Who coined the slogan, “Never again”?

Apparently, it goes back to a 1927 poem about Masada, “Never again shall Masada fall.” It was later used by liberated Jewish prisoners of the Buchenwald death camp to denounce fascism. Then, in the late 1960s, it became much more popular with the founding of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) and its use as the title of a book by its controversial founder, Rabbi Meir Kahane, in 1971.

One could argue, however, that it goes back to the very beginnings of Jewish history. This week’s Torah reading in Ki Teitzei ends with the commandment Zachor! (“Remember!”)

“Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey out of Egypt; how they surprised you on the road and struck those at the rear … when you were faint and weary. … Erase any memory of Amalek and neve

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