Mordechai did not bow and did not prostrate himself” (Esther 3:5) There is a certain people, scattered and dispersed among the peoples… whose laws are different from every other people. … So let them be destroyed.” (Esther 3:5-9)

Mordechai did not bow and did not prostrate himself” (Esther 3:5)

There is a certain people, scattered and dispersed among the peoples… whose laws are different from every other people. … So let them be destroyed.” (Esther 3:5-9)

Let us be honest with ourselves. We must cease constantly seeking to prove ourselves in order to win the world’s love. We must stop trying to accommodate and to conform, stop trying to be accepted.

It has never succeeded and it will never succeed. History has taught us that it is wishful thinking. It is a totally futile enterprise.

We must stop feeling persecuted and playing the victim card. Antisemitism will never end and we should stop expending all of our energy and resources in fighting it.

Our focus should be on the privilege of being Jewish, on thriving within our own covenantal calling.

As Bret Stephens wrote in The Wall Street Journal: “Jews have the honor of being hated by the world’s worst people.”[1]

We may not know what actually happened at Sinai, but we cannot deny that something unprecedented occurred to our forefathers which shaped our people and commanded us to be God’s witness in a world of madness; even when we deny His existence.

Our success is not when a lot of rich assimilated Jews are........

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