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>> OJCZE NASZ, KTóRYS JEST W
NIEBIE, SWIEC SIE IMIE TWOJE,
PRZYJDZ KRóLESTWO TWOJE, BADZ
WOLA TWOJA, JAKO W NIEBIE, TAK I
NA ZIEMI, CHLEBA NASZEGO
POWSZEDNIEGO DAJ NAM DZISIAJ I
ODPUSC NAM NASZE WINY, JAKO I MY
ODPUSZCZAMY NASZYM WINOWAJCOM.
>> [ SINGING "SCHMA JISRAEL" IN
GERMAN ]
[ CONTINUES SINGING IN GERMAN ]
>> THE GERMANS INTENDED TO
DESTROY THE JEWISH PEOPLE
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THE JEWISH
PEOPLE AS A RACIAL BODY...
WAS DANGEROUS AND IT POSED
DANGERS TO -- TO GERMAN LIFE.
AND THE JEWS WERE SLATED TO BE
WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
AND THAT FATE WAS UNIQUE.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY
STARTLING, ISN'T IT?
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TWO
TOTALITARIAN GIANTS OF THE 20th
CENTURY -- HITLER AND THE NAZIS,
STALIN AND THE COMMUNISTS.
BOTH OF THEM HATED THE POLES.
BOTH OF THEM WANTED A PIECE OF
THEIR TERRITORY.
POLAND HAS DISAPPEARED AT
VARIOUS TIMES IN HISTORY, SO TO
SPEAK, AND THEN IT'S COME BACK.
AND THEY GOT IT FROM BOTH SIDES.
THE POLISH PEOPLE GOT IT FROM
THE COMMUNISTS.
THEY GOT IT FROM THE NAZIS.
THEY DIDN'T DESERVE IT FROM
EITHER.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC
STORIES THAT EVER TOOK PLACE IN
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, I
WOULD SAY, AND IT'S NOT WELL
TOLD IN THE SCHOOLS IN AMERICA
TODAY.
>> THIS IS FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY,
INGE.
>> YEAH.
AND, BOZENNA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY...
>> THANK YOU.
>> ...TO YOU, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THEY CLEARLY SHARE SOMETHING
THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE DID -- TO
BE ABLE TO BE THROUGH LITERALLY
HELL AND COME OUT AND SURVIVE.
THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT
TRANSCENDS ANY DOGMA.
THEY HAVE THAT HUMAN EXPERIENCE
THAT VERY FEW HAVE.
I AM SURE THAT'S THEIR STARTING
PLACE.
EVERYTHING ELSE FROM THAT IS
SECONDARY.
>> YOU KNOW, EVEN BOZENNA'S
STORY -- HER FATHER, LIKE MANY
POLISH PEOPLE, RESCUED JEWS.
THEY DIDN'T MAKE THESE
DISTINCTIONS.
IT WAS AT THE TOP.
THE ELITE ALWAYS MADE THESE
DISTINCTIONS.
THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO WORKED ON
A FARM, WHO LIVED ON A FARM IN
POLAND, WHETHER THEY WERE
CATHOLIC OR JEWISH, THAT DIDN'T
MATTER.
THEY WERE POLISH PEOPLE FIRST.
>> WHILE JEWS AND CATHOLICS IN
THE PAST DID NOT HAVE THE
RELATIONSHIP THAT SHOULD'VE
BEEN, TODAY, JEWS AND CATHOLICS
HAVE NEVER BEEN CLOSER.
>> WELCOME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD,
JAMAICA QUEENS, THE BEST LITTLE
CITY IN THE WORLD.
THE MOST DIVERSE.
AND HERE...
IS A LITTLE GARDEN.
IT'S NOT TOO GREAT. MY HOUSE.
AND LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL
SUNFLOWERS.
THEY'RE SMILING.
AND I HOPE THE WHOLE WORLD WILL
SMILE LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU.
[ CHUCKLES ]
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE SUNSHINE.
I WAS BORN IN A LITTLE VILLAGE
CALLED KIPPENHEIM, VERY NEAR THE
FRENCH AND SWISS BORDER.
IT WAS AT THE FOOT OF THE
BLACK FOREST -- BEAUTIFUL AREA.
UM, I WAS THE LAST JEWISH CHILD
BORN IN THIS LITTLE VILLAGE OF
ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE -- 60 JEWISH
FAMILIES.
WE WERE A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY,
TRADITIONAL IN OUR BELIEF.
THE SYNAGOGUE WAS THE CENTER OF
OUR LIVES.
AND JEWS HAD LIVED IN KIPPENHEIM
FOR AT LEAST 200 YEARS, SO I
TRACED MY FAMILY BACK TO THAT
TIME.
WE WERE A HAPPY COMMUNITY.
I WOULD SAY I ONLY HAD JEWISH
FRIENDS.
WE WERE A LITTLE BIT ISOLATED.
WE LIVED VERY, VERY WELL WITH
OUR CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS.
BUT WE HAD OUR OWN COMMUNITY, AS
WELL.
>> IN LEONOWKA, I THINK WE HAD
ABOUT 300 INHABITANTS IN OUR
VILLAGE.
UM, WE WERE ALL FARMERS.
I REMEMBER GOING TO CHURCH AS A
LITTLE GIRL.
IN THE SUMMERTIME, WE WOULD WALK
TO CHURCH, CARRYING OUR SANDALS
IN OUR HANDS.
BEFORE WE ENTERED THE CHURCH --
WE HAD A JEWISH NEIGHBOR, A
FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S,
MR. FRIEDMAN.
AND WE WERE ALWAYS INVITED BY
THE FRIEDMANS TO STOP IN.
WE WOULD SHAKE THE SAND OFF OUR
SANDALS AND PUT THE SANDALS BACK
ON AND THEN CONTINUE ON TO
CHURCH.
LIFE WAS VERY GOOD, REALLY --
PEACEFUL.
WE WERE POOR, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW
IT BECAUSE ALL OUR NEIGHBORS
WERE POOR.
WE WERE IN THE SAME GROUP.
>> SEEING THESE YEARS FROM A
DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW,
DIFFERENT RELIGION -- I AM
JEWISH.
BOZENNA IS CATHOLIC.
AND THAT IT CAN HIT ALMOST ANY
HUMAN BEING.
TRAGEDY CAN HIT ALMOST ANY HUMAN
BEING.
>> AND IT DID.
>> AND IT DID.
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
THIS IS THE WALL OF THE POLISH
RESCUERS.
THE RIGHTEOUS GENTILES.
POLAND AS A COUNTRY HAD THE MOST
PEOPLE RECOGNIZED AS RESCUERS BY
YAD VASHEM.
IRENA SENDLER, OF COURSE, TAKES
A VERY PROMINENT PLACE THERE.
BUT I NOTICED EVEN HERE SOME OF
MY...
MY -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE
RELATED, BUT WE DO HAVE HERE
URBANOWICZ AND SON JOSEPH,
JóZEF.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE RELATED.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THOSE
RESCUERS WHO DID WHAT IN THEIR
HEARTS AND IN THEIR MINDS THEY
KNEW WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES AND
FAMILIES AND VILLAGE.
SOMETIMES THE WHOLE VILLAGE WAS
DESTROYED FOR HELPING JEWS, BUT
MANY PEOPLE DID TAKE THAT RISK
TO THEIR CREDIT.
THEY MADE POLES AND POLAND SO
PROUD OF THEM.
PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE,
BUT IT WAS HAPPENING.
AND NOBODY...
NOBODY CAME FROM AMERICA TO HELP
US IN TIME UNTIL SO MANY PEOPLE
DIED.
AND NO ONE WANTED TO BELIEVE
THAT THOSE THINGS WERE
HAPPENING.
THEY WERE. THEY WERE.
WE'RE WITNESSES.
WE LIVED.
WE CAN TELL THE STORY, AND WE
DON'T LIE.
WE TELL THE TRUTH.
>> MY FATHER SAID TO ME, "TRY TO
SIT ON THE TRAIN IN SUCH A WAY
THAT YOU CAN COVER UP YOUR
YELLOW STAR BECAUSE THERE WERE
ALWAYS SOME ROWDY BOYS WHO COULD
HURT ME AND CALL ME BAD NAMES,
AND ESPECIALLY THEY COULD HURT
ME.
AND HE SAID, "LEAN AGAINST THE
LEFT WINDOW IF YOU CAN FIND A
PLACE AND TRY TO COVER UP YOUR
STAR NATURALLY."
YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY FORBIDDEN.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
AND MANY TIMES, I WASN'T ABLE TO
DO IT.
SOMETIMES I WAS.
I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE WOMAN
WHO SAW ME.
AND SHE DIDN'T SAY ONE WORD TO
ME.
I MEAN, CHRISTIANS WERE NOT
ALLOWED TO...
TALK TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
THEY COULD GET KILLED THEMSELVES
FOR THAT.
SHE CAME OVER TO ME.
SHE HAD A LITTLE BAG OF ROLLS.
SHE PUT IT NEXT TO MY SEAT.
I NEVER KNEW THE NAME OF THIS
WOMAN, BUT HER KINDNESS AND
GENEROSITY -- I SHALL ALWAYS
REMEMBER THAT NAMELESS WOMAN WHO
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL
FOR THAT LITTLE JEWISH CHILD.
AND WHENEVER I SPEAK, I TALK
ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL GENTILE OR
CHRISTIAN LADY WHO...
I -- WHO REMAINS NAMELESS TO
THIS DAY.
>> DURING AUGUST OF 1943 WHEN
I'M 9 YEARS OLD, ABOUT 9...
WE AS CHILDREN -- WE KNEW IT WAS
A SCARY TIME, BUT EXACTLY,
PARENTS DIDN'T TELL CHILDREN
THINGS.
WE SLEPT OUT EVERY NIGHT IN THE
FIELD, AWAY FROM HOME.
BUT FINALLY, NEAR THE END OF
AUGUST, MY FATHER SAID, "THAT'S
ENOUGH.
WE'RE SLEEPING AT HOME TONIGHT,"
AND THAT WAS THE NIGHT THAT OUR
NEIGHBOR -- AROUND 11:00 AT
NIGHT, HE CAME TO A WINDOW IN
OUR HOUSE, AND MY BED WAS RIGHT
UNDER THAT WINDOW.
AND I REMEMBER THE NEIGHBOR
KNOCKING ON THE WINDOW AND
WHISPERING TO MY FATHER,
"VICTOR, VICTOR, THIS IS THE
NIGHT."
MY FATHER KNEW WHAT THAT WAS.
THE NEIGHBOR LEFT.
MY MOTHER GOT UP.
MY FATHER GOT UP.
"SHH! QUIET, ALL OF US.
WE'RE LEAVING. NO LIGHTS.
DON'T LIGHT CANDLES IN THE
DARK."
SO, MY MOTHER QUICKLY GRABBED MY
SISTER, WHO WAS ABOUT 3 AT THAT
TIME, IN HER ARMS.
AND MY JOB WAS TO HOLD MY
BROTHER BY THE HAND AND MY
SISTER...
AND FOLLOW MY MOTHER.
MY MOTHER DASHED INTO THE WHEAT
FIELD, AND THE WHEAT FIELD WAS
QUITE TALL BY THEN.
SO, WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH THE
WHEAT FIELD, AND I'M FOLLOWING
MY MOTHER, AND I CAN'T KEEP UP
WITH HER BECAUSE THE WHEAT WOULD
TANGLE AROUND MY ANKLES.
I WOULD FALL.
I'D TAKE MY BROTHER AND SISTER
WITH ME.
BY THE TIME I STOOD UP, MY
MOTHER WAS EVEN FURTHER.
AND SUDDENLY, I HEAR WHEAT
CRACKLING BEHIND ME.
SOMEBODY'S RUNNING AFTER US.
I'M SCARED.
I CAN'T CALL OUT BECAUSE
SOMEBODY COULD HEAR ME FROM THE
ROAD.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND
I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH MY MOTHER.
AND EVENTUALLY, MY MOTHER TURNS
AROUND, AND SHE SEES A MAN IN
BACK OF US, AND I REMEMBER HOW
SHE GASPED.
[ GASPS ]
IT TURNED OUT TO BE MY FATHER.
HE LAGGED BEHIND FOR A MOMENT
AND OPENED THE STABLES AND THE
BARNS, THINKING WE WOULD RETURN.
AND MY FATHER CALLED TO MY
MOTHER, "JANKA, JANE, JANE" AND
QUICKLY GRABBED MY SISTER AND
BROTHER, AND WE RAN AFTER MY
MOTHER.
>> ONE MORNING, WE RECEIVED OUR
ORDER FOR TRANSPORT -- MY
GRANDMOTHER AND MY FATHER,
MYSELF AND MY MOM.
THEY CAME.
"YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, AND THIS IS
WHAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE
ALONG WITH YOU.
AND YOU HAVE TO REPORT FOR
TRANSPORT."
THEY DIDN'T SAY WHERE OR
ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT WE HAVE TO REPORT.
AND MY FATHER SAID, "LOOK, I AM
GOING TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE
SECRET POLICE, THE GESTAPO, THAT
I'M A DISABLED WAR VETERAN, AND
MAYBE THEY WOULD SPARE US, AND
WE'LL TRY FOR YOUR MOTHER," FOR
MY GRANDMOTHER.
AND MY MOTHER SAID, "NO.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
I'M NOT GONNA LET MY MOTHER GO
BY HERSELF.
ABSOLUTELY NOT."
AND SOMEHOW WE WERE SPARED, MY
MOTHER, FATHER, AND I, BUT MY
GRANDMOTHER...
WAS SENT IN 1941 TO RIGA.
WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT TIME.
I HAD PERMISSION TO GO TO THE
TRAIN STATION.
MY FATHER HAD ALSO PERMISSION.
AND WE WATCHED HER GO DOWN THE
TRAIN STATION.
AND WE JUST LINGERED THERE UNTIL
SHE WAS OUT OF VIEW.
I WAS TREMENDOUSLY FOND OF MY
GRANDMOTHER.
SHE MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME --
EVERYTHING.
AND WE SOMEHOW -- WE KNEW THAT
THIS WAS GOODBYE.
I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW MY
MOTHER PUT HER ARMS AROUND HER
MOTHER, AND...
SHE WOULD NEVER SEE HER AGAIN --
EVER.
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS SENT TO THE
FOREST VERY SOON AFTER HER
ARRIVAL.
I FOUND THAT OUT MUCH LATER.
AND...
I WENT TO THAT PLACE.
THEY SHOT THEM INTO MASS GRAVES.
IT WAS A HUGE FOREST -- THE
BIKERNIEKI FOREST.
AND THERE WERE AT LEAST 52 MASS
GRAVES.
THERE'S A BIG MEMORIAL THERE
NOW.
AND...
ABOUT 52 MASS GRAVES.
SO, MORE THAN THEY DON'T EVEN
KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED
THERE.
LET'S SAY IN EACH GRAVE OVER A
THOUSAND.
JUST CEMENT AROUND IT.
AND WHEN I RETURNED SOME YEARS
AGO, I WANTED TO SEE.
I WANTED TO SEE WHERE MY
GRANDMOTHER WAS KILLED AND WHERE
ALL MY FRIENDS WERE KILLED --
ALMOST THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS, LIKE,
THERE WERE LITTLE PLAQUES WHEN
YOU COME TO THE ENTRANCE.
ALL THE TOWNS WHERE THEY CAME
FROM.
STUTTGART WAS IN FRONT,
NUREMBERG, ALL THE DIFFERENT
TOWNS, AND THESE WERE, REALLY,
ALL JEWISH PEOPLE.
AND I TOOK A CANDLE WITH ME TO
BRING IT THERE AND MADE A COVER
OF ONE OF MY BOOKS WHERE SHE'S
ON THE COVER IN THE GERMAN
VERSION OF "I'M A STAR."
AND I WROTE HER A LETTER IN
GERMAN, WHICH I PUT NEXT TO THE
STONE, THE PLAQUE WHERE THEY HAD
STUTTGART.
AND SHE NEVER SPOKE ENGLISH, SO
I WROTE IN GERMAN THAT I WILL
NEVER FORGET HER.
IT WAS VERY TRAUMATIC FOR ME
BECAUSE FOR ALL INTENTS AND
PURPOSES, I SHOULD'VE BEEN IN
THAT MASS GRAVE...
AS WELL, AS WERE ALMOST ALL MY
FRIENDS.
>> I SAW TALL BUILDINGS TWO AND
THREE STORIES, AND I THOUGHT TO
MYSELF, "HE'S GOING TO TAKE ME
TO A HOSPITAL.
I'M VERY SICK."
BUT THE CAR TURNED IN THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
[ SNIFFLES ]
AND I FOUND MYSELF AT A WOODEN
BARRACK.
HE PLACED ME IN THE BARRACK WITH
SOME WOMEN, AND GOING INTO THE
BARRACK, HE SAID, "THIS IS A
PLACE FOR YOU, FOR PEOPLE LIKE
YOU."
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE --
WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE I WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE.
[ SNIFFLES ]
INSIDE, THERE WERE TWO GERMAN
WOMEN.
THEY TOOK MY CLOTHES.
THEY PUT ME IN A LITTLE WHITE
SHIRT.
AND THEY SHAVED MY HEAD.
I WAS INFESTED WITH LICE.
I REMEMBER...
I WAS SO ANGRY THAT THEY -- THAT
I WAS THERE BY MYSELF WITHOUT MY
FAMILY THAT I DELIBERATELY WET
MY BED ON PURPOSE.
I REMEMBER THE TWO GERMAN WOMEN
WHO CAME, VERY ANGRY TALKING TO
EACH OTHER.
[ SNIFFLES ]
THEY TOOK ME OFF ONE BED,
BOUNCED ME ONTO THE OTHER EMPTY
BED, CHANGED THE SHEETS, AND
BOUNCED ME BACK, BUT I PRETENDED
I WAS ASLEEP.
I WOULDN'T OPEN MY EYES.
[ SNIFFLES ]
ONE TIME...
I DREAMT THAT MY MOTHER CAME TO
SEE ME.
AND SHE SAT BY MY BED AND SHE...
[ CRYING ]
[ SNIFFLES ]
AND SHE STROKED MY HAND.
[ SNIFFLES ]
AND I THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING.
AND I WOULDN'T OPEN MY EYES AND
LET HER KNOW THAT I KNOW SHE'S
THERE.
[ SNIFFLES ]
ONLY AFTER THE WAR, A LONG TIME
AFTER THAT DID I FIND OUT THAT
MY MOTHER DID COME TO SEE ME
BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO CONVINCE
HERSELF THAT I WAS STILL ALIVE.
[ SNIFFLES ]
IT TURNED OUT THAT I HAD
TUBERCULOSIS, T.B., AND
DYSENTERY.
THAT'S WHY THEY TOOK ME, KEPT ME
FOR THREE MONTHS IN THAT PLACE
[SNIFFLES] BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO INFECT THE REST OF THE
WORKFORCE.
[ SNIFFLES ]
AND I REMEMBER EVENTUALLY A
DIFFERENT GERMAN MAN CAME TO
TAKE ME BACK TO THE FAMILY.
BUT THIS TIME ON A BICYCLE.
[ SNIFFLES ]
AND IT WAS...
A COLD DAY.
[ SNIFFLES ]
THEY GAVE ME A LITTLE COAT, AND
I WAS TO RIDE ON THE HANDLEBARS.
AND I REMEMBER...
THAT THE SNOW WAS MELTING, AND
IT WAS SPLASHING ALL OVER MY
LEGS.
[ SNIFFLES ]
AND WHEN WE FINALLY REACHED
[SNIFFLES] OUR PLACE [SNIFFLES]
I COULDN'T GET MY HANDS OFF THE
HANDLEBARS, AND THE GERMAN MAN
PRIED MY HANDS OFF THE
HANDLEBARS.
[ SNIFFLES ]
AND WHEN MY MOTHER RETURNED FROM
WORK THAT NIGHT...
SHE ASKED THE GERMANS IF I COULD
REST FOR A DAY OR TWO BEFORE
GOING OUT TO WORK IN THE FIELD,
AND THEY SAID NO.
WHEN I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING,
I HAD NO SHOES.
SOMEONE STOLE MY SHOES.
[ SNIFFLES ]
SO I WRAPPED MY FEET IN RAGS
LIKE OTHER CHILDREN WERE DOING,
AND I WENT OUT TO WORK.
OF COURSE, HATE SWALLOWED UP THE
JEWISH PEOPLE.
DID VERY WELL.
WENT AFTER THE POLES, DID VERY
WELL.
WENT AFTER THE HANDICAPPED.
HMM, THAT WORKS, TOO.
AND THEY WENT AFTER THE
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND GYPSIES,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THAT'S WHAT HATE DOES.
>> I'M ALWAYS ASKED, "WHAT COMES
FIRST?
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF?
WHO ARE YOU?"
I'M NOT A GERMAN.
I'M NOT -- I'M AN AMERICAN, YES,
BUT ONE THING THAT WILL ALWAYS
STAY WITH ME NO MATTER WHAT
COUNTRY I'M IN IS MY RELIGION.
CLOSE TO 20 YEARS AGO, WE WERE
IN A HIGH SCHOOL IN LONG ISLAND,
I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND THEY HAD A
HOLOCAUST DAY.
DIFFERENT SPEAKERS CAME, AND I
MET BOZENNA THERE, AND WE FOUND
OUT WE'RE THE SAME AGE.
AND WE BEFRIENDED EACH OTHER.
I MEAN, WE LIVE QUITE FAR FROM
EACH OTHER, SO ONCE IN A WHILE,
WE WOULD SPEAK TO EACH OTHER,
BUT IT IS REALLY THE LAST FEW
YEARS THAT WE HAVE BECOME
EXTREMELY GOOD FRIENDS BECAUSE,
ALSO, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD
DO A BOOK TOGETHER OF OUR
COMMONALITY OF EXPERIENCES.
>> ANTI-SEMITISM IS BASED IN
IGNORANCE, AND IT'S BASED IN
EVIL, FRANKLY.
ANYTIME WE TAKE ANY COMMUNITY,
WHETHER IT BE JEWISH OR
CHRISTIAN OR WHATEVER
NATIONALITY YOU WANT, WHENEVER
WE START TO SAY, "THEY'RE BAD,"
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT BLANK IS
BAD, THAT'S AN EVIL THAT'S NOT
DUE TO DISAPPOINTMENT OR
CONFUSION OR DISAGREEMENT.
IT'S DUE TO AN UNREFLECTIVE LACK
OF HUMANITY REACTION TO
SOMETHING THAT ULTIMATELY WILL
NOT ONLY HURT THE PEOPLE WE HATE
BUT ALSO POISON AND BE A CANCER
TO OURSELVES.
>> WHAT WE HAVE TO REALIZE IS,
IT'S EASY FOR JEWS TO STAND UP
FOR JEWS.
IT'S EASY FOR CHRISTIANS TO
STAND UP FOR CHRISTIANS.
BUT WE'LL KNOW WE'VE MADE IT
WHEN WE STAND UP FOR THE OTHER.
>> I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY.
NEW YORK CITY IS ONE OF THE FEW
CITIES IN AMERICA WHICH IS NOT
DOMINATED BY PROTESTANTS.
YOU'RE EITHER CATHOLIC OR
JEWISH.
THAT MAKES UP THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
NEW YORK CITY.
SO I SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO
TELL ON A KIND OF A DAILY BASIS
WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS BETWEEN
CATHOLICS AND JEWS.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
OKLAHOMA CITY HERE.
CATHOLICS AND JEWS GET ALONG
JUST FINE FOR THE MOST PART.
>> WE'RE HAPPY.
WE'RE NOT ALL, YOU KNOW,
THINKING ABOUT THAT TIME ALL THE
TIME.
BUT THIS IS A KINSHIP.
IT'S LIKE BY OSMOSIS.
OH, YOU WERE THERE AND SO FORTH,
AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENED.
YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN TO ANYBODY
ELSE HOW IT WAS.
EVEN IF YOU WROTE 10 MILLION
BOOKS, YOU CANNOT REALLY MAKE
SOMEBODY ELSE FEEL WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> IN THE SITUATION OF THESE
WOMEN, WOMEN'S FRIENDS, AND
EXTENDED FAMILY, IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THESE WOMEN -- AND I'M SURE
THEY'RE DOING IT -- ARE MODELS
OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT -- THE
IDEA OF HUMAN RESPECT.
BECAUSE IN ALL OUR RELIGIONS,
GOD CREATES ALL HUMAN BEINGS.
HE DIDN'T CREATE CATHOLICS AND
EVERYBODY ELSE.
HE CREATES ALL HUMAN BEINGS AND
APPARENTLY GETS A KICK OUT OF
ALL OF US.
>> OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME.
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT
IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY
BREAD...
>> SH'MA YISRAEL ADONAI ELOHEINU
ADONAI EHAD.
BARUKH SHEIM K'VOD MALKHUTO
L'OLAM VA'ED.
>> ♪ I AM THE TEARS THAT NEVER
DRY ♪
♪ I AM THE FLAMES THAT TOUCH THE
SKY ♪
♪ OUT OF THE ASHES I WAS BORN ♪
♪ WHO AM I? ♪
♪ WHO AM I? ♪
♪ I AM THE LAUGH THAT LOVED ONES
KNEW ♪
♪ I AM THE DREAM THAT HAS COME
TRUE ♪
♪ I AM THE SONG THAT WAS NEVER
HEARD ♪
♪ WHO AM I? ♪
♪ WHO AM I? ♪
♪ I'M HAPPINESS AND SORROW ♪
♪ I'M YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW ♪
♪ I BEAR THE NAMES OF UNKNOWN
FACES ♪
♪ FROM DISTANT PLACES ♪
♪ I AM MANY SILENT GIRLS AND
BOYS ♪
♪ I WAS BORN TO LIVE AND BE THE
VOICE ♪
>> [ VOCALIZES ]
>> ♪ I'M A NEW LINK IN A BROKEN
CHAIN ♪
♪ WHO AM I? ♪
♪ I AM ♪
>> ♪ I AM ♪
>> ♪ I AM ♪
>> ♪ I AM ♪
>> ♪ I A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-M ♪