‘Never Ever Again’: From a Familiar Refrain to a Harsh Reality |
Since October 7th 2023, the world has experienced a tsunamic explosion of open antisemitic hatred, unsurpassed since the Holocaust.
This explosion was like flipping on a light switch or the strike of a lighting bolt. It was fast, immediate and relentless.
On October 8th, within less than twenty-four hours following the horrendous bloody Hamas massacre of innocent civilians living in southern Israel, we began to see an intensity of anti-antisemitism and Jew-hatred in virtually every segment of our society. It was as if the entire world was prepared for this defining moment and just waiting for the attack to happen in order for it to explode with antisemitism, Jew- hatred and anti-Israel hatred as well as violent street/college campus demonstrations.
Many historians, sociologists, psychologists and geopolitical experts feel that antisemitism and Jew hatred always existed. This is a true reality. In fact, from time immemorial, Jew hatred and anti-Israel sentiment was always growing and fomenting just below the surface of our society.
This level of antisemitism exploded like a pressure cooker whose time had come to explode.
Following the October 7th Hamas bloodbath, the progressive left not only blamed Israel for the Hamas aggression, but also expressed tremendous hostility and hatred toward Jewish supporters of Israel because of their assumed privilege.
It is so unimaginable and inconceivable that the world would lash out at Israel and Jewish communities immediately following the slaughter of 1,200 innocent Israelis attending the NOVA Music Festival and those living in surrounding kibbutzim.
What was equally disconcerting was that most of world was silent.
How is this possible? Why and how can this happen? And what can Israel and our Jewish communities do in the future in order to prevent these atrocities from ever occurring in the future.
Parenthetically, the same question can be posed regarding the Holocaust in Europe and the extermination of six million innocent Jews in Nazi concentration camps.
Unfortunately, this today’s unabashed Jew-hatred........