Jewish Choices, Global Consequences: A Lesson from Recent Attacks

There is a direct lesson from the horrific attack that took place this week in Colorado, on the eve of Shavuot, by an Arab-Muslim terrorist, and from the October 7th attacks.The lesson is as follows: Jews bear some responsibility for these disasters.

Before people jump to attack or complain about me, let me explain:

Following the Holocaust, Jews were given significant freedom to determine their fate in two ways:

1. Through the State of Israel.

2. Through their considerable political power in America.

Over the years, Jews in Israel used the power of the state to invent a new people; the Palestinian people, and to continue not resolving the conflict with them. Meanwhile, Jews in America used their significant political power to turn America into a refuge nation for people from the Third World.

In both cases, we see what this policy has done. The very people that Jews tried to embrace, redeem, and save often seek their destruction. Somewhat like Hitler, whose paintings were bought by a Jewish family in Vienna.

The message is clear: we must stop playing the victim and seeing ourselves as victims and start understanding that in the last 75 years, more than being passive victims, we are inviting the people who will victimize us so that we can continue to be victims.

Some provacative food for thought.