Somewhere out there is my favorite of all time. Sure, I can say the same for maybe 200 more.
I’m talking specifically about my Meyer Lansky column, the one where Jews of all kinds, rose up to be counted.
Lansky was first among equals so far as Murder Inc. In a world of gangsters dominated by Italian Americans, the Jewish mob was no slouch.
As the saying goes, they loved their mothers.
These Jews were tough, and they were styled right here in America.
Meanwhile, over in Germany, Hitler and his goons had begun to popularize the Nazis…early and mid 1930s.
Nazis were taking over Germany. Hitler’s speeches mesmerized the people, and soon enough they began thinking of themselves as the master race.
The campaign had legs, and soon travelled to America, yes. the beacon of liberty. BUT, the times were harsh. Jobs were scarce. Entire families lived in cardboard boxes.
Maybe the Nazis had the answer. The German Nazi Bund began aping Hitler, and thus began the marches, rife with Jew hatred.
At first, the Bund were mostly German Americans, but “regular" Americans also joined up, AND, for a while, there was fear that America was becoming a Jew-hating Nazi country.
In my column I spell out how all that instantly changed, when a concerned Jewish American, realized that there was no legit way to tackle the problem.
He would have to go underground. Somehow, he reached out to Meyer Lansky. Could he address the issue without murder?
“You mean crack a few heads?"
Done.
The entire USA Nazi movement dissolved.
Think now to the Communist infestation afflicting America.
People are worried.
Mamdani, of course.
If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere?
Of course not.
Let Mamdani and a few more Socialists, Communists, Leftists enjoy their thrill of victory.
But soon it will all come tumbling down. We could use another Meyer Lansky, bless his memory.
But I say this. Liberty, Democracy is in our soil, and America will never tolerate any other system of government.
Freedom is in our soil, in our bones.
Jack Engelhard writes a regular column for Arutz Sheva. Engelhard wrote the international bestselling novel “Indecent Proposal," today a classic for literature and film. His “Days of the Bitter End" is cited as the greatest work about the 1960s, comparable to Tolstoy’s War and Peace. His latest book, “Writings," offers a collection of his varied and widely popular columns. From John W. Cassel: “Jack Engelhard is a writer without peer, and the conscience of us all."