WHOSE COUNTRY IS IT?

    Whose country would that be? There is a refrain of a song which states proudly "This is my country". That refrain resonates in the air, in my ears, but only wistfully in my heart. This country, the one that is supposed to be my country is no longer. I am not quite sure whose country it is right now. But for sure. my hold and the hold of many others grow more tenuous by the day. 

Jewish American. American Jew. Which is the noun? Which is the adjective? And does it truly make a difference? At this point in time, I am feeling more of the past in the present and worry about what the present will be as it approaches its tomorrows. In fact, I am not sure there will be many more tomorrows. Certainly not as we have been living in that which came before the recent past and the present time of our lives here in América. My America. Where has she gone?  

I wonder what my ancestors would say if they were given a trip through time, to their future. My present. What would go through their minds as they would peruse the printed and online media. As they would see the sights of the riots. The chants. The visible portrayals of the spoken and the unspoken hate, the vitriolic anti-Semitism, - the JewHatred", that has found fertile feeding grounds in too much of humanity. In the horrors proliferating in Europe. In all areas of the world.

 Would they not take a look around and say, well guys, this is pretty bad. But wait till you see what's coming. We know. We have lived through this ourselves. We will look aghast at each other. Thinking. Worrying. Fearing. That the past is reproducing itself. That people have to not look so far deep into their souls nor expend much energy in finding and allowing for the growth of that eternal Virus of hate. Which apparently has no antibiotic, no drug to cure it. 

That truth became ever so evident on October 7th. When Hamas took it upon themselves to invade Israel. To wreak as much havoc on infrastructure, to loot, to rape and kill and burn and behead - from infants to the elderly, from individuals to families. To flood a land with more Jewish blood, and to take back captives, as has been the case for centuries, and then to hold them in dungeons surpassing the worst of humanity. 

By the afternoon of 10,7 the hatred began to spew out from all over the world. Apparently, Israel had committed a great violation of the rules of humanity. By managing to resist and to beat back Hamas, and to wage a desperate war of survival; to wage war that would ensure its safety. 

Once Israel, the Jewish people, displayed their G-d given abilities to beat back the murderers, time and time again, the world chanted and stomped and roared. And protested. And demanded. That Israel dials back. Not to finish to the end, where the matter would finally be ended. No, better that Israel, better that the Jews would find themselves once again, whenever, into periods of existential danger. Always. Over and over again. Because it suited the world. It suited their politics, and it suited their blackened souls.

  Once again, the world has turned its back on all that is being handed out and thrust upon the Jewish people. They turn blind eyes and deafened ears to what is going on. Or perhaps they are not turning away in any way, for they like what they are hearing and seeing. In America, those who openly, viciously. espouse JewHatred, bedevil and demean the State of Israel and its right to exist as a Jewish state, it's legitimate right to be an independent nation. Their voices grow ever louder. Stronger in influence. And most unfortunately are managing to pull the wool over the eyes of the nation and the people of the world, so that they do not see the bloodlust and the devilish ambitions of these people.

Greatly troubled, the people of the world fall prey to the false promises of pie in the sky lives. The full pies without having to pay bakery fees. These people call themselves versions of Democratic Socialist Party. Number one, they are not democratic. Number two, these are not mild socialists who wish to ease the burden of people. To help them live better lives. No, these are out and outright vicious socialists. Who very quickly morph into communists and then bring tragedy upon the nations where they reside.

Their spokespeople, such as El Sayed and Mamdani are outstanding examples of what we have in store and what is already happening and what will continue to worsen under the leadership of such as they. We turn to wishful thinking that somewhere out there is a messiah of one form or another who will wave a magic wand and right the wrongs.

 There is no such being. 

Yes, there is a G-d, but we have been warned over and over again. Simply take a look around and see the signs of the anger of the Lord. Is this not the apt description of our times, identical to the original situation during the time of Noah?

" The Lord saw how great man's wickedness was upon the earth. And that his thoughts constantly inclined toward evil. Then the Lord regretted that He had made man on earth. And His heart was touched with sorrow. The Lord said, I will erase my creation humankind from the face of the land. Man, even animals and creeping things, even birds of the heavens, for I regret having made them. But Noah found favor in the Lord's sight...." (and then again)   

"The earth had become corrupt in G-d's sight. Full of violence. And when G-d saw how corrupt the earth had become, all flesh corrupting its ways upon the earth, G-d said to Noah. The end of all flesh has come before Me. But the earth is full of violence because of them. I am about to destroy them along with all the earth."

Humanity then had a reprieve of sorts with the Ark.

Do we have such a chance again? The doubts are great in my mind.  

Yesterday and today and tomorrow.

 It seems mankind always has a war within itself. And without itself. We never seem to be able to engender a time of true peace. Of equity. Of brotherhood and sisterhood.  

Ask yourselves again and answer truthfully.

Just whose country is this?

And whose fault is it?