Many people have had that eerie feeling of deja vu, that one is reliving something from reality or a dream or vision, whatever works. I know there have been times when I pulled up short and said, "Wait a minute! Been here before!" Is there a meaning, an explanation, a warning, a value to this feeling? Got me, but it is interesting and a good topic for conversation.
However, the feeling of deja vu now rampant among Jews is 150% more prevalent, more vivid ad more frightening. It derives from a genetic transmission of trauma. It arises from historical truths. It comes from frightened parents and children who transfer themselves into scenes of horror and butchery, even if never been there personally. It derives from the awful experiences of grandparents and great grandparents who lived through the Holocaust even as they lost entire families or lived through the vicious antisemitism in action in Moslem nations, in Soviet controlled countries. Most definitely not an idle interesting conversation starter, but all too real, a genetic trauma passed through the ages. Feelings and dreams of being chased. Images, even actions within dreams.
These deja vu incidents are exponentially more frightening, carry more significance when they occur during times of increased, rabid antisemitism of bloody consequence, particularly when its growth is within a country once thought a haven from that. Worse, when it appears that once again there is little to no room to maneuver, few, if any, places of sanctuary., as the madness goes global.
Yes, Virginia, even as the editor reassured you of the existence of that jolly old bearded guy, there is no such assurance for us. No one to slide down a chimney and reward us for being good, contributing members of society, builders and creators. When this country, a nation which had provided a home for Jews, to live, to thrive, to be Americans, when it turned on us, well here we are circa 2023. A world gone mad, insane, from a vitriolic version of Jew hatred, no disguising it with fancier long words. It is what it is. It is here. Growing, exponentially. Frighteningly. Unbelievably, yet reality is as it is and must be recognized as such.
What triggered this viral sickness? No, it was not the war in Gaza. That is a spark which ignited that which is always and forever in the hearts, minds and souls, of demons of the human race. Always looking for targets, for someone to be the scapegoat for all the failures and disappointments in life. It cannot be them, ergo there must be another reason and there we are - again - targeted, persecuted, abused, recipients of blows, of growing fear, threats, forced to fortify homes, businesses, schools and centers, withdraw donations from institutions which now are complicit in active vicious Jew hatred, refusing to speak against it, allowing their own Jewish students and professors to be imperiled, frightened for their lives. Worse, we have even attained the rather frightening level of murder of Jews, here, not in France. Not in Iran. Not in Israel. Here, in America. For daring to be Jewish and protesting hate and demonization of Israel.
Deja vu as formerly trusted neighbors and friends turn on us. Just as they did in WWII as their neighbors were marched, beaten, shoved into ghettoes of death, onto cattle cars, as the same neighbors watched and then ran to ransack, acquiescing to the murder, the horror. Could that happen here? Oh yes, and in fact, is already here, reared its ugly head, its bloody hands, taken place and is the latest fashion for the 'in' crowd.
The result is a growing hatred, more intense, more vicious, more focused, even as control is diminishing over rampaging, incited, bloodthirsty mobs. These are mobs empowered by those who have lost their minds. By liberals who forgot how to be true liberals. By Arabs, Muslims, Palestinians, who rage and rage, lose themselves in a hate that eats all which opposes them. No bars to anything for all is okay if the targets are Jews.
Thus, the growing fear among us as we look upon our little ones and are terrified for them. No mercy for little ones on Oct. 7, nor in pogroms, nor in terrorist attacks, nowhere. No room, as the announced goal is to exterminate Jews, do a better job than did Hitler. Once, this was the statement.
Edmund Burke said several centuries ago -. The only thing for evil to triumph is when good men and women do nothing."
Today one must actively, proactively, combat this animalistic behavior of haters. One must combat with full emersion for the other choice is not a choice at al. Hate is an ever-hungry maw desperate to be fed. If the original targets are gone, well, you and yours look just as tasty. That has been seen before.
Here is the answer from us, the once again targeted scapegoats. There are many who speak similarly, but this one hit the bell for me. We are arming up, buying guns, taking classes, learning self-defense, determined not to go down easy, determined to protect our kids, and yes, return this country back to its senses and balance.
"I will stand up for what I think is right. Israel is in the right here,...
"Don't be frightened of bigotry… This is the United States of America. And you have to stand up and have one last point on the stage. When you say ‘burn in hell,’ you know what that means to people who are Jewish and people who are sensitive here? We burned in hell and dammit, we're not going to hear that again."
Let us heal ourselves, heal the nation, heal the world.
And remember Pray for Yitzy.
Yitzchak Elimelech ben Chana Sarah.
We are awaiting most crucial, critical results, a world hanging on it. Remember this young boy, so brave, so sweet, so deserving of the best. Keep him always in your prayers and in your heart and soul.
WE THANK YOU.
Amen, Amen
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