I admit, I am terrified!
It’s not a “manly” thing to admit, I know. I’m experiencing horrible dreams of a future bathed in blood and destruction. But I cannot sit idly by and not express my thoughts to you and remain truthful.
While I know that the world is a violent place filled with those desirous of power and filled with hate, I have never felt this scared.
The increasing demonstrations around the world and on our streets of antisemitism and acts of violence have pushed me over the edge. The rhetoric coming out of college campuses and all over social media calling for the extinction of Jews is terrifying. The world stood by before—silently.
I fear for my children and grandchildren. I fear for a world where masses of people calling for the death of Jews (simply because we are Jewish) is accepted without the harshest rebuke and criticism. Are we heading for yet another Holocaust? History is painted with the blood of the Jewish people.
I don’t want to get into the history of the Middle East; it’s out there if you really want to know. Suffice it to say, the sad truth is the Palestinians are the relatives that their Arab brothers do not wish to invite to their tables. So, calling for the destruction of the historical Jewish homeland is their answer.
But I sit here now, terrified. Any voices of reason are shouted down and buried by the maniacs who only want us dead. I see no pathway to feeling safe again, although I search for one constantly. It didn’t take a lot for the wave of those who hate Jews to emerge and make their presence felt.
What’s next? Who will next be the targets of this madness?
Yes, I am terrified, and I don’t know what to do with these fears right now.
