Applaudissements silencieux - Rabbi Ari Bensoussan

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[Music] have you ever heard of a lady named Irene sendler let's talk about this incredible heroin lady she died May 12th in 2008 during World War II Arena got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto as a s specialist she had an ulterior motive though Arena smuggled Jewish infants out in the bottom of a toolbox infants out in the bottom of a toolbox that she carried she also carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck for larger kids Arena kept a dog in the back of that truck trained to park so when Nazi guards would come over to see the dogs would give a ferocious bark and they would stay away during her time of doing this she had managed to save over 2500 Jewish children ultimately she was caught and the Nazis broke both of her legs and arms and beat her severely legs and arms and beat her severely Arena kept a record of the names of all the kids she had smuggled out she put in a glass Dar and she buried it under a tree in her backyard after the war she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and tried to reunite the families most of the families had died in the gas Chambers those kids she helped get plac in Foster families or to be adopted now here's the amazing part of the story in the Year 2007 Arena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize she was not selected Al Gore won for a slideshow

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1. 0:00[Music] have you ever heard of a lady named Irene sendler let's talk about this incredible…
2. 0:31infants out in the bottom of a toolbox that she carried she also carried a burlap…
3. 1:01legs and arms and beat her severely Arena kept a record of the names of all…
4. 1:33selected Al Gore won for a slideshow that he made on global warming Arena did something…
5. 2:03that nobody sees the things that we do when it's quiet the things that we do…
6. 2:35such a sound as to say what kind of Eternal reward can we possibly pay somebody…
7. 3:06the world knows except you the battles that you went through the Battle Scars that you…
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