HERE COMES THE SUN

  So we hope anyway. Or should we better prepare for an equivalent to the life destroying asteroid of the dinosaur era? That 'asteroid', this time around, might very well be man-made. Here comes the sun. Every day. When that sun is no longer guaranteed to appear everyday over the east, to glide around the world, life died. Extinction of life.

Today there is talk of yet another extinction of life, only this time man would own a large share in its own destruction. The question before us now is whether or not we will allow life giving, life assuring sunlight, or shall we retreat into an ever growing, ever intensifying darkness? Examine human behavior over the centuries; then decide for yourself as to the answer to that question.

There is so much darkness encroaching on the sunlit world. One particular area of darkness appears to be eternal and frankly, I am tired of it. I hate it. I wonder why it never ends. I wonder why the victims of this darkness are blamed for it. Blaming the victim. An excuse for wrongdoing, yet leaky as an old rowboat.

Anti-Semitism. A scourge of mankind. A horror which never ends. Are there sound, justifying reasons? The answer to that is a resounding no, but that 'no' falls upon too many deaf ears, unwilling to let go of tragic, barbaric thinking. Today it is fashionable to engage in thinly disguised anti-Semitic rhetoric using Israel as an excuse. Drawing a line under anti-Zionism when in actuality, it is plain old murderous anti Semitism. The same that was found in the bloody pogroms of Europe and Asia, found in the murder of six million plus Jews under Hitler - with the acquiescence of too many- found in the attacks on Jewish institutions, killings in a synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, and the same desecration of Torahs, only this time in a frat house! It is the same darkness from time immemorial.

Dara Horn, the noted author, says that there is “a profound Jewish historical illness,” a compulsion among our people to hold ourselves responsible for the aggression against us. " No more, no longer. Even as there is a new sanctioned trend at American colleges and universities called Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices which finds its life blood in a passionate campaign of hatred against Jews, using any and all excuses to justify their abhorrent behavior. Going as far as claiming they are neutral, opposed to anti - Semitism. What a crock! What a dangerous crock! What a truth denying crock of manure! Their tweets and postings, etc. are proof of the pudding as they violate the very purpose of their offices, as they cross the line, defying

  "... the definition of antisemitism endorsed by governmental bodies around the world, including the European Parliament, the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, criticism of Israel constitutes antisemitism when it argues that Zionism is racism, applies a double standard in judging Israel, compares Israeli policy to that of Nazis and holds Jews collectively responsible for Israeli actions. 

No longer. An Arab member of Knesset just made a most important statement. And about time. 

“Israel was born as a Jewish state. And that was the decision of the Jewish people, to establish a Jewish state. The question is not, What is the identity of the state? That’s how the state was born, and so it will remain ... This is the reality."  

 Would that the rest of the world, including Jews themselves, would accept that truth, the truth of Jewish ties to its homeland, the RIGHT to a homeland, from time immemorial. 

We will not accept this anti-Semitic behavior any longer. We will not accept that we are the cause of our own victimhood, nor allow ourselves to be judged and condemned by haters of the world, by troglodytes, touting double standards and plain old unvarnished vicious hatred and bloodlust. No more. No more.

The answer is to hide no longer. Not to remove kippot or Jewish necklaces or menorahs, or Shabbat candles, or take the mezuzah off the door jambs. No. Most manifestly no. We will force the sunlight to expose this vile segment of society wherever they are, wherever they hide. The sun will shine. It will come. We will see to it. We will, "... we must become Proud Jews Walking. Not angry Jews. Not fearful Jews. Not silent Jews. Not self-blaming Jews. But proud Jews.

... The essence of a proud Jew is to not be afraid to express one’s Jewish identity, to connect to one’s Jewish heritage and proudly observe Jewish traditions.

The sun will not come out tomorrow but will instead shine from today on. 

No More will we accept this hatred. No more will we allow others to determine our fate. NO MORE.