Deja Vu All Over Again
This is the most difficult post I’ve ever had to write and wish I didn’t have to. It’s taken me a few weeks to finish it and post it.
My parents (OBM) were Holocaust Survivors. They did not survive the Holocaust for me to be silent and therefore I must do something. This post is a little of that something.
To wake up on the morning of October 7 to the news of Jews being slaughtered, or raped, or burned, or taken hostage simply because they are a Jew, is heartbreaking. To wake up every morning since October 7 to the news of the tens of tens of thousands who are “mostly peaceful”* protesting against Israel is frightening. To see people in power, in Congress, in the State Department, the media siding with Hamas tells you that this hatred is not just from a fringe group. To see the demonstrations on college campuses and the silence of the administrations evokes fear of our future when those students graduate. All of the above are justifying and celebrating Hamas’s inhumane barbarity and inciting more violence. To justify or glorify that barbarism, to create a moral equivalence, is immoral! It is Immoral Relativism
This Is Jew Hatred
Deja Vu All Over Again
Even if the stated grievances of Hamas or their supporters were true, which they are not, does not justify this level of barbarism, nothing does. The truth is so obvious that to ignore it, spew the opposite, and justify barbarism says a lot about the mindset of the “mostly peacefuls”. How could one know of the inhumane barbaric acts and ignore it, dismiss it, justify, and not at least be skeptical of and question the real motives of who you’re siding with? If they truly cared about the Palestinians they would want them freed from their rulers. More proof that this is really about the Hatred of Jews.
The sole true grievance of theirs is the existence of Jews! They explicitly have been telling the world that and yet too many weren’t listening, or willfully ignore, or willingly support that. This isn’t about land, it’s about Jews on the land. They chant “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea”. That means the elimination of Israel and the Jews living there. That’s what it meant years ago when first said and that’s still what the chanters mean now. That would be Genocide! That’s Hatred of Jews!
Deja Vu All Over Again
Jews have experienced hatred over and over again, the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Pogroms, the Holocaust are just some examples before there even was a state of Israel
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana
We repeat because because each time it came dressed in different clothes. Each period of Hatred of Jews came from different quarters with different false reasons. Sometimes we missed the signs because we were only paying attention to the last haters. Many saw the signs and too many chose to ignore. In the last several years, many willfully missed or ignored the signs.
The signs have been there for several years now. After 9/11, there was concern of hate crimes against Muslims. Instead, the largest increase in hate crimes was against Jews. About 60% of hate crimes in the US have been against Jews, who make up about 2.4% of the population. This is significantly more than any other group.
It is taught that we fight the darkness with light. To do this we must bring light to the darkness. For too, too long we have allowed the darkness to come to the light.
“We are a light unto the nations.” Isaiah 42:6
Throughout our history, over and over again, there have been those who prefer darkness/evil, so they must hate and eliminate the Jews. Today all those who side with the darkness are delaying the world we all supposedly wish for. A world of peace for all!
I am heartened and encouraged by the around 300,000 at the March For Israel rally in D.C. I am heartened by so many of the speakers, Bi-Partisan members of Congress, leaders from different faiths, and many others with influence.
Notice the difference between that rally and all of the Anti-Israel/Pro-Hamas rallies. At the March For Israel rally there was no anger, hate, violence, no tearing down of posters, there was no racism or bigotry, concern was expressed for innocents on the other side….. they were there to show solidarity, bring attention to the atrocities committed so as to show what Israel is up against, to bring attention to the plight of the hostages, pray for their release with chants of “Bring them home”. Seeing the difference in the rallies shows you all you need to know about who speaks and seeks truth and peace.
To the Jews reading this, stand tall, proud. Add an additional Mitzvah in your life
To the Non-Jews reading this……I am grateful for the support shown to me by many of you that I know. That means a great deal. In past periods of blatant Jew Hatred, we have felt alone. Please reach out to a Jew you know and let them no them you support them/us.
Jews have been victimized time and time again, but we never see ourselves as victims. That speaks to our survival, which comes from our faith.
We are still here, and we always will be!
DEJA VU NEVER AGAIN
To Be Continued
*mostly peaceful riots sarcasm intended
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The Spinning Rabbi - Heart & Soul 
Thank you, Fred. Never again…
Thank You Chris
Fred,
So well said. I support you and all Jews.
Very sad time in our history.
Lynda
Thank You Lynda for your support
Am Yisrael Chai🇮🇱
YES
Thank You Riva
Well said Fred! We stand with you!
Thank You Bill very much
Thanks Fred , as always eloquently written. That’s one of the reasons we took Sasha out of California. She’s at University of Miami 1/5 Jewish students… it’s a little more settling and other story for my relatives in France.
Shalom
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Thank You Dominique
👏👏well said Fred!
Thank You Jacqueline
Fred, Molly and I thank you for your clear, powerful, and honest expression of the pain so many of us have felt since October 7th. What you say and do matters, what we all say and do matters. We must speak and take action to support the goal you so simply stated: A world of peace for all. bz
Thank You Bruce and Molly
Well said Fred! We support you!
Tom and Ruth Ann
Thank You Very Much Tom and Ruth Ann
Keep punching for the truth!
Fred: Your comments are spot on and need to be shared.
Dan
Thank You Dan
Please take your advice and share it 😊
This is very true and very concerning to all. It should be obvious to everyone who is causing this antisemitism riots yes these are not protests. We must stay together and defend our brothers and sisters. Well done
Thank You Jeff
Thank you for articulating what so many of us feel, but the shock of these recent acts of Jew hatred have kept us mute. Lacking the words to articulate the only hate that still seems okay for people to have in their hearts and souls, against a minority of people. Thank you for speaking.
you understand why it was hard for me to write and too so long
Thank You
please share it
Shaloom, Fred. Y un fuerte abarazo.
Thank You Lynda for the sincere digital hug
Beautiful message Fred. Thank you for posting! 🙏👍❤️
Thank You Peggy
I hope you personally are well
“I’m Still Standing yea yea yea”
Thank You Patrice
יישר כחך
Thank You Michael
Fred, Stay strong. Bill and Julie ________________________________
Thank You Bill and Julie