Writing by Dr. Dannielle Blumenthal

I heard a speech from a rabbi last night who said that Jewish people need to tell better stories about ourselves and not focus on the Holocaust so much. It was not, in my opinion, a good speech, a Jewish speech. What we Jewish people need to do is focus on good deeds and God’s mercy, because there’s a Hebrew saying, halacha biyadua she’esav sonei l’yaakov. This means antisemitism is inherent. It may be latent, but it predates the accusation. There’s nothing we can do to change that until the time of the Messiah. My two cents.