Tikkun Olam – repairing the world – is a concept that is central to Judaism. Despite that, diaspora Jews have the worst case of Bystander Effect I have ever seen.

An example of this is at Microsoft, the Jewish community has repeatedly stated to itself that they do not feel safe coming into work due to all of the recent protests and even before that from the repeated anti-Israel propaganda posts on both Engage and via mass email. The issue is that’s where it ends. The complaints seldom even make it to HR as hardly anyone takes the time to verbalize their complaint to someone who isn’t already aware of the issues that our community faces. Those that do want to voice their complaints more visibly are often discouraged, not by leadership, but by fellow Jewish employees. They insist that our strength as a community comes from quietly taking the abuse and if we want to be heard, we should only do so by slowly going up the chain of command. I am by no means saying we need to occupy Microsoft property or break into an executive’s office. There........

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