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Holocaust denial is a Divine punishment for Jewish silence in the face of Biblical criticism and Mircea Elide-style claims that the Torah is mythology.

Really? And I suppose the Holocaust itself was divine preemptive punishment for future-support of Kadima?

The anti-Semitic charge of "Talmudism" is Divine punishement for forsaking the Talmud. The charge of "clannishness" is a punishment for intermarriage. The charge of "ruling the world" is a punishment for refusing to do just that. And yes, Holocaust denial (complete with laws against it, which is almost a parody of the laws that exist in "theocracies") is a punishment for Jewish silence with regard to Biblical criticism. Perfectly appropriate, don't you think?

BTW, the Holocaust is to be commemorated on Tish`ah Be'Av, not on a day in the holy month of Nisan. A separate "Holocaust Memorial Day" (contrary to Halakhah, in the month of Nisan) implies that the reality of the Holocaust is different from the reality of the Jews commemorated on Tish`ah Be'Av. No one seems to care that people call into question the ancient Egyptians killing of the ancient Jewish children. But then, that's primitive religious mythology, right? Perhaps you believe the "parting of the sea" is a "mythic" reference to Pharaoh's chariot getting "stuck in the mud?" Can't be a literalist, now, can we? "We Jews" don't do that. That's a chr*stian thing (chr*stians say it's a Protestant thing and Protestants say it's a "redneck" thing). So why are you living in 'Eretz Yisra'el again? Sounds to me like you're interpreting some parts of the Bible literally, anyway.

Thank you for revealing your political orientation, btw. It is very enlightening.