I happen to be the child of Holocaust survivors, all of whom have now passed away. It pains me every time I hear someone who is 2nd or 3rd generation condemn Israel because of what their parents or grandparents suffered. My survivor parents, aunts, and uncles, few as they were, would reject this perversion of their suffering outright. I learned early on not to stew in the fake empathy of victimhood. When someone says over and over, out loud and proud, that they want you dead because you are a Jew, especially one who stands up for one’s right to be sovereign in one’s own land, you either believe what they say or you will die or contribute to the deaths of your own people. As Menachen Begin said, we are not Jews on trembling knees anymore.
I happen to be the child of Holocaust survivors, all of whom have now passed away. It pains me every time I hear someone who is 2nd or 3rd generation condemn Israel because of what their parents or grandparents suffered. My survivor parents, aunts, and uncles, few as they were, would reject this perversion of their suffering outright. I learned early on not to stew in the fake empathy of victimhood. When someone says over and over, out loud and proud, that they want you dead because you are a Jew, especially one who stands up for one’s right to be sovereign in one’s own land, you either believe what they say or you will die or contribute to the deaths of your own people. As Menachen Begin said, we are not Jews on trembling knees anymore.
Heavy for sure