In the summer of 2016, I stopped in Lodz, Poland with a friend while on-route from Warsaw to Krakow to visit my grandfather’s hometown. Both he and my grandmother survived the Lodz Ghetto where the Nazis herded and enclosed hundreds of thousands of Jews before deporting them to death camps. We visited the Jewish cemetery, equipped with a list of the burial sites of possible Arfa ancestors. What happened when we came across a group of 30 Jewish young professionals truly inspired us….
When American flags are dismounted and set aflame, and a statue of George Washington has been outfitted in the full regalia of a jihadist outlaw, a clear message is being sent: We want to see Tel Aviv, and Tennessee, both burned to the ground.
Beyond the blatant double standard against Jews, scratch the surface of the campus rage and you’ll see a temper tantrum from whiny kids who are used to getting their way.
What makes this milestone even more special is I just released my 54th – aka my triple chai – episode.
On the very same campus in Washington, DC, where that Nazi slogan was invoked last month, actual Nazis were repeatedly welcomed in the years before World War II.
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