MyRehovot Reader Responds to "Weizmann Institute Threatens Employee With a Dismissal for Bearing Magen David Patch"

Dear My Rehovot,

Thank you for the publication "Leading Israel Scientific Center - Weizmann Institute - threatens employee with a dismissal for bearing Magen David patch".

I think that Igor Pechersky's patch is a proper reminder of The Holocaust and the World War II against German Nazism, the sixtieth anniversary of which we commemorate this year.

Mr. Pechersky signifies for me (a former citizen of the Soviet Union, the nation lost in The Great Patriotic War with fascism more then 25 million lives, including close relatives), a reminder of fascist terror, genocide and a note to all that new fascism will not be allowed.

The reaction of the Weizmann Institute alarms me. What is this? Is this a historical blindness, a lack of respect or intolerance to the memorial culture of The Nation-Winner that made the State of Israel's independence possible, or a footsie with fascism, be it for a scientific or financial purpose? Otherwise how can one request to hide Jewish Catastrophe 1933-1945 symbol?

For me, a person from the former Soviet Union, such a request sounds like a call to extinguish The Eternal Light that is kept alight for the last sixty years next to the cenotaphs in nearly every town of Russia, Ukraine and the other Republics of the former USSR.

I would also like to add, that in my opinion, it would be more appropriate for Mr. Pechersky's patch not to bear an identification number, but a message:

1933-1945
We remember

Also see original Russian Text of this commentary. Please note that earlier publications in MyRehovot and Haaretz Daily wrongly spell Igor Pechersky family name as " Pecharsky ".

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