MY TURN: Back to the '30s and '40s: Jew hatred today
My parents were both born in the 1940s, I was born in the 1960s. We were all born in the USA and have been so thankful for this great country and the many blessings we’ve enjoyed. Growing up I heard many amazing stories from the past, the Great Depression, stories of World War II and its horrors and, of course, Hitler's hate! I remember imagining how I might have acted out and stood up when it came to many of these difficult days. Like many people, I imagined myself as the hero, maybe if I had the chance under the great pressure cooker of world dominating powers, I would have been the good guy! I think it's easy to see myself as a Schindler or a Cory Ten Boom, risking my life and the lives of my family to help total strangers who are being hunted by the Nazis. I would be the one to stand in the gap against the tide of humanity. Today at 59 years old living in the comfort and safety of North Idaho watching more Jew hatred on TV and social media than I ever thought possible in my lifetime, I realize, I may just get my chance!
I ask myself, what is the rationale for the hatred of this tiny people group, a people from a far away land, a tiny sliver of land, about the same square footage as the state of New Jersey? It’s in the Middle East no less, buffered up against the Mediterranean Sea and surrounded by many nations that have declared their undying hatred for these people. There are about 17 million Jews in the world today. The U.S. still has the largest population of Jews, with Israel coming in a close second. In a world of over 8 billion people, why has this sliver of land and this tiny percentage of people become so high profile, again and again and again? History tells the stories, not just the Bible, even the dirt itself speaks out, layer after layer, revealing the truth about the land, its origins and the people who have been there for over 3,000 difficult and storied years! Israel is the Jewish homeland!
Today we live in a world that says, believe what you are told, not what you know! The truth is now what powerful organizations and governments devise to manipulate and manage the masses for their own ends. These powerful world-shaping bodies have again turned their attention to the Jewish people. We see it everywhere today, from daily news coverage and stories to “spontaneous” campus riots masquerading as student protest, all with matching tents delivered on the same buses as many of the “student protestors.” College campuses are being shut down, college presidents unable or unwilling to stand for their own professors and students. Many are being harassed and threatened, bullied and tormented, just for going to class and being Jewish. We see law enforcement being held back while turmoil takes over instead of higher learning. A nation of laws built by and for immigrants, now defending anonymous world power brokers and setting on fire a hope we all know and love. Liberty itself is under attack, along with human decency, freedom has dulled its symbol and truth has turned its back! All while I watch and wonder! Will I be the hero, will I stand up against hatred and misinformation, will I live my life against the flow of age-old bigotry and bias?
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