Time to recognize those few but brave individuals from all walks of life who choose to confront and combat the brutal racist treatment of today's Jews in America and elsewhere.
Jews have chosen to serve their countries of residence well: be it in their armed services in every war fought, or within the civilian front by advancing medical treatments that have universally saved lives, as well as within technological, educational sectors, and other critical areas too numerous to mention here.
Jews have earned their right to live and to thrive in peace in their adopted homelands and as well as within their indigenous country, Israel. And should they ever choose to relocate from their current homelands to Israel, a nation integral to their Jewish Faith; that right must not be infringed upon, as well.
If defamed by sources wishing to shame, denigrate, delegitimize or isolate Jews or Israel via deliberate lies, calculated misrepresentations or via self-serving, fraudulent history revisions so as to make Jews appear evil - then spreaders of such defamation and libels must be held up to legal scrutiny and if found guilty of transgressing such laws, appropriate fines and sentencing should be levied commensurate with the damages caused or verdicts reached. The perpetrators must be known as the criminals they are determined to be in a court of justice, certainly not made heroes by forces bent on destruction, national or religious.
Antisemitism to Jews is equivalent to the most heinous historical, violent ethno-racism perpetrated against African-Americans, or any such equivalent discrimination/prejudice actions similarly targeting other minorities or nationalities within their spheres of existence. The egregiousness of such vile bigotry must never be tolerated, or summarily dismissed/minimized - particularly, but not exclusively within the areas of education, employment and housing in any manner, shape or form.
The current alleged perpetrators of such evil tactics were welcomed into America and other freedom loving countries when seemingly no other nations opened their gates to accept them. Jew, too, were welcomed to America when persecuted elsewhere, but they contributed to the welfare of the country from tthe start. Sadly, the new immigrant elements have seemingly used their newly acquired national freedoms to embolden alleged historic hate agendas to target select Jews from their new found countrymen to achieve the means to further accomplish ultimate destructive goals, simply because they can now do so.
There appears an uncanny resemblance of tactics being utilized now to the techniques employed by Nazis rising in power and rank in the 1920’s within Germany and advancing/expanding quickly thereafter. Today’s version bears a similarity to the vetted and perfected over time anti-Jew tactics learned from the original Nazi Playbook.
We all, Jews and non-Jews alike, must remember the historical significance of the societal prices paid then as a result of the events that led up to and including WorldWar II as well as the international destabilizations that followed thereafter. No nation(s) can or should risk repeating such destructive and demoralizing history, including the vast loss of civilian lives and combatant lives.
At the end of the day, the nations with diminished Jewish populations also suffered economic and spiritual voids.
As we speak, the threats towards Jews/Israel mask an even greater menace in the works towards democratic nations such as America, Canada, Europe, U.K. Australia, etc and their ‘Infidel’ religions. The Jews, who deserve every American's gratitude for their contributions to the USA, are the canary in the coal mine.
Bruce Portnoy is an opinion Journalist/analyst, author of the highly predictive geopolitical thriller, First, the ‘Saturday People’ and then the… ; Contributor to Jerusalem Post, Arutz Sheva/ Jerusalem Report, Miami Herald, Washington Examiner and other media.