“You have to look at it on a case-by-
case basis, and people have to ask
themselves if they are just using the
language or exploiting the emotional
reactions people have to the phrase.”
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associated with Holocaust remem-
brance. We look at the Holocaust
and see failures to act, according to
Friedberg. So, in our pluralistic society,
it’s supposed to imply that never again
shall we fail like this for any group, not
just Jews.

Th erefore, it’s important to be care-
ful when using the language.

“You have to look at it on a case-
by-case basis, and people have to ask
themselves if they are just using the
language or exploiting the emotional
reactions people have to the phrase,”
the historian said.

Jonathan Sarna, the resident his-
torian at the Weitzman National
Museum of American Jewish History
in Philadelphia, agrees with Friedburg
that it’s important to look at and under-
stand the motivation of the person
using the phrase.

Th e Brandeis University professor
used “all lives matter” as an exam-
ple. Few people would disagree with
that statement on its face. Yet in a
post-George Floyd, post-Black Lives
Matter and post-2020 context in the
United States, it can be a dismissive
response to a call for equality for Black
Americans. “Th at’s why you have to look at the
particulars of the case,” he said.

Aft er considering the particulars of
the Lucy case, Sarna thought many
Jews would say that the use of the
language was “perhaps unintention-
ally insensitive.” He believed it was
probably a good idea to come up with
wording a little more appropriate to the
situation. “Once you cheapen a phrase, it’s hard
to restore it to the sanctity that it once
had,” he said. JE
jsaff ren@midatlanticmedia.com
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