Passover

Today marks the beginning of Passover, celebrating the liberation of the Jews from Egypt over 3300 years ago.

It lasts seven days in Israel, but eight in the diaspora. 

This past weekend, a RABID anti-Semite killed three innocent people outside a Jewish Center and a Jewish senior living community.  The Dr. and grandson shot and killed outside the Jewish Center were both Methodists  --  but, I guess they "looked Jewish" to the killer - a former klu-klux-klan "leader", insane anti-Semite, candidate for public office, and ex-con.

As I've said before  --  sooner or later "they" ALWAYS come for the Jews.  It NEVER fails.  Every attempt to be a "good German", a "good" whatever eventually fails  --  simply because, whenever we have bad times, some fool will ALWAYS blame it on the Jews.

Now we have antisemitism raising its ugly head on both right and left  --  the right wing with its usual "Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion", it's general "anti-anything-black-brown-non-Christian" (of the "approved" kind), and it's fear of "hippies", and damn near anything "different".  The supposed left cloaks its antisemitism in "anti-Zionism", while giving hard line Muslims who will not accept Israel as a "legitimate" country (wishing to drive them into the sea) a pass on all they do - and many of them "do" a lot.

It makes no sense for American Jews to support the Republican Party, and their support of the Democratic party must be dependent on reciprocal support from Democrats.

This does NOT include support for groups of ultra-orthodox folks who tend to publicly denigrate women and DEMAND their rules be followed in PUBLIC places.  It is, after all, still the USA - right?

Oh, by the way, antisemitism is on the rise WORLDWIDE.  Choose your friends carefully.  Always remember:  NEVER AGAIN