[Carry_Okie]

In my column, I correctly referred to the Nazi Holocaust as a Holocaust.

The correct translation for "holocaust" is: "an accepted burned offering." Now think back to what they did with many Jewish bodies after gassing them in the camps.

Creepy, huh?

"The holocaust" was a cynical invention of an anti-Semitic media. The correct word is "Shoah," which simply means "disaster."

[Jewbacca]

"The correct translation for "holocaust" is: an accepted burned offering' . . . The correct word is 'Shoah,' which simply means 'disaster.'"

Absolutely correct.

The use of the incorrect word is also an easy way to tell an observant or conservative Jewish person from a liberal JINO.