Jews Fined for Singing 'Ani Maamin' at Auschwitz

Arutz Sheva ^ | 8-3-14 | Gil Ronen

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Guards at the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp memorial site shouted at Jews who sang “Ani Maamin” – a song based on lines from Rambam (Maimonides) which was known as the Hymn of the Camps – during a visit to the camp and fined their guide 1,000 zloty, or about $350.

So says the guide, Rabbi Rafi Ostroff, who is also the head of the Etzion Bloc Religious Council.

Ani Ma'amin has several tunes, one of which was composed by a Hassidic rabbi in the cattle cars en route to the Nazi concentration camps. The song was then adopted by other Jewish prisoners and became known as the Hymn of the Camps

“Dear friends,” wrote Rabbi Ostroff on Facebook. “Friday-yesterday. I am leading a group of Bnei Akiva from Australia and South Africa. As usual the group sings holy songs of prayer during the visit. This time the guards of the camp hounded us all the time, shouting at us not to sing. Even in the gas chamber of Aushwitz 1, the guard came up to me and shouted at me: 'tell them immediately to shut up'.

"We then went to Birkenau. In a secluded part of the camp the boys spontaneously started singing 'Ani Maamin'. This was the song that prisoners sang on the way to be murdered there. A guard drove after us with his car and demanded that they be silent. I told him that I don't have control over this as they are singing from their hearts. He then threatened to arrest me and called the police.

"In my group were a few boys [whose] grandparents were prisoners or were murdered in Auschwitz. We cried a lot on that day when they shared their stories with us. I was threatened with 24 hours imprisonment or paying...

[livius]

Maimonides converted to Islam when he was still in Cordova, but reverted back to Judaism at some point when he fled and was living in Morocco.

It was probably a forced conversion or conversion of convenience or self defense, since a more aggressive group of Muslims had recently entered Southern Spain.

[trisham]

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[Resettozero]

...Yeshua/Jesus...

Are you a Jewish believer?

[Daaave]

I had to check the dates and reread to make sure this wasn't a story from the 30's or 40's.

Don't be too hard on the people that work here.

Perhaps they were only following orders?

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

probably.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Messianic Jewish

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Ikr....pretty bad isn’t it when you have to double check to make sure this isn’t WWII era...

[Anti-Hillary]

My guess is that they are part of the latest cult; The Hebrew Roots Movement

[Resettozero]

Messianic Jewish

Thank you for responding. I'm one of the Gentiles who have been grafted onto the part of the vine called The Branch. We usually call ourselves Christians, or followers of The Lord Jesus Christ, to honor and acknowledge the One Who grafted us in by His completed work.

[Resettozero]

OR WHAT, YOU GONG TO ROUND US UP FOR NOT PAYNG ATTENTION TO YOU while u r hijacking a thread ABOUT JEWS?

JEWS ON FR ARE APPRECIATIVE OF OUR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS ON FR, NOW KINDLY STOP TRYING TO SNEAK CONVERT US ON POSTS ABOUT JEWS COMMEMORATING THOSE OF OUR FAITH WHO KEPT THEIR FAITH, EVEN AS THEY WERE CARTED INTO OVENS.

Didn't know I was hijacking a thread; just commenting on the first post. No threat implied or intended.

Oh that I could persuade you to become a completed Jew, a la Saul of Tarsus. Doesn't look like you will today. But Today isn't over...yet.

Christians also went into the same ovens. Just not State-approved christians.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Welcome to the Olive Tree. :-)

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

+1

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Ya following God’s Word is super cult-y

[SJackson]

Interesting. As I’ll note in my ping, I found a couple you tubes of Jews singing in Auschwitz (contemporary) which didn’t seem to be a problem. So what could be the offence here? Perhaps Maimonides 12th point, which I believe is the basis of Ani Ma’amin. Good enough for Jews to die with on their lips, but politically incorrect to some I presume. This not being the religion forum I suppose I could insert a joke or two here about whether he’s been here before, but I won’t be disrespectful of other’s beliefs. Worth a fine, worth criticism. Screw um.

[SJackson]

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[Eleutheria5]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fvNknbF2GY

[SJackson]

Sorry, forgot to post the songs. It would appear Jews do sing when visiting Auschwitz. Just not the Ani Maamin. What will we ask for next, praying on the Temple Mount?

Dudu Fisher singing "Es Brent" in Auschwitz/Birkenau "March Of The Living 2011"

Jewish Singing in Auschwitz Birkenau

Israeli youths in Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz Birkenau part 1 with Tzvi Sperber, Jroots, Rabbi Garson Group 2014

[workerbee]

(pssst... be glad you’re not Mormon!)

[Anti-Hillary]

If you follow God’s word in its truth, no cult. If you distort, add to, or take away from, God’s word, CULT! HRM is a cult and is VERY dangerous. it is bondage to MOSAIC law.