Poetry Enrichment Group Studies Poetry Related to Shoah - Mrs. Sarah Blum

The lunchtime poetry club is reading and analyzing Primo Levi's poem entitled "Shema."  After discussing the T'fila of Shema, what it means, when we say it, when children are taught it, and how often Jewish martrys perish with this T'filah on their lips, we looked at the poem.  The narrator is addressing his readers and asking them to "Consider" individuals in the Shoah and what their lives were like at that time.  He ends with instructions: remember the Shoah and talk about it with your children "when you go to bed, when you rise."  These are words from Shema...  We discussed the importance of remembering, sharing with future generations, and helping others who are suffering.