Zdad, quite the contrary, the Tzaros that are forgotten should have a day to remember them. The stuff that we are living through don’t need reminnders.
I believe I explained the difference very clearly between Tzom Gedalya and Talmidei Rebbe Akiva, and the Spanish expulsion, crusaders — which we don’t keep anymore since it was a local thing, the 1902 progrom, and the holocaust.
And yes, a day not being set by Rabbanim, like the rest of the set days, is an excellent reason for it not to be sanctified.
Nobody can judge the survivor, nor do we tell him to be quiet. But, nor can we set policy based on someone’s emotion. That person subscribes to the Yom Hashoa idea because of his background, so obviously he views anyone who doesn’t as not respecting the concept of remembering him and his loss. Do you think there are no Chareidi survivors that you can turn this into Chareidi vs. Survivors?
Talk about remembering, it is Artscroll who has a whole division on the holocaust. Our children read about it all the time, not just one day. And, as Rabbaim said, in camp Tisha B’av was full of holocaust lectures and presentations.
Like many other topics, all the arguments are really based on the initial attitude. In truth, had this been an American concept, it would have been more respected. Most issues in EY stem from the fact that the government is looked at as Jews and judged from that angle. American Chareidim often view the Israeli government no different from our own, so we don’t have this perspective as much.