#15 Sho'a (Holocaust)

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 19 November 2013

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The word שואה, holocaust, used to be a sacred word. Not anymore. Like many loaded words, we used and reused it. Now you can hear people using Sho'a in totally different contexts.

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New Words and Expressions:

Shoah – Holocaust – שואה

Amud ha-esh – Pillar of fire – עמוד האש

Yom Hazikaron La-shoah ve-la-gvura (Yom Ha-shoah) – The Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day – יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה, יום השואה

Germania ha-natsit – Nazi Germany – גרמניה הנאצית

"Ani ba-tor ba-bank, shoah po" – "I am waiting in line in the bank, it's shoah here" – אני בתור בבנק, שואה פה

Shoati – Holocaust-esque, shoah-like – שואתי

"Al tihye shoa'ti" – Don't be sho'ati – אל תהיה שואתי

Playlist and Clips:

Amud ha-esh soundtrack by Shem Tov Levy

Amud Ha-esh – narration: Yossi banai

TV2 interview with animal activist Gary Yourofsky

Ep. 97 about the word Amud

Transcript

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0:27.0	D.O.B. W. W. W. D. W. D. W. D. W. D. W. A. C. D. D. W. A C D. D. E. C. D. E. C. D. E. C. D.O.B. W. W. C. D. D. C. D. Shiloh.
0:28.0	Chalo. It's me Guy from Streetwise Hebrew.
0:29.8	Today we're going to talk about Shoa, the holocaust. The word
0:45.0	which means total destruction, catastrophe. The word showa,
0:47.0	Holocaust, is a biblical word which means total destruction, catastrophe.
0:52.0	The word showa today means the systematic murder of millions of people
0:56.0	by the Nazis in the Second World War. This music written by Shemptov Levy is the theme of
1:01.7	Amudhaesh, pillar of fire.
1:05.2	A documentary series telling the story of the state of Israel.
1:08.5	It was produced by the Israeli public TV channel in 1981, and they still broadcast reruns of it.
1:14.5	Bistav Elechamotchlach
1:16.6	to the Chilhach,
1:17.7	I'm sheh, sheh,
1:19.4	de Varsha.
1:20.4	Today this narration sounds full of Pethos, but back in the 80s it was part of our life.
1:29.6	We watched it at school as part of history classes. In the episode about the Holocaust, the
1:34.9	makers talk to survivors who told their stories. This is valuable material as
1:39.3	many of the survivors are no longer with us. By the way, I urge you to watch some episodes on YouTube
1:45.0	that in Amudhaesh in Hebrew
1:48.0	a memevavda-Dalid
1:50.0	he al-Lefshin.
1:51.0	Just one episode is about the Holocaust, and this is a good exercise for you to understand
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