Op-ed:
On Anti-Semitism In America
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio
Here in America we are now sadly bearing witness to a violent rise
in hate-crimes being perpetrated against American Jews, with said
rise beginning even before the latest conflict between Israel and
Hamas began. Now reaching a high point of sorts via an allowed
increase in anti-Semitic speech online...speech which more times than
not includes the words,
“Hitler was right”...our Jewish population knows more trouble lies ahead.
And with certain very vocal anti-Israel politicians in
Congress adding fuel to the growing anti-Semitic fire...fuel courtesy
of their not only comparing Israel to Nazi Germany, but their blaming
all the world's Jews for what they consider to be the “apartheid
policies” of Israel...these politicians have allowed for
Jew-hatred to become not a legitimate cause for concern that must be
addressed but instead a cause to be championed. And the American
public is either unaware as to the severity of what's becoming an unsettling
trend of growing antisemitism here in the U.S. or they're aware but
have willingly chosen to turn a blind eye to it instead.
And with this being just the tip of Ilhan Omar's ever increasing
amount of ongoing Jew-hating rhetoric spewed, the six words she
probably will be most remembered for is her now and forever infamous
statement regarding Jews and their money, as in “It’s all
about the Benjamins baby.” And to
throw yet another log on the now ever growing Jew-hating pyre, this
very statement was so proudly endorsed by the equally vile
anti-Semitic duo of David Duke, the former head of the KKK and the
Nation of Islam's titular head, Louis Farrakhan.
And history has shown that where
socialism takes hold so too does anti-Semitism for anti-Semitism
seems to go hand-in-hand with the Democrats now seemingly
anti-capitalism agenda...an agenda easily seen in the implementation
of Biden's socialist leaning economic policies. And why this dubious
connection...because a free economy that is minus religious bigotry
simply does not allow for either socialism or religious hatred to
take hold because capitalism itself encompasses racial, ethnic, and
religious tolerance as a means by which to help said country's
economy grow. And this alone is the antithesis of socialism where a
country's economy remains basically stagnant while power is
consolidated into the hands of a few...something we are currently
bearing witness to. And if the few in power happen to harbor
ill-feelings towards a specific group of people...as in anyone
different than the sum of their accepted whole...and here insert the
word Jew... things like anti-Semitism can and now sadly do take hold.
Simply, Jesus, who was born, lived as, and died as a Jew, knew not of
Christians for he was out to reform the Judaism of his day not set
upon creating a new religion. And the fact is that the Jews of Jerusalem were not
responsible for Jesus' death...Pontius Pilot alone was for the Jews
of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus were but slaves, and no slave had
the power to influence the Romans as to whom to kill or not kill.
Jesus, in reality, was just another victim of the politics of his
time, with politics then becoming the basis upon which Jew-hatred was
created by the early Church founders who had to find a way to
separate what was the true Judaism of Jesus from the newly
created Catholic faith.
But here let's fast forward to more
modern times and the fact that the Holy Roman Catholic Church under Pope Benedict XVI exonerated the Jewish people for Jesus' death while most Evangelical
congregations have not officially done so, thus leaving the old
hatreds not only somewhat intact but still being propagated as truth.
And it's this being one key reason, in my opinion, that has allowed
anti-Semitism to reemerge as a problem here in our country for many
to the far right are as anti-Semitic as are liberals to the far
left...thus allowing for a twisted “normalizing of hate,”
if you will, that seems to equate into a certain acceptance of
outward bigotry towards American Jews.
And while some claim that the seemingly
unending Middle East conflicts, the call for a Palestinian homeland,
and the influence of muslims here in America are what's helping to
fuel the rise of anti-Semitism here in the U.S., I believe there is
now and always has been another reason for the reemergence of
anti-Semitism...a reason that many will deny yet a reason many others
know deep down to be truth, and in a single word that reason is
“jealousy.” And know that said jealousy is surely not of
the Jewish religion or its beliefs and practices per se, but is
simple jealousy of all that Jews have accomplished in spite of their
being cast as pariahs throughout the entirety of recorded history.
And sadly, then the old tropes and
stereotypes of Jews resurfaces coupled with actions and corresponding
reactions taken, which lends itself to a resurgence of hate courtesy
of liberal baited media fodder, which in turn leads to a rise in
anti-Semitic actions more times than not especially against certain more visibly religious segments of
America's Jewish population....as in Orthodox and Hasidic Jews.
And know that the Jewish people here in
the U.S. are some of the most successful, learned, and economically
prosperous of all of Americans and it's for the simple reason that
Jewish people as a whole value education and an intact family unit,
especially in today's heated political climate, more than most do.
And with said family unit being foremost at the center of Jewish
life, family becomes the glue that holds both life's ups and downs
together. And with traditional family values helping to ground ambition, the
striving to make a success of one's life can be encouraged so as to
flourish and grow.
And this very act of encouragement, I believe, is
not only missing from certain other minority groups but from a
certain segment of the general population as well. And it's these
very folks who seem to champion anti-Semitism as a way to deflect
attention off their own numerous faults and aforementioned failings.
Simply, the rhetoric of hate against
Jews now engulfing our beloved America, coupled with a decided lack
of personal encouragement to better oneself...betterment not at the
expense of others of course...is indeed the driving force behind
jealousy of other's successes which in turn, I believe, has led to a
rise in hate-crimes being perpetrated on Jews. And that, dear reader,
is something that should have no place in today's 21st century
America whether one be a Christian or a Jew, a Republican or a
Democrat, with skin color not withstanding.
Copyright
© 2021 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.
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