I am a Jewish 75 year old lady living in a rural north eastern town; my last name is Italian , my husband converted. I have one Jewish friend. I am afraid to wear religious jewelry because my neighbors, although wonderful people, have never met a Jewish person and I’m frightened. This article describes a tsunami of hate so terrible that it makes me lose my breath. What can one person do? Does money help? If we are a civilization we must cling with reverence to our past, our Torah, our ways. My personal mission in life as a Jew is to do as many mitzvot as possible. God will look kindly on that. Mitzvah means good deed but also commandment. We as Jews must continue to fight evil with good.
Thank you for sharing an I share in your concerns. I'd love to tell you that money helps. I'd love to tell you not to worry so much. I worry. I watch my back. I study those around me. It's hard not to be able to fully let my guard down in public.
My father fled that horror. That wasn't that long ago and we are circling that drain.
We have to take care of one another, do mitzvot, as we always do, and have faith that we will get through this.
When I was a grad student in the summer of 1997 I had a professor who was an unashamed Nazi admirer. One evening in class he took a break from his lecture and began talking about how neat and interesting the Nazis were. He showed us rare death camp photos and had a bedspread with a huge swastika on it. I thought I was dreaming this and my ears turned burning red. A woman across the room was sobbing. I crossed the room and we sobbed in each other’s arms. Later I confronted this man but his eyes were unfocused—in another world. And here I was, in West Chester, Pa, thinking the Holocaust was decades in the past and I was safe. I never felt really safe again.
I would bet money that you are perfectly safe among your rural Christian neighbors. It is in our cities where the red/green alliance operates with impunity or near impunity. And though there is a far right Jew hate problem it is miniscule compared to the red/green alliance which has a hatred for Israel and by extension all Jews that rivals that of the Nazis.
EVERY Jew should learn to use a firearm and purchase one. Even in Canada this can be done (so far). It seems to make sense on a visceral level, if it became known that many Jews carried there would be some reluctance to fuck with them. Good thing to know, good thing to have and a lot of fun in honing one's skills in the activity.
Amen to that. Carried an M-16 everywhere for 3 years while I served. Most Israelis do. No wonder the response rate to anything there is lightning fast. Mitigated many terroir attacks that works have been much more deadly. Funny enough - no school shootings...
It is disappointing and dangerous to converse with morons, but suffice it to say, Hitler lost the war, utterly destroyed his country and then shot his dog, his wife, before blowing out his brains.
As Haviv Rettig Gur has observed, the Nazis lost the war against the Allies, but they won the war against the Jews. Never again. We need to give up trying to be well-liked and just be strong instead (without losing our decency).
I would like to counter that thought … the Nazis indeed lost the war to the Nazis, and whilst the Nazis destroyed 2/3rds of European Jewry, (6 million murdered out of about 9 million), whilst that was an evil battle of theirs, out of the dreadful ashes of the Shoah, 1948 saw the rebirth of modern day Israel .. 💙🇮🇱
For these people, any appeal to morality is ineffective. The reality that Hitler and his most of his henchmen preferred suicide is a clear indication that their was an utter failure only attractive to losers.
You might be ascribing too much morality to this guy. I think, and that's my personal opinion, because we will never know, that he was too high on drugs and too much of a coward to fight, let alone face the music.
Sadly, you're right about NYC. I no longer live there, thankfully. A lot of people will suffer from his policies, but he's really targeting Jews. I'm not in a blue state...
The "Hitler was right" mentality has existed for decades. I personally think it's said to insult anyone Jewish. Sadly, people who barely know anything about the Third Reich use these insults because they know the effect it will have on Jewish folks. As to wearing a Star of David around your neck or a yarmulke/kippah I would say stand your ground and be proud of what you are. Even though Catholicism is on the leftist hit list, many. many, Catholics wear a crucifix openly some of them quite large. As was said during my '70's Army Infantry days "DRIVE ON!'
They do it because it cuts deep, as you say. They can use Genocide, call Jews and Israelis Nazis, then in the same breath Debby the Holocaust ever happened. I'll continue to wear it with pride. Doubling down. If someone has a problem, they're welcome to tell my 6'5, 220 lbs, ex IDF, hobbyist boxer face. I won't mind at all...
Hitler and Nazism are debunked in a couple of Lines of Logic, thus: Hitler (Volkshero and protector of The White Races) killed 50 Million White people in a vicious World War, including six million German soldiers and civilians, and 27 million Russians. Plus 5 million polish people and 3 million Serbian folk. They were the best whites too: irreplaceable, and the white people are irreparably damaged because of Nazism. Whenever the Nazis come up and force us to dread again, remember these simple lines. Nazism has thus been Debunked in what Hitler has done to the Whites. Hitler was wrong.
Nazism was actually the Darkside route by which the psychopaths of society take to get to the positions of total power, to begin killing to satisfy their lusts: Darkness and the appeal to Darkness all the way. Well written piece. Thankyou. My apologies about my dead dog comment: Funny but Darkside, just to illustrate how easy it is for good people to slip into the dark places.
Thank you for reading, Dan. I hope you find other pieces as interesting. I hope we see this ideology go back into the dark corners of society again in our lifetime.
As the fog of October 7 war in Gaza is lifting, it is becoming clear that current conditions for Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora are worse than in recent history, i.e., 1930's. The current cease-fire in Gaza as part of and the proposed 20 point peace plan proposed by President Trump finds only Israel committed to its execution and not the opposing party, Hamas. This has been history if not on repeat, then rhyming. At the recent Al Jazeera forum in Doha, Hamas's political leader, Khaled Meshaal, admitted that Hamas will not surrender militarily, That is precisely the requirement of the current next point of the peace plan. At the same time, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas published the draft of the constitution for a Palestinian state. It confirmed "Palestine" as part of the Arab Homeland and it reaffirmed the PLO as the sole representative of the Palestinian people. The draft of the constitution does not mention the existence of Israel or any Jewish ties to Jerusalem. It specifically calls for Sharia to be the only legal system for the Palestinian state. We are back to square one of a NO two state solution. Meanwhile, the Diaspora Jews are under worldwide resurgence of antisemitism under the cover of anti-Zionism. The increase of reported incidents, including the most violent ones, is in unprecedented numbers. It is not only in Germany and Austria of the 1930's; it includes almost all western, democratic countries.
The resurgence of Jew hatred is now also fueled by very visible Islamist invasion by unchecked migration to Europe. Add to it the convergence of the new left and the new right on the Jew hatred with the Islamist Trojan horse taking advantage of it.
Yet, what is different right now is that Jews do have a country and they have a supporting Trump administration in the US. We see "moves" by the two leaders, Trump and Netanyahu, that indicate that they have the understanding of the gravity of the current situation, especially with Iran, the major supporter of the conflict. It seems that Israel gave up on a negotiated political solution. It actually announced plans to expand control of Judea and Samaria despite condemnations from some Western and Arab countries. At the same time, the United States keeps increasing its military assets in the waters surrounding Iran. We don't know what will be the final move. It is again, wait to find out.
My mother’s name was also Singer. I was born in 1946 and grew up in England. I was told to tell no one I was Jewish. I lived in Israel for a year in 1967. Then moved to NY with my American husband. I have lived and experienced everything that this article expresses. I moved from NY two years ago. Most of the Jewish people I knew were liberal Democrats who read the NYT like it was their Bible and couldn’t understand what was going on in the world. I have friends whose parents are Holocaust survivors living in NYC who don’t realize the dangers of their Jihadist mayor. I was derided for voting for Trump, the only leader in the world who supports Israel. I lived in Massachusetts for a few years. When the war broke out I wanted to wear a Magen Dovid in support of Israel. I was too scared to do so. Even Hillel didn’t speak up in support of their Jewish students. I am now living in a mainly Jewish community in SE Florida. I’m wearing my Magen Dovid. I went to visit my cousin in Sarasota. She looked at my Magen Dovid. It’s dangerous to wear this here, she told me. Someone could attack you. You could get stabbed.
I live in Israel. I have an Israeli flag at the entrance of my home. I have no fear for my children nor grandchildren. They are safe.
Yes, we fo have crime and terror attacks in Israel but we also have police, the military and secret service. They know how to deal with these hate mongers the thieves.
Right after reading this essay, my friend forwarded me this statement from the Ontario Camping Association with respect to the targeting of Jewish camps. Made me blood boil. Why can’t the haters just leave us alone????
I am a Jewish 75 year old lady living in a rural north eastern town; my last name is Italian , my husband converted. I have one Jewish friend. I am afraid to wear religious jewelry because my neighbors, although wonderful people, have never met a Jewish person and I’m frightened. This article describes a tsunami of hate so terrible that it makes me lose my breath. What can one person do? Does money help? If we are a civilization we must cling with reverence to our past, our Torah, our ways. My personal mission in life as a Jew is to do as many mitzvot as possible. God will look kindly on that. Mitzvah means good deed but also commandment. We as Jews must continue to fight evil with good.
Thank you for sharing an I share in your concerns. I'd love to tell you that money helps. I'd love to tell you not to worry so much. I worry. I watch my back. I study those around me. It's hard not to be able to fully let my guard down in public.
My father fled that horror. That wasn't that long ago and we are circling that drain.
We have to take care of one another, do mitzvot, as we always do, and have faith that we will get through this.
I agree with all of you. We are all in pain but we have each other.
We sure do. Hang in there.
I understand where you're coming from, but take it from me, Jews must fight evil with overwhelming force.
And we do. It's harder for some, more than others. It's like playing Wack-A-Mole these days. Stay vigilant.
Always
Shalom
When I was a grad student in the summer of 1997 I had a professor who was an unashamed Nazi admirer. One evening in class he took a break from his lecture and began talking about how neat and interesting the Nazis were. He showed us rare death camp photos and had a bedspread with a huge swastika on it. I thought I was dreaming this and my ears turned burning red. A woman across the room was sobbing. I crossed the room and we sobbed in each other’s arms. Later I confronted this man but his eyes were unfocused—in another world. And here I was, in West Chester, Pa, thinking the Holocaust was decades in the past and I was safe. I never felt really safe again.
I would bet money that you are perfectly safe among your rural Christian neighbors. It is in our cities where the red/green alliance operates with impunity or near impunity. And though there is a far right Jew hate problem it is miniscule compared to the red/green alliance which has a hatred for Israel and by extension all Jews that rivals that of the Nazis.
Living in the country gives protection, I agree . Something it makes me feel guilty.
And we must cling together.
As much as I miss my parents, I'm thankful that they don't have to see this happening again.
I second that notion. Especially my father and our entire Holocaust-surviving family on his side. It feels like such a betrayal.
Exactly my thoughts
EVERY Jew should learn to use a firearm and purchase one. Even in Canada this can be done (so far). It seems to make sense on a visceral level, if it became known that many Jews carried there would be some reluctance to fuck with them. Good thing to know, good thing to have and a lot of fun in honing one's skills in the activity.
It IS the great equalizer.
You’ve got a point.
Concealed carry everywhere it’s legal
Amen to that. Carried an M-16 everywhere for 3 years while I served. Most Israelis do. No wonder the response rate to anything there is lightning fast. Mitigated many terroir attacks that works have been much more deadly. Funny enough - no school shootings...
It is disappointing and dangerous to converse with morons, but suffice it to say, Hitler lost the war, utterly destroyed his country and then shot his dog, his wife, before blowing out his brains.
I was just about to say - I'm sorry for the dog.
Sad about the dog.
True, but not before slaughtering 6 million Jews. We can't afford to go through that again.
As Haviv Rettig Gur has observed, the Nazis lost the war against the Allies, but they won the war against the Jews. Never again. We need to give up trying to be well-liked and just be strong instead (without losing our decency).
Agreed. I'm not here to “convince” anyone we are a force for good. I'm here to let them know we are a force to be reckoned with.
Not so. Am Yisrael exists and modern-day Nazism is just nihilism for losers.
I would like to counter that thought … the Nazis indeed lost the war to the Nazis, and whilst the Nazis destroyed 2/3rds of European Jewry, (6 million murdered out of about 9 million), whilst that was an evil battle of theirs, out of the dreadful ashes of the Shoah, 1948 saw the rebirth of modern day Israel .. 💙🇮🇱
For these people, any appeal to morality is ineffective. The reality that Hitler and his most of his henchmen preferred suicide is a clear indication that their was an utter failure only attractive to losers.
before blowing out his brains because of shame and guilt about the wreck he made.
You might be ascribing too much morality to this guy. I think, and that's my personal opinion, because we will never know, that he was too high on drugs and too much of a coward to fight, let alone face the music.
This is equally plausible. The end result is that anyone claiming Hitler was right is betting on a path to their own ignominious doom
Blue Cities and Blue States are places where you have no rights as an American Jew or an American Christian.
If that is where you live, flee with your family before it is too late. In Mamdani's NYC he wants Jews dead or gone and Israel destroyed.
If something happens to a Jew in NYC he could care less and everyone in his admistration will cheer. That's NYC in 2026.
Sadly, you're right about NYC. I no longer live there, thankfully. A lot of people will suffer from his policies, but he's really targeting Jews. I'm not in a blue state...
Well the natzis never left really did they?
Nope. Just went into hiding for a minute. They feel pretty emboldened now, don't they?
For now 😁
The "Hitler was right" mentality has existed for decades. I personally think it's said to insult anyone Jewish. Sadly, people who barely know anything about the Third Reich use these insults because they know the effect it will have on Jewish folks. As to wearing a Star of David around your neck or a yarmulke/kippah I would say stand your ground and be proud of what you are. Even though Catholicism is on the leftist hit list, many. many, Catholics wear a crucifix openly some of them quite large. As was said during my '70's Army Infantry days "DRIVE ON!'
They do it because it cuts deep, as you say. They can use Genocide, call Jews and Israelis Nazis, then in the same breath Debby the Holocaust ever happened. I'll continue to wear it with pride. Doubling down. If someone has a problem, they're welcome to tell my 6'5, 220 lbs, ex IDF, hobbyist boxer face. I won't mind at all...
Seems histrionic - asking for an exception to inclusion. Choosing nation first would go a long way
I believe we need the JDL a lot more than we need the ADL. Jabotinsky was right and Meir Kahane was even more right. Kahane chai.
They all made some solid points. I truly believe in this one: הקם להורגך - השכם להורגו ("If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first")
"Every Jew a 22.. " (Kahane)
Hitler and Nazism are debunked in a couple of Lines of Logic, thus: Hitler (Volkshero and protector of The White Races) killed 50 Million White people in a vicious World War, including six million German soldiers and civilians, and 27 million Russians. Plus 5 million polish people and 3 million Serbian folk. They were the best whites too: irreplaceable, and the white people are irreparably damaged because of Nazism. Whenever the Nazis come up and force us to dread again, remember these simple lines. Nazism has thus been Debunked in what Hitler has done to the Whites. Hitler was wrong.
He was very wrong. Too many people have died as he was exploring his perverted world view. It's a shame so many people think he had a point.
Nazism was actually the Darkside route by which the psychopaths of society take to get to the positions of total power, to begin killing to satisfy their lusts: Darkness and the appeal to Darkness all the way. Well written piece. Thankyou. My apologies about my dead dog comment: Funny but Darkside, just to illustrate how easy it is for good people to slip into the dark places.
Thank you for reading, Dan. I hope you find other pieces as interesting. I hope we see this ideology go back into the dark corners of society again in our lifetime.
I am an anti-Nazi monitor. ‘The price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance’. Best wishes.
Keep up the good work.
As the fog of October 7 war in Gaza is lifting, it is becoming clear that current conditions for Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora are worse than in recent history, i.e., 1930's. The current cease-fire in Gaza as part of and the proposed 20 point peace plan proposed by President Trump finds only Israel committed to its execution and not the opposing party, Hamas. This has been history if not on repeat, then rhyming. At the recent Al Jazeera forum in Doha, Hamas's political leader, Khaled Meshaal, admitted that Hamas will not surrender militarily, That is precisely the requirement of the current next point of the peace plan. At the same time, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas published the draft of the constitution for a Palestinian state. It confirmed "Palestine" as part of the Arab Homeland and it reaffirmed the PLO as the sole representative of the Palestinian people. The draft of the constitution does not mention the existence of Israel or any Jewish ties to Jerusalem. It specifically calls for Sharia to be the only legal system for the Palestinian state. We are back to square one of a NO two state solution. Meanwhile, the Diaspora Jews are under worldwide resurgence of antisemitism under the cover of anti-Zionism. The increase of reported incidents, including the most violent ones, is in unprecedented numbers. It is not only in Germany and Austria of the 1930's; it includes almost all western, democratic countries.
The resurgence of Jew hatred is now also fueled by very visible Islamist invasion by unchecked migration to Europe. Add to it the convergence of the new left and the new right on the Jew hatred with the Islamist Trojan horse taking advantage of it.
Yet, what is different right now is that Jews do have a country and they have a supporting Trump administration in the US. We see "moves" by the two leaders, Trump and Netanyahu, that indicate that they have the understanding of the gravity of the current situation, especially with Iran, the major supporter of the conflict. It seems that Israel gave up on a negotiated political solution. It actually announced plans to expand control of Judea and Samaria despite condemnations from some Western and Arab countries. At the same time, the United States keeps increasing its military assets in the waters surrounding Iran. We don't know what will be the final move. It is again, wait to find out.
My mother’s name was also Singer. I was born in 1946 and grew up in England. I was told to tell no one I was Jewish. I lived in Israel for a year in 1967. Then moved to NY with my American husband. I have lived and experienced everything that this article expresses. I moved from NY two years ago. Most of the Jewish people I knew were liberal Democrats who read the NYT like it was their Bible and couldn’t understand what was going on in the world. I have friends whose parents are Holocaust survivors living in NYC who don’t realize the dangers of their Jihadist mayor. I was derided for voting for Trump, the only leader in the world who supports Israel. I lived in Massachusetts for a few years. When the war broke out I wanted to wear a Magen Dovid in support of Israel. I was too scared to do so. Even Hillel didn’t speak up in support of their Jewish students. I am now living in a mainly Jewish community in SE Florida. I’m wearing my Magen Dovid. I went to visit my cousin in Sarasota. She looked at my Magen Dovid. It’s dangerous to wear this here, she told me. Someone could attack you. You could get stabbed.
Thank you. A very sobering look at the hatred we have somehow been chosen to endure.
I live in Israel. I have an Israeli flag at the entrance of my home. I have no fear for my children nor grandchildren. They are safe.
Yes, we fo have crime and terror attacks in Israel but we also have police, the military and secret service. They know how to deal with these hate mongers the thieves.
Welcome to the Holy Land 🙌
In God we Trust and our warriors 🙏
Right after reading this essay, my friend forwarded me this statement from the Ontario Camping Association with respect to the targeting of Jewish camps. Made me blood boil. Why can’t the haters just leave us alone????
https://ontariocampsassociation.ca/about/special-statements/