With our children and grandchildren, we thought that the American Dream would continue to thrive and expand. But it seems that American society is increasingly marred by antisemitism, racism and violence.
The more light we enjoy, the less we succumb to shadows and illusions.
The “victim mentality” reinforces our victimhood. Let’s look beyond this; let’s develop a positive, confident mentality.
The challenge to modern Jews is to remain faithful to their distinctive mitzvot while maintaining a universalistic ethical idealism.
Although Jews have faced anti-Semitism from time immemorial, it always comes upon us as something new. It surprises us. We don’t understand it.
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