATAN HAS PROUD I PROBLEMS)
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

LUKE 10:18
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

JOB 1:7
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.(PROOF SATAN ON EARTH WALKING AND CAUSING CHAOS WITH THE 1/3RD FALLIN ANGELS WITH HIM FROM THE FALL-SATANS ARMY PUPPETS TO KILL ,STEAL,DESTROY)

MATTHEW 4:1,3,5,8-9,11
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.(SATAN LITERALLY ON EARTH IN THE WILDERNESS IN JERUSALEM AREA TEMPTING JESUS)
3 And when the tempter (SATAN LITERALLY ON EARTH) came to him,(JESUS) he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
5 Then the devil (SATAN) taketh him (JESUS) up into the holy city,(JERUSALEM) and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,(MOUNT)
8 Again, the devil (SATAN LITERALLY) taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him (JESUS) all the kingdoms of the world,(ON EARTH) and the glory of them;
9 And (SATAN) saith unto him,(JESUS) All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.(SATAN AS GOD INSTEAD OF REVERSE SATAN WORSHIPPING JESUS AS GOD OF ALL THE EARTH WHICH IS THE REAL TRUTH)
11 Then the devil (SATAN) leaveth him,(WALKS AWAY LITERALLY FROM JESUS ON EARTH) and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.(JESUS-GOD)

2 CORINTHIANS 11:3
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his (SATANS A MALE,NOT FEMALE AND THE SNAKE WAS A MALE ALSO) subtilty,(LITERALLY IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN IN THE MIDEAST ON EARTH) so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

1 PETER 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:(ESPECIALLY ISRAEL HE HATES THE WORST)

JOHN 10:10
10 The thief (SATAN) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:

MATTHEW 12:24
24 This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub(SATANS NAME) the prince of the devils.(FALLIN DEMONIC ANGELS AT THE FALL WITH HIM)

JOHN 12:31
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince (SATAN-ALSO THE PRINCE OF THE GODLESS MEDIA) of this world be cast out.

EPHESIANS 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,(SATAN THE SATANIC DEMON BEHIND THE GODLESS MEDIA) the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

REVELATION 12:4-6,13-17
4 And his tail (SATANS)drew the third part of the stars of heaven,(1/3RD OF ANGELS FELL WITH SATAN AT THE FALL WHO ARE DEMONIC FALLIN ANGELS-DEMONS) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman (ISRAEL) which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(SATANS LAST HOLOCAUST TO TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL FOREVER)
5 And she brought forth a man child,(MARY DID-JESUS WHO IS(JEWISH) who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman (MARY WHOS JEWISH REPRESENTING ISRAEL)fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.(3 1/2 YRS)
13 And when the dragon (SATAN) saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman (MARY) which brought forth the man child. (JESUS IS JEWISH)(ISRAEL PERSECUTED THE WORST IN HISTORY YET)
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.(PROTECTED FOR 3 1/2 YRS IN PETRA JORDAN)
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.(A TSUNAMI I BELIEVE SATAN WILL TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL WITH)
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.(GOD PROBABLY CREATES A QUAKE TO STOP THE TSUNAMI WATERS)
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,(SAVED) which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Op-Ed: Message and Special Prayer For Holocaust Day Published: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:31 PM A call to remember from the depths of our soul.Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks Rabbi Dr. Sacks is Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth since 1991, a member of the House of Lords since 2009. He has authored many books on Judaic thought, appears regularly in the British media and has kindly allowed us to post his essay on the Sabbath Torah reading each week.

Tonight and tomorrow, the 27th of Nissan, we will be commemorating Yom HaShoah, the day set aside in the Jewish calendar for Holocaust remembrance.During the nightmare years of the Shoah, one moment stands out for what it taught about the human spirit. It concerns a man almost unknown in Britain, the Polish-Jewish physician Janos Korczak.Early on in his medical career, Korczak was drawn to the plight of underprivileged children. He wrote books about their neglect and became a kind of Polish Dickens. In 1911 he founded an orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw. It became so successful that he was asked to create one for Catholic children as well, which he did.He had his own radio programme which made him famous throughout Poland. He was known as the old doctor. But he had revolutionary views about the young. He believed in trusting them and giving them responsibility. He got them to produce their own newspaper, the first children’s paper in Poland.He turned schools into self-governing communities. He wrote some of the great works of child psychology, including one called The Child’s Right to Respect.He believed that in each child there burned a moral flame that if nurtured could defeat the darkness at the core of human nature. When the time came for the children under his care to leave, he used to say this to them: I cannot give you love of man, for there is no love without forgiveness, and forgiving is something everyone must learn to do on his own. I can give you one thing only: a longing for a better life, a life of truth and justice. Even though it may not exist now, it may come tomorrow if you long for it enough.In 1940 he and the orphanage were driven into the Warsaw ghetto. In 1942 the order came to transport them to Treblinka. Korczak was offered the chance to escape, but he refused, and in one of the most poignant moments of those years, he walked with his 200 orphans through the streets of Warsaw to the train that took them to the gates of death, inseparable from them to the end.Janos Korczak’s actions were not unique; there are many inspirational and tragic stories of similar bravery and determination in the face of such adversity. What draws me to Korczak’s story is that it was about children.The Nazis were determined to not just wipe out the Jews of their generations, but to exterminate the Jewish future.The Nazis were determined to not just wipe out the Jews of their generations, but to exterminate the Jewish future.

They failed and many of those children who survived have spent the years since telling their stories, educating Jews and non-Jews about the dangers of intolerance and the need to respect the dignity of difference. These survivors made a commitment to live for what the victims of the Shoah died for.As a people, we not only share a covenant of faith we also share a covenant of fate. Today, as the number of Shoah survivors sadly declines, the duty of remembrance falls on our generation and on future generations not yet born.Yom HaShoah is a vital day in the Jewish calendar, providing us with a focal point for our remembrance. We cannot bring the dead back to life, but we can bring their memory back to life and ensure they are not forgotten. We can undertake in our lives to do what they were so cruelly prevented from doing in theirs.In doing so we make a great affirmation of life. We ensure that out of the darkest night, the light of the survivors and their memories remains. Faced with destruction, the Jewish people survived.Lo amut ki echyeh, says the Psalm: I will not die, but I will live.The Shoah survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet. Remarkably, despite coming eyeball to eyeball with the angel of death, despite the unimaginable losses each of them suffered, so many of them fulfilled the words of Moses’ great command Uvacharta Bachayim, choose life (Deut. 30: 19). In doing so, they chose life not just for themselves, but for their children, grandchildren and all future generations of Am Yisrael.Yom HaShoah calls on us to remember from the depths of our Jewish soul. Janos Korczak was right. Whilst we can remember the past, we cannot write the future.
Only our children, the future of our community, can do that.(This article was first published in The Jewish News)

PRAYER COMPOSED BY THE CHIEF RABBI FOR YOM HASHOAH

Today, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the victims of the greatest crime of man against man – the young, the old, the innocent, the million and a half children, starved, shot, given lethal injections, gassed, burned and turned to ash, because they were deemed guilty of the crime of being different.We remember what happens when hate takes hold of the human heart and turns it to stone; what happens when victims cry for help and there is no one listening; what happens when humanity fails to recognise that those who are not in our image are none the less in God’s image.We remember and pay tribute to the survivors, who bore witness to what happened, and to the victims, so that robbed of their lives, they would not be robbed also of their deaths.We remember and give thanks for the righteous of the nations who saved lives, often at risk of their own, teaching us how in the darkest night we can light a candle of hope.Today, on Yom HaShoah, we call on You, Almighty God, to help us hear Your voice that says in every generation:
Do not murder.
Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbour.
Do not oppress the stranger.
We know that whilst we do not have the ability to change the past, we can change the future.We know that whilst we cannot bring the dead back to life, we can ensure their memories live on and that their deaths were not in vain.And so, on this Yom HaShoah, we commit ourselves to one simple act: Yizkor, Remember.May the souls of the victims be bound in the bond of everlasting life. Amen.