First of all, to equate “the plight of the Syrian refugees,” who have choices, with the plight of the Jews is an insult to decency.
The Jews who survived the Holocaust had no choices…except to be exterminated. They had no place to go. Every door was closed. Some managed to trickle in to the New World. For the Syrians an entire world awaits them, beginning with the 57 countries that make up the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Plus Europe, Canada and Jewish groups who have opened their arms to welcome the Syrians as they never welcomed the Jews.
Only yesterday a beaming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed the first arrivals.
Nuremberg Laws. Boycotts. Round-ups. Cattle cars. Death camps. Beatings. Starvation. Genocide. That was the fate for the Jews.
Nothing like that for Syrians on the run and seeking “a better life” -- but also bringing with them sharia, jihad and anti-Semitism.
Unpleasant to say, but a fact, supported by surveys that show nearly 90 percent of them openly hostile to Jews, and Christians.
For the Jews of a generation ago it was not about seeking a better life, but seeking life, period. The few who came, came without shoes.
The Syrians appear well-fed, well-dressed, mostly men, hence likely deserters. They make demands.
Jews made no demands. They were grateful for anything.
They came with violins. They never torched the American flag, never shouted Allah Akbar or beheaded infidels.
They came. They assimilated. They worked. They won Nobel Prizes and still today there are no Jewish “no-go” zones.
This too is unpleasant to say, but today’s migrants do pose a threat.
Not all are radicalized Muslims. I have enough Muslim neighbors to know that plenty are good citizens.
But who can sort the bad from the good?
We could not sort them out in New York or in Boston and we were unable to tell them apart at Fort Hood. Paris could not sort them out, either.
Apparently that is of no concern to the tenderhearted, Canadian and American Jews among them, who’ve opened their doors, their hearts, their houses of worship to people whose allegiance is not to the Jewish or to the Christian Bible, but to the Koran, which codifies an entirely different sort of behavior.
Europe is finished. You’ve lost your continent to Islam – which, come to think of it, may be an improvement.
Trudeau of Canada is bringing in 25,000 of them like rock stars. So if they are in Canada, they are also in border-deficient United States.
Has Trudeau thought this through, the gamble he’s taking not just for Canada, but for the rest of us as well?
They can come and go as they please. Thus his generosity puts us all at risk.
They are coming to a synagogue near you, in some cases at the invitation of your rabbi. So is it impolite to ask why this does not work both ways? Where is the hospitality from the mosques, any mosque, even one, when Jews are hurting? Is there any record, any evidence of this happening today, yesterday, or ever?
These charitable hosts, Liberals all, allege that the Bible commands them to be merciful. Merciful, yes, but not stupid.
Europe is finished. You’ve lost your continent to Islam – which, come to think of it, may be an improvement.
Ecclesiastes in fact warns against being “overly righteous.”
We did not ask to be a partner to this migration. It’s been forced upon us. They could be doctors. They could terrorists, what’s coming.
So your generosity is our peril. Your mercies may well be our consequences. Your righteousness may be the next San Bernardino.
You are too kind, my Liberal friends. Much too kind. Much too dangerous.
New York-based bestselling American novelist Jack Engelhard writes a regular column for Arutz Sheva. He is the author of the international classic “Indecent Proposal” now followed by the prophetic thriller “The Bathsheba Deadline.” Engelhard is the recipient of the Ben Hecht Award for Literary Excellence. Website: www.jackengelhard.com