I once asked a friend of mine who is Korean how many Jews he thought existed in this world. I prefaced my question by telling him there were 1.3 billion Chinese and 1.2 billion Muslims. I don't remember the exact number he guessed but it was much higher than the actual number which is approximately 12 million. He was astonished by that fact, and I am astonished by the impact this minuscule percentage of mankind has had, is having, and likely will have on human events. If you look at where Judaism ranks in terms of population, it is behind Juche (19 million), Spiritism (15 million), and Sikhism (23 million). When was the last time you saw these religions and there adherents referenced in the media?
The disproportionate impact of the Jews is demonstrated by the countless contributions made in so many areas. Not the least of which is the basis of all monotheistic religions ie. the belief in a single god. There is a hardly a field in the arts, sciences or any other human endeavor that hasn't been advanced by contributions from Jews. They have improved the lives of so many Jews and non-Jews alike, but this advancement has come at a great cost. It has engendered tremendous hatred and suffering towards the Jews throughout history and continues today. The world is truly upside down when you contrast the positive contributions of the Jews to the entire world versus the suffering inflicted upon them and the hatred and blame directed at them by the same world.
Just look at three examples that are occurring currently, the holocaust museum shooting, the Wright statements, and the Iranian situation. The shooter was an old man who probably never even met a Jew who blamed his shortcomings and the country's ills on the Jews. Wright blames the Jews/Zionists for controlling what the president does and who he talks to. Ahmadinejad consistently blames the Jews and Israel and would like nothing more than their destruction. The common theme that underlies all three is that the Jews are responsible for all the ills of society. It is the age old scapegoating against the Jews, when things go bad blame the Jews.
It seems that this is as bad as it has been in a long while. Any positive feeling that the Jews had garnered from the holocaust, which was actually just pity for what they experienced, has ended. It is now back in fashion to openly express one's hatred towards the Jews. The hatred was never gone, it just became politically incorrect, but now that veil has been lifted and the truth revealed. That this tiny percentage of the world population, the Jews, is the recipient of so much hatred amongst so many people and disparate cultures ( Middle America, Black Americans, Muslims) is a stain on humanity.
What have these 12 million people (0.2% of the world population) done to generate such hatred? Discovered medical treatments to prolong and enhance people's lives? Won more than 130 nobel prizes (out of approx 720 awarded)? Advocated for the persecuted, the poor, and the discriminated? All they want is to live peacefully, to practice their religion, to contribute to society, and to live in their ancestral homeland. It is precisely their disproportionately positive impact that has created such jealousy amongst the nations. For only a truly chosen people could accomplish what they have accomplished and this is too much for some non-Jews to bear.
We really live in an upside down world and we should all fear how it is trending.
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Amen. Very good. LM
ReplyDeleteFascinating and very true> Jews come in all facets of observance. We need to grasp on to our commandments and do the best we can to enrich our lives with them. Mark Twain tapped on similar facts and ended his thesis by saying What is the secret of our existence? Before we think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us is without sin and we all answer to one MAKER. Kol Hakovod and G'd Bless you O Fellus
ReplyDeleteMayer Mayer (who said you didn't take anything from high school). This all brings us to one conclusion, we cannot rely on anyone but the Almighty. If we follow his commandments and lead the life he wants us to lead then the rest of the world will love us. It is only when we try to be like the goyim does he turn them against us. The Americanization of the Jews is similar to the Hellenism which the Bar Cochva revolt fought. It is time to be proud of who we are, to be holy in the eyes of Hashem, and not try to emulate the American dream. It is time for the Jews of America to make aliyah, and come back to their natural roots and homeland. It is only in Israel where we can be safe and protected by Hashem. It is through our light that we make the world a better place.
ReplyDeleteJust received this e-mail and thought of this recent post - TG
ReplyDeleteSubject: Perceptions of Jews
by Renowned Gentiles.
"Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can
deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable
and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world."
-- Winston Churchill
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"The Jew is that sacred being who has brought down from heaven the
everlasting fire, and has illumined with it the entire world. He is the
religious source, spring, and fountain out of which all the rest of the
peoples have drawn their beliefs and their religions."
-- Leo Tolstoy
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"It was in vain that we locked them up for several hundred years behind
the walls of the Ghetto. No sooner were their prison gates unbarred
than they easily caught up with us, even on those paths which we opened
up without their aid."
-- A. A. Leroy Beaulieu, French publicist, 1842
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"The Jew gave us the Outside and the Inside - our outlook and our inner
life. We can hardly get up in the morning or cross the street without
being Jewish. We dream Jewish dreams and hope Jewish hopes. Most of our
best words, in fact - new, adventure, surprise, unique, individual,
person, vocation, time, history, future, freedom, progress, spirit,
faith, hope, justice - are the gifts of the Jews."
-- Thomas Cahill, Irish Author
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"One of the gifts of the Jewish culture to Christianity is that it has
taught Christians to think like Jews, and any modern man who has not
learned to think as though he were a Jew can hardly be said to have
learned to think at all."
-- William Rees-Mogg, former Editor-in-Chief for The Times of London and a member of the House of Lords
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"It is certain that in certain parts of the world we can see a peculiar
people, separated from the other peoples of the world and this is
called the Jewish people....
This people is not only of remarkable
antiquity but has also lasted for a singular long time... For whereas
the people of Greece and Italy, of Sparta, Athens and Rome and others who came so much later have perished so long ago, these still exist, despite the efforts of so many powerful kings who have tried a hundred times to wipe them out, as their historians testify, and as can easily be judged by the natural order of things over such a long spell of years. They have always been preserved, however, and their preservation was foretold... My encounte r with this people amazes me..."
-- Blaise Pascal, French Mathematician
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"The Jewish vision became the prototype for many similar grand designs for humanity, both divine and man made The Jews, herefore, stand at the center of the perennial attempt to give human life the dignity of a purpose."
--Paul Johnson, American Historian
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