This is really good theory and I would have agreed with you before I saw the world's reaction to 1) the rape/murder/mutilation of Jewish woman on 10/7 and 2) the strangulation of the Bibas children. I now don't think it's possible for the world to empathize with Jews because *they don't want to*. There are exceptions, there are Righteous Gentiles, and they are treasures, but the default setting for the world is to be incapable of empathy for Jews. It would work for any other people on the planet but there is a double standard applied against us, for everything, and the tropes that say that all evil on the face of the earth is our fault are taught young and run deep. Those tropes are the reason why so many of us have learned that people we have known for a long time, who know us well, who know our humanity, who might even have said they love us, still hold us and Israel and The Jooz responsible for all evil.
I may be wrong, but as a Gentile I think most non-Jews are simply ignorant about Jewish history and the social psychological depths this article touches on. And that’s not out of any unconscious antisemitism (in most) but just because it’s not on our radar - it’s human nature to focus most/all of your cognitive energy on yourself, your family, your community, your own affiliations. I only became aware of Jewish history because i get weirdly obsessed with topics and there was something about October 7th (the horror, the empathy) that drew my attention and made me go down the rabbit hole. Education is the key - we need to keep speaking the truth and try to wake people up to the horror and the danger that Islamism and western complacency poses to all of us and that fact that Israel is the front line of the defense of global civilization. Please don’t lose hope. The world is full of “righteous Gentiles,” most of them are just asleep.
Quote from the article: "But what if the world stopped treating Jewish behavior as the reason for antisemitism — and started recognizing it as the scar that persecution left behind?" That would be nice. Won't happen. There is simply nothing, NOTHING, Jews can do that will get us "right" in the minds of the haters. That has been made clear over and over and we are seeing it again, abundantly. The mind virus that is antisemitism is immune to anything and everything in Jews' defense and is designed to reject facts and evidence in our favor.
Beautifully written and precise. Unfortunately, there is so much vile hatred for Jews, some comments of which I was the recipient of by extremists in several Substack articles (not Future of Jewish) recently for my comments in support of Israel. The language and hatred so strong, I had to take a step back and clear my mind of all of it. More appalling, some comments were from rabbis, alt right followers of Hitler, and others. From my perspective, as long as Jews are docile or dead, the antisemites are fine with us. Everything you presented in your essay would be dismissed and rejected with a scripted comeback. The comfort I have is knowing that there are many, many Jews and Christians, and some Muslims who will speak out in support for Israel and Jews. Recently, a news article reported that the number of supporters has decreased. If this is, in fact, accurate, we must continue to speak out with courage believing that some who are on the periphery, will listen and shift their understanding towards the facts. We can only hope.
Just finished Dara Horn’s “everyone loves dead Jews.” Chapter 1 is, in part, about Ann Frank who represents an inspiring dead Jew, which many love because well, they worship an inspiring dead Jew, after all.
I've heard her speak on this, and think it's something many of us rarely thought about. Interesting because this was welcomed in schools to teach students about the Holocaust, and now currculums are riddled with pro-Palestinian "history." Dead Jews are good because they can't "speak out" or "make trouble."
It's very scary. The comments I have received for supporting Israel (from other publications) have been beyong my imagination. I knew there was hatred for Jews, but this was way beyond. As long as Jews stay in "their place," it's all good for the antisemites.
There are behaviors I've long exhibited that I didn't always understand. For example; why do I announce my Jewishness immediately upon meeting people? Of course, it's easy to see that I'm testing the water, but why? My mother, aunt, and grandparents escaped Nazi Germany in 1939. My mother (94 yrs old) has told me many stories about their escape to England and how they came to the US. They are imprinted on my soul. Naively, I thought we were past that kind of hatred. Little did I know...
Thank you for this essay; it brought back memories of my youth. My father often told me “don’t advertise the fact that you’re Jewish”. It’s hard to live a hidden life.
As long as there is Christianity and Islam there will be antisemitism because the successful Jewish State of Israel theologically negates the need for the other two religions. Christian Zionists today are firm allies of Israel because they believe it is a necessary step to the second coming of Christ. Religion is at the core of antisemitism. You are never going to change that only manage it.
You make an excellent point but your reasoning behind it, "a successful Jewish State," fails to take into account the antisemitism embedded in Christianity and Islam that existed for centuries before Israel became a state, and was at its worst when Jews were stateless. The Koran and New Testament contains aspects that vilify Jews and have been used for centuries by adherents of these major faiths to marginalize and oppress Jews. Whereas the Old Testament, and the Talmud, do not specifically mention Christianity or Islam.
Yes, thanks for that reminder. You are 100% correct. And on the topic, what do the Christian Nationalists plan to do with the Jews in the US? They don’t mention it.
"The only way to dismantle a lie is to tell a truth so raw, so undeniable, that it forces the world to see us — not as symbols, not as projections, but as people."
We thought Oct. 7th would expose antisemitism as the oozing pus that it always was and still is — a degenerative infection circulating through the body politic.
We thought the horrific images taken by the perpetrators themselves inflicting their atrocities on defenceless men, women, children, young, old, would cause a worldwide outcry. Oct. 8th, we got celebration of the barbarism.
We got rationalizations, justifications, denials, silence, and perhaps worst of all, indifference instead of vigorous, shouted condemnation.
Who spoke up? Who condemned the vicious calumny hurled at us that we brought death and destruction on our own heads? Who raised their voices in moral outrage over the street and campus calls "Jews to the gas."
What laws prohibiting slander, defamation of character, treason, incitement to riot, luring to commit crimes were invoked to stop these public calls to inflict another genocide on Jews who less than a hundred years earlier had already gone through one?
Would public calls for Blacks to be returned to the plantations, women to be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, Indigenous peoples to go back to residential schools be tolerated for one moment?
You chose whom you love to hate, and the devil take the hindmost.
I actually very much relate because I’m a full believer in the 1611 KJV. I can determine exactly who the real enemies are in the Christian world based on scriptures alone. The 666th mention of Jesus is Bar-jesus which is a sorcerer or false prophet leading people away from the true faith - Acts 13:8 - they’re political zionists using the Jewish name to drive the day of the Lord. I recently discovered this and when these networks found out that I knew too much they turned very dark even saying that they will kill because they believe they’re chosen to come rule in the third temple and rule over the Jewish people. I spent my entire life being a full believer but seeing scriptures as a different path of redemption for all. I also have Arab in me so Christian’s call me an Ishmael. I’m an Arab Jew who’s been attacked for speaking truth. If you ever learn something that you shouldn’t know then you become an enemy for life. I don’t understand this world that doesn’t adopt the Noahide Laws because there’s only One God and Jesus is the word who prays directly to the Father. The Holy Spirit is revelation; knowledge; clarity; and understanding. It’s not works of the flesh like political zionists use it as to make a ton of money. This is why allowing ~400,000 churches to breed in America is a terrible idea because it’s the land of all lawlessness. I wish I could relocate because I’ve been in solitude for 6 years now because there’s no community for people like me. I’m considered apostate to my Muslim family; I was born in America but raised in a Muslim home so I have middle eastern roots with Jewish beliefs. This world is hard; lonely; depressing; I don’t relate to the wild hairs of Esau/Edom who twist the ways of Jesus to serve themselves and their ideologies. I can’t go to churches because it’s spiritual idolatry. Our own people want to harm us for money which I don’t understand not taking care of your own people. It’s traumatic but I have faith in the goodness of God and that someday we may obtain his mercy of redemption. I pray for all my Jewish brothers and sisters. I pray that somehow we can all learn from each other because the problem is that Christian churches were never supposed to deliver the gospel and the Jewish people need to do it because they have traditions that the western world desperately needs to learn.
The average Jewish person has completely become oblivious to their biblical ancestral pass. They are clueless to their lost religious relationship they had with Hashem, which is the true cause of all their suffering. Read the Tanakh unless you’re agnostic or atheist, which is an oxymoron for a true Jew! (Isaiah 43:10)(Deuteronomy 28:15f Leviticus 26:14f) Shalom
This is really good theory and I would have agreed with you before I saw the world's reaction to 1) the rape/murder/mutilation of Jewish woman on 10/7 and 2) the strangulation of the Bibas children. I now don't think it's possible for the world to empathize with Jews because *they don't want to*. There are exceptions, there are Righteous Gentiles, and they are treasures, but the default setting for the world is to be incapable of empathy for Jews. It would work for any other people on the planet but there is a double standard applied against us, for everything, and the tropes that say that all evil on the face of the earth is our fault are taught young and run deep. Those tropes are the reason why so many of us have learned that people we have known for a long time, who know us well, who know our humanity, who might even have said they love us, still hold us and Israel and The Jooz responsible for all evil.
I may be wrong, but as a Gentile I think most non-Jews are simply ignorant about Jewish history and the social psychological depths this article touches on. And that’s not out of any unconscious antisemitism (in most) but just because it’s not on our radar - it’s human nature to focus most/all of your cognitive energy on yourself, your family, your community, your own affiliations. I only became aware of Jewish history because i get weirdly obsessed with topics and there was something about October 7th (the horror, the empathy) that drew my attention and made me go down the rabbit hole. Education is the key - we need to keep speaking the truth and try to wake people up to the horror and the danger that Islamism and western complacency poses to all of us and that fact that Israel is the front line of the defense of global civilization. Please don’t lose hope. The world is full of “righteous Gentiles,” most of them are just asleep.
Please read through some of the things I’ve posted on Substack, and share whatever you like and think will help the cause. God bless you.
Strong, insightful overview of Jewish survival historically and up until today.
Quote from the article: "But what if the world stopped treating Jewish behavior as the reason for antisemitism — and started recognizing it as the scar that persecution left behind?" That would be nice. Won't happen. There is simply nothing, NOTHING, Jews can do that will get us "right" in the minds of the haters. That has been made clear over and over and we are seeing it again, abundantly. The mind virus that is antisemitism is immune to anything and everything in Jews' defense and is designed to reject facts and evidence in our favor.
Beautifully written and precise. Unfortunately, there is so much vile hatred for Jews, some comments of which I was the recipient of by extremists in several Substack articles (not Future of Jewish) recently for my comments in support of Israel. The language and hatred so strong, I had to take a step back and clear my mind of all of it. More appalling, some comments were from rabbis, alt right followers of Hitler, and others. From my perspective, as long as Jews are docile or dead, the antisemites are fine with us. Everything you presented in your essay would be dismissed and rejected with a scripted comeback. The comfort I have is knowing that there are many, many Jews and Christians, and some Muslims who will speak out in support for Israel and Jews. Recently, a news article reported that the number of supporters has decreased. If this is, in fact, accurate, we must continue to speak out with courage believing that some who are on the periphery, will listen and shift their understanding towards the facts. We can only hope.
Just finished Dara Horn’s “everyone loves dead Jews.” Chapter 1 is, in part, about Ann Frank who represents an inspiring dead Jew, which many love because well, they worship an inspiring dead Jew, after all.
I've heard her speak on this, and think it's something many of us rarely thought about. Interesting because this was welcomed in schools to teach students about the Holocaust, and now currculums are riddled with pro-Palestinian "history." Dead Jews are good because they can't "speak out" or "make trouble."
True about dead Jews. And I appreciate your quotation marks. How did we get to a point where teaching lies is supported?
It's very scary. The comments I have received for supporting Israel (from other publications) have been beyong my imagination. I knew there was hatred for Jews, but this was way beyond. As long as Jews stay in "their place," it's all good for the antisemites.
Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. I've gotten a bit -- not too much, but I'm aware. I'm glad my parents are not alive to experience this.
I was naive enough to believe the hate wasn't as strong as It was. I agree about parents. Be safe because this is a crazy world.
There are behaviors I've long exhibited that I didn't always understand. For example; why do I announce my Jewishness immediately upon meeting people? Of course, it's easy to see that I'm testing the water, but why? My mother, aunt, and grandparents escaped Nazi Germany in 1939. My mother (94 yrs old) has told me many stories about their escape to England and how they came to the US. They are imprinted on my soul. Naively, I thought we were past that kind of hatred. Little did I know...
You’ve outdone yourself with article. The logic is unassailable and lays bare the hypocrisy and pathology of antisemitism. 👏👏
Thank you for this essay; it brought back memories of my youth. My father often told me “don’t advertise the fact that you’re Jewish”. It’s hard to live a hidden life.
As long as there is Christianity and Islam there will be antisemitism because the successful Jewish State of Israel theologically negates the need for the other two religions. Christian Zionists today are firm allies of Israel because they believe it is a necessary step to the second coming of Christ. Religion is at the core of antisemitism. You are never going to change that only manage it.
You make an excellent point but your reasoning behind it, "a successful Jewish State," fails to take into account the antisemitism embedded in Christianity and Islam that existed for centuries before Israel became a state, and was at its worst when Jews were stateless. The Koran and New Testament contains aspects that vilify Jews and have been used for centuries by adherents of these major faiths to marginalize and oppress Jews. Whereas the Old Testament, and the Talmud, do not specifically mention Christianity or Islam.
Yes, thanks for that reminder. You are 100% correct. And on the topic, what do the Christian Nationalists plan to do with the Jews in the US? They don’t mention it.
Excellent and insightfufl essay.
"The only way to dismantle a lie is to tell a truth so raw, so undeniable, that it forces the world to see us — not as symbols, not as projections, but as people."
We thought Oct. 7th would expose antisemitism as the oozing pus that it always was and still is — a degenerative infection circulating through the body politic.
We thought the horrific images taken by the perpetrators themselves inflicting their atrocities on defenceless men, women, children, young, old, would cause a worldwide outcry. Oct. 8th, we got celebration of the barbarism.
We got rationalizations, justifications, denials, silence, and perhaps worst of all, indifference instead of vigorous, shouted condemnation.
Who spoke up? Who condemned the vicious calumny hurled at us that we brought death and destruction on our own heads? Who raised their voices in moral outrage over the street and campus calls "Jews to the gas."
What laws prohibiting slander, defamation of character, treason, incitement to riot, luring to commit crimes were invoked to stop these public calls to inflict another genocide on Jews who less than a hundred years earlier had already gone through one?
Would public calls for Blacks to be returned to the plantations, women to be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, Indigenous peoples to go back to residential schools be tolerated for one moment?
You chose whom you love to hate, and the devil take the hindmost.
I actually very much relate because I’m a full believer in the 1611 KJV. I can determine exactly who the real enemies are in the Christian world based on scriptures alone. The 666th mention of Jesus is Bar-jesus which is a sorcerer or false prophet leading people away from the true faith - Acts 13:8 - they’re political zionists using the Jewish name to drive the day of the Lord. I recently discovered this and when these networks found out that I knew too much they turned very dark even saying that they will kill because they believe they’re chosen to come rule in the third temple and rule over the Jewish people. I spent my entire life being a full believer but seeing scriptures as a different path of redemption for all. I also have Arab in me so Christian’s call me an Ishmael. I’m an Arab Jew who’s been attacked for speaking truth. If you ever learn something that you shouldn’t know then you become an enemy for life. I don’t understand this world that doesn’t adopt the Noahide Laws because there’s only One God and Jesus is the word who prays directly to the Father. The Holy Spirit is revelation; knowledge; clarity; and understanding. It’s not works of the flesh like political zionists use it as to make a ton of money. This is why allowing ~400,000 churches to breed in America is a terrible idea because it’s the land of all lawlessness. I wish I could relocate because I’ve been in solitude for 6 years now because there’s no community for people like me. I’m considered apostate to my Muslim family; I was born in America but raised in a Muslim home so I have middle eastern roots with Jewish beliefs. This world is hard; lonely; depressing; I don’t relate to the wild hairs of Esau/Edom who twist the ways of Jesus to serve themselves and their ideologies. I can’t go to churches because it’s spiritual idolatry. Our own people want to harm us for money which I don’t understand not taking care of your own people. It’s traumatic but I have faith in the goodness of God and that someday we may obtain his mercy of redemption. I pray for all my Jewish brothers and sisters. I pray that somehow we can all learn from each other because the problem is that Christian churches were never supposed to deliver the gospel and the Jewish people need to do it because they have traditions that the western world desperately needs to learn.
The average Jewish person has completely become oblivious to their biblical ancestral pass. They are clueless to their lost religious relationship they had with Hashem, which is the true cause of all their suffering. Read the Tanakh unless you’re agnostic or atheist, which is an oxymoron for a true Jew! (Isaiah 43:10)(Deuteronomy 28:15f Leviticus 26:14f) Shalom