SHARI GOODMAN
Nearly seventy years after the end of the Holocaust and its recent
commemoration, Jews frequently recite the pledge of "Never Again"; yet,
the war against the Jews continues and with the exception of a few lone
voices, no one within government, Jewish leadership, the media, or
authority is responding.
The war against the Jews did not end with the defeat of Nazi
Germany. While there may have been a respite for a few decades, it has
raised its ugly head once again, and presently threatens European Jewry,
Israel, and increasingly North American Jewry. From Western European
capitols to Ukrainian cities in the east, anti-Semitism is on the rise,
while we in North America are witnessing an ever increasing climate of
anti-Semitic hate on college campuses and the Internet.
The Nazi uniform of yesterday has been replaced by young Muslim
men hiding under their keffiyehs (terrorist scarves) chanting "death to
the Jews" and "death to Israel". Under the guise of freedom of speech,
they terrorize Jewish youth on the streets of Paris, American campuses
or as in NYU, their dormitories. The Muslim Student Association, a
branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, with over 1000 chapters
across our college campuses is permitted to incite and wreck havoc upon
young Jews that would never be permitted against Muslims or Blacks.
During Israeli Apartheid Week, young Jews are called Nazis, racists and
baby killers. Where are the cries of the righteous among
us? Where are the voices of the Chancellors, the Presidents, Board of
Directors, and the faculties in the halls of academia? Their eerie
silence speaks volumes and their tolerance of evil is a moral failure
that will haunt their universities for time to come.
Israel, the only Jewish state, with half of the Jewish population has
been earmarked for destruction by those who wish for a Judenrein Middle
East. While Muslims have a majority in 49 countries with an Arab land
mass of over 5 million square miles, Jews with a sliver of land to call
their own are begrudged the right to self-determination, a
right allotted to all other nations. Condemnation for the Jewish
ancestral homeland is a favorite pastime at the United Nations, the
European Union, and this American administration. On April 25th of this
year, John Kerry, warned Israel at a meeting with world leaders that
"Israel will become an apartheid State if it doesn't make peace soon."
Note that this warning was not directed at the "Palestinians" who refuse
to even recognize a Jewish state, but at a Jewish democratic ally who
has traded land for peace, only to receive acts of terror in return.
ANTI-SEMITISM
In a recent study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism at Tel
Aviv University, in cooperation with the European Jewish Congress,
results from the 2013 survey show that anti-Semitic attacks are growing
in their intensity and cruelty. The number and type of violent attacks
against Jews and Jewish institutions is worsening.
There were 554 registered violent anti-Semitic acts, perpetrated with
weapons or without, by arson, vandalism and direct threats, against
persons, synagogues, community centers and schools, cemeteries,
monuments and private property in 2013.
The highest number of
recorded incidents comes from France: 116, a rise in violent cases has
also been noted in the UK, with 95 cases compared to 84 in 2012, and in
Canada, 83 compared to 74; in Germany: 36 compared to 23; 23 in the
Ukraine, compared to 15; 15 cases in Russia (11 in 2012), and 14 in
Hungary (12 in 2012). (IsraelNationalNews.com, 4/27; "Europe: Jewish
Life "Unsustainable" Due to Rising Anti-Semitism")
In Canada, B'nai B'rith Director, Frank Diamant recently stated "The
current level of anti-Semitism in Canada as compared with data from a
decade ago shows a leap of 49%,". "Jews of all ages are subjected to
hate acts at work, in school and even in the playgrounds," he added.
Despite Canada's efforts - both domestically and internationally - to
deal with anti-Semitism, the prejudices still exist in the country."
BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, AND SANCTIONS
Taking a page from Nazi Germany during the 1930's when many Jewish
intellectuals were ostracized and Jewish businesses were boycotted,
today's Muslims are hoping to achieve what they could not achieve on the
battlefield, the delegitimization and isolation of Israel. What
started out as a "Palestinian" movement across college campuses in an
effort to dismantle the Jewish state, has now blossomed into a world
wide movement to strip a Jewish country of international recognition and
its very livelihood. While Israel has a healthy vibrant economy, the
BDS movement with its vicious deceitful propaganda has made inroads
among today's youth, the media, universities, and businesses throughout
the globe. And once again reminiscent of the 1930's, Jewish professors
are barred from symposiums in Europe and Israeli scientists are not
welcome at various European universities.
IRAN
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