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This is not from any tranchte of the Talmud. It is a quote from Hannah Szenes. Her two novels and diary are well regarded and studied (as a Jew, I have studied them).

Hannah Szenes (1921-1944) was born in Budapest, Hungary, to an assimilated Jewish family, the daughter of an accomplished playwright and journalist. Executed in her native land at the age of 23, she became a symbol of idealism and self-sacrifice. Her poetry, made famous in part because of her unfortunate death, reveals a woman imbued with hope, even in the face of adverse circumstances. She was a symbol of courage in one of the darkest times of modern history.

9 posted on 09/12/2011 6:48:22 PM PDT by RobertClark (People sleep peaceably in their beds at night b'cse good men are rdy to do violence on their behalf)

Yup found that out. Beautiful quote. Glad I discovered her.

11 posted on 09/12/2011 6:50:27 PM PDT by DManA

Yup found that out. Beautiful quote. Glad I discovered her.

12 posted on 09/12/2011 6:50:43 PM PDT by DManA

Never heard of her. Pure accident I came across her. What an amazing woman:

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/szenes.html

(as a Jew, I have studied them).

Is she well know in Jewish circles?

17 posted on 09/12/2011 7:01:38 PM PDT by DManA

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