Patriot,
Happy Labor Day!
I hope you're relaxing with friends and family, and if so, I wanted to share a quick story that I hope you pass along to them.
Today is also Rosh HaShanah – a BIG Jewish holiday that is the start of our New Year.
It's one of our High Holy Days where we read prayers and sing songs that have been with our culture for countless generations – even when a generation had been nearly wiped out, the traditions lived on.
I want to tell you the story of Samuel Heider, a Jew from Poland.
In 1942, the ghetto where Samuel's family was living was cleared. His family was sent to the gas chambers of Treblinka and he was sent to Auschwitz.
When Samuel arrived at Auschwitz, he went through a selection process which consisted of Josef Mengele pointing at a human being and waiving his hand left or right.
A motion of Mengele's hand to the right, meant work detail.
A wave to the left meant immediate death or worse.
Samuel received a wave to the right, and was sent to several more concentration camps before being liberated at Dachau on April 30, 1945.
When he was finally free from the cruelty of the Nazi's, Samuel Heider was an adult who weighed just 75 pounds.
His family was dead, and he struggled with the depth of loss he had faced. The only thing that kept him from thoughts of suicide was knowing he was the last living member of his blood line.
As the High Holy Days approached, Samuel was living in a recovery camp with 200 other survivors. He was determined to carry out his family traditions with a celebration, and he asked around for a Rabbi to help.
While he didn't find a rabbi, Samuel was directed to an Army chaplain.
The chaplain cobbled together payer books, a shofar, and after a good deal of searching, he found a Torah for Samuel.
Samuel made use of the chaplain's efforts, and on the first day of Rosh HaShanah, a few of the men from the camp showed up to join the ceremony.
Samuel sang from memory and carried out a service that filled the hearts of the Holocaust survivors.
On the second day of Rosh HaShanah, Samuel held another service and there wasn't a spare seat to be had!
Our traditions didn't just survive for another generation, they were given strength in their survival!
As a Jewish woman, I'm touched by Samuel's story.
As an American, I'm given hope.
I'm given hope that our love of liberty can survive the worst.
I'll be blunt.
We're headed into some dark days as Democrats rush to implement their policies and use every excuse in the book to justify their actions.
Just like Samuel held dear his Jewish traditions, we have to hold dear our love of liberty.
Liberty is a simple thing . . . as long as we don't harm others, we should have the freedom to do what's best for ourselves, our families and our communities without government interference.
Today, the opposite is happening.
- Our children are being muzzled like dogs in school and are being taught to fear each other.
- Americans are being pressured to inject vaccines into themselves and their children despite science and common sense contradicting the government solutions.
- Our workers are being paid off to stay at home.
- Our entire society is being turned into a welfare nation that relies on the government for food and shelter.
- And now we have to live with the threat of Islamic Terrorism again thanks to Biden's Policy of Weakness.
And what's the result from all of this?
Every time an American is "saved" by the government – from illness, hunger, homelessness, or even saved from the fear of terrorism, what do you think happens?
Government gets even more powerful.
So do me a favor, on Rosh HaShanah, we celebrate by "raising a noise."
Regardless of whether or not you're Jewish, you can raise your own noise today by sharing this story and making people open their minds and think about what's happening in America today.
Thanks so much for all that you do.
Happy Labor Day and Rosh HaShanah,
Laura Loomer
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