Posted on 06/25/2012 9:16:34 AM PDT by Nachum
Interview series: Charles Dahan, Arabic speaking Amsterdam Jew, "The children outside the synagogue sang 'Here come the Jews, death to the Jews, we will get them."
Manfred Gerstenfeld interviews Charles Dahan
One Yom Kippur, I walked out of the beautiful Amsterdam Portuguese synagogue together with a law professor. In front of the nearby Jewish Historical Museum, some Moroccan boys were singing in Arabic with a nice melody.
The professor said, Look at those kids. He remarked on how pleasant their singing was.
I said, You dont know what theyre singing! The words are Here come the Jews, Death to the Jews! We will get them.
"He responded, Thats impossible. Look how nice they are! I got very angry, but Dutchmen are naïve and dont want to believe what happens right in front of their eyes.
Charles Dahan, an Amsterdam wine trader, was born in Marrakesh in Morocco. His mother tongue is Arabic. In 1956, he immigrated to France at the age of twenty. Later on, he married a Dutch-Jewish woman and moved to Amsterdam.
Dahan observes, My experiences are like short stories, nothing special, but often based on the fact that I understand Arabic. A few years ago, the sewer in front of our house broke down. The municipality sent workers to repair it. One of them was an Arab. When I passed, I spoke to him in Arabic. I asked him whether he wanted a cup of coffee. I brought it to him.
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