Adam Lach for The New York Times
Pawel in the Warsaw synagogue. A former truck driver and neo-Nazi skinhead, Pawel, 33, has since become an Orthodox Jew, covering his shaved head with a yarmulke and shedding his fascist ideology for the Torah.
By DAN BILEFSKY
Published: February 27, 2010
“I still struggle every day to discard my past ideas,” said Pawel, a 33-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew and former truck driver, noting with little irony that he had to stop hating Jews in order to become one. “When I look at an old picture of myself as a skinhead, I feel ashamed. Every day I try and do teshuvah,” he said, using the Hebrew word for repentance. “Every minute of every day. There is a lot to make up for."
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ReplyDeleteThank you very much!
May (whoever made it) have much success with it !
The one who made the blog is obviously someone who is already permeated with "all you have to do is open your eyes and see that Moshiach and the Geula is already here"
ReplyDeleteHowever not everyone is at that level.
Most people, look yet don't see, because they need some help. Most people needs someone to help show them how to open their eyes.
Perhaps if someone would write show the connection then people could first see the article and first see if they can figure it out on their own and if they fail to see it on their own they can click on the comment to help them see.
As for me, I don't have the time. But perhaps the blog author can do it.