Yes! This is exactly right. People talk about fighting antisemitism, but we've been down this road before. And we know instinctively what to do because we did it right after Oct. 7: cling harder to each other and harder to our traditions. It's what we've always done when faced with hatred and persecution, and it's the only time-tested method that works to ensure our survival and outlast our enemies.
This is so brilliant - sometimes it's best to simply not engage with the haters or become obsessed with answering hate with measures to overcome it because that makes it bigger! Return to oneself. Yes! I think if someone is mentally ill - shouting alarm constantly at how wrong they are doesn't alleviate their mental illness it exacerbates it. I want to live in a world without alarms going off all the time and being the source of that alarm will not stand me in good stead. Yeah?
Amen. I and, lucky for me, my offspring are in complete agreement. Our senior rabbi gave his Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon on why we SHOULD talk to the stranger, and his morning sermon on why we should insist on moral decisions in Israel that uphold our love of justice, but not reflect a wish for revenge. On the 2nd morning, our ‘junior’, much-respected rabbi talked about how we need to take responsibility for passing on our stories to the next generations. If you want to see three powerful messages, look online for Temple Sholom in Vancouver, Canada. They made me so proud, and so do you, Vanessa!
👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🔥I need add nothing you said it all here, Vanessa! I’m proud to be a Lutheran ally of the Jewish community!
Yes! This is exactly right. People talk about fighting antisemitism, but we've been down this road before. And we know instinctively what to do because we did it right after Oct. 7: cling harder to each other and harder to our traditions. It's what we've always done when faced with hatred and persecution, and it's the only time-tested method that works to ensure our survival and outlast our enemies.
Brilliant! Shana tova metuka!!!
This is so brilliant - sometimes it's best to simply not engage with the haters or become obsessed with answering hate with measures to overcome it because that makes it bigger! Return to oneself. Yes! I think if someone is mentally ill - shouting alarm constantly at how wrong they are doesn't alleviate their mental illness it exacerbates it. I want to live in a world without alarms going off all the time and being the source of that alarm will not stand me in good stead. Yeah?
Amen. I and, lucky for me, my offspring are in complete agreement. Our senior rabbi gave his Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon on why we SHOULD talk to the stranger, and his morning sermon on why we should insist on moral decisions in Israel that uphold our love of justice, but not reflect a wish for revenge. On the 2nd morning, our ‘junior’, much-respected rabbi talked about how we need to take responsibility for passing on our stories to the next generations. If you want to see three powerful messages, look online for Temple Sholom in Vancouver, Canada. They made me so proud, and so do you, Vanessa!
One of the things we can do is increase our charitable giving to Jewish causes that work in Israel.