Writing by Dr. Dannielle Blumenthal

A young man burnt down a synagogue in Mississippi. I assume that he is mentally unwell and probably also influenced by the anti-semites we hear on social media. I want people to know that many people who appear to be not Jewish actually are Jewish, but because of forced conversions, we have lost the trail. And in addition, many people who seem Jewish may actually not be Jewish. Very recently, because of the Duplessis orphan scandal, which you may never have heard of in Canada, but which resulted in non-Jewish kids being presented as Jewish to Jewish parents. God promised to come for all the Jews in the end. Don’t be fooled. If you are being anti-Semitic, you may actually be speaking against yourself. That’s the first thing. The second thing is that when people are committing these anti-Semitic acts and they are saying things like, I’m getting rid of the synagogue of Satan, they are actually serving Satan. It’s really important to keep a cool head and to avoid attacking people on a religious basis, whether they’re Jewish people, whether they’re Christian people, whether they’re Muslim people, or any religion, this is actually blasphemy against God.