AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

     Again. Again. Again. When does it ever end? Is there a chance of that ever happening? Or is the likelihood more realistically correct when we know, we just know, that the storm is upon us again. Not to come, but is here already. How many more people have to die because they happened to be born Jewish? How many more people living right here in America, America! will be shot to death because they are Jews? And how many more times will we see people rejoicing in these murders, these hate filled crimes, howling with hate, triumphant in the fact that more Jews are being killed? Hitler's work continued.
     This was not what I had planned to write today. I wanted a humor filled piece, but upon opening the computer and reading this, I could not find enough humor at this moment. What I did find was how Queen Elizabeth II described the year in her life that was awful. She said it was annus horribilis. The horrible year and that, my friends, is the descriptive term for the year from October 27, 2018 till now. Bookended by murders. Bookended by more Jews being killed for being Jews, celebrating Jewish holidays, minding their own business and then - no more business at all as they lay dead in synagogues, homes, streets, wherever. 
     Over the millenia Jews have been chased out of countries where they had lived for centuries, where they had contributed to the growth and well being of the country. Then the insane hatred reared its ugly head and Jews were told they were no longer welcome there, could not live there, but no one raised the idea that they could not live at all. No, it was felt they made better scapegoats and pressure relief valves so some could still live. Even better if they were converted.
      Then along came Hiter and his virulent, rabid anti Semitism, a crazed rant against the people who remained a part of a percent of the world's population, yet who had given so much more than that. In fact, read Mark Twain and his essay on Jews or yesterday's article by Bret Stephens re Jews and their contributions. But never mind the sensible thing, just give in to hate, plan for their demise, bring it about in the swiftest manner possible, even weakening a country's war efforts with its crazed war against the Jews. With its murderous"scientific" experiments. With manifest cruelty and barbarity. With eyes aglow with hatred, faces ugly with that same hate. 
     And now? What do we have now but the same thing all over again. In countries decimated by WWII, where Jews hid for decades after the war for daring to survive, as Jews were chased out of countries again - Poland, Soviet Union where they were imprisoned, even countries where there were practically no Jews, they were villified, hunted, killed, demeaned, abased and threatened.
     But here in America, even as Jew hatred, give it its ugly truthful name, rose in the world in global poisoninng, here in America we thought we had overcome it, even the "mild" 50's anti Semitism. But we thought too soon, hoped too much. So here in America we have a President who finds these people just "fine, nice". We have dangerous gatherings of his supporters, Trumpstock, where hate fills the air and we are told that "Nothing less than a Civil War' will cleanse the nation, the Jews, the people of color all killed. When hatred is okayed from the top, it does not trickle down to the bottom, but rather falls in torrents, a waterfall of hate, of murderous intent and brutal actions.
     It takes place in countries all over, including ours, where brutality towards the 'other' is valued. It takes place where military personnel are praised for violent actions, guilty of war crimes, yet not receiving any consequences. It is a world where hatred of Jews has taken on a thin disguise of anti Zionism, but listen and you will hear the anti Semitism. Israel has no right to exist in a world with what, 27 or 37 Muslim countries? Where Islamic law rules, where non Moslems are not even second class citizens, or where in other places they are persecuted, where there will not be 'others' working in all places and strata of the economy, government and army - even as in Israel all are welcome to work, go and shop wherever, only to forgo violence and that goes for all.
    So. Again and again and again until infinity? Does it ever end? I am closer to the end of my days than not, but what about those who are young, and the babies, the children - are we to see them thrown against walls again, spitted on bayonets, lined up on racks to be thrust into the ovens  dead or alive? What has the world come to again and where there are inciting words we need to hear them, but more important are the forceful and practical steps against this venomous hatred.
     I do not want to open another site on a computer and read again of more murders, be it in a synagogue, walking in a street, or in a house as was last night, celebrating Chanukah. Ironic, yes. But much more tragic indeed.
    Again. Again. Again. Again. Again.
     I weep. Does anyone else out there weep? 
     Does G-d weep along with His angels?