#kollel — Public Fediverse posts

"I don’t care about #antisemitism.

That does not mean I don’t care about #Jews. I am #shomerShabbat, attend a community #minyan daily, have three #Jewish grandsons (so far …), and a brother whom I helped bring to traditional Jewish practice who lives in #Jerusalem and learns in #kollel.

I care a lot about Jews.

What I am tired of is Jewish political and communal organizations making the fight against antisemitism such a focal point of #American Jewish life.

We have organizations fighting antisemitism, conferences about antisemitism, committees studying antisemitism, webinars teaching us about antisemitism and politicians condemning antisemitism. Then, after something actually happens, the police increase patrols in Jewish neighborhoods, statements are issued, everybody promises that hate has no home here, and we wait for the next incident.

And yet antisemitism seems to be doing just fine.

Maybe we are fighting the wrong battle."

https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/391570/why-i-dont-care-about-antisemitism/