Just a little hello

Hanukkah had already passed without me popping in to say hi (even though I meant to, I promise), but this is still a good time to wish everyone a happy holiday season. May our light shine brightly and chase darkness away.

Right before and during Hanukkah it became clearer than ever to me that we’re dealing with an unprecedented wave of antisemitism. An online author event I was going to participate in was canceled because the organizers were afraid to expose participants to social media trolls. When I started contacting people in the hopes of organizing an alternative event, I discovered some are legitimately afraid to “out” as Jews. There have been other outrageous happenings, like the Zenner club in Berlin refusing to host a Purim party.

It’s like a very thin, flimsy cover of civilization and tolerance has been yanked off, and Jew-haters are running in a pack again, this time dressing their antisemitism as “anti-Zionism.”

These hateful individuals are forgetting the sad failure of Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, the Inquisition, Nazi Germany, and other nations or movements that tried to erase the Jewish existence or the Jewish spirit. They won’t succeed… but it’s almost certain they will keep trying.

It also seems that the West is on the brink of much more serious chaos than a few anti-Semitic marches. I won’t be surprised if an epic storm of you-kn0w-what might hit the fan in the upcoming years, and we’d all better be prepared. Today, I’m convinced that the survivor won’t be the lonely guy with a bunker full of supplies for the next 100 years, but the resilient community of people who help each other out.

Stay safe, my friends. Wishing you all a very happy and successful 2024.

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Author: Anna

An Orthodox Jewish mom and freelance writer enjoying a simple life with her family and chickens, somewhere in the north of Israel.

13 thoughts on “Just a little hello”

  1. This is an excellent post Anna. I don’t do social media and rarely comment but felt it necessary to do so on this occasion. Hopefully the following Psalms will give you some encouragement. Please be assured that your people are not alone no matter how dire things may seem.
    Ps 27: 1
    Ps 121:4
    Shalom. Jennie

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  3. I am ashamed of the things happening in my country. And I am afraid of some of the people who came as “protection seekers” (the new politcal correct word for refugees) but really are just terrorists.
    I pray for you and for Israel every day.
    Hilde in Germany

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  4. I am ashamed of the things happening in my country. And I am afraid of some of the people who came as “protection seekers” (the new politcal correct word for refugees) but really are just terrorists.
    I pray for you and for Israel every day.
    Hilde in Germany

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  5. Thank you so much for updating! I love this part: “Today, I’m convinced that the survivor won’t be the lonely guy with a bunker full of supplies for the next 100 years, but the resilient community of people who help each other out” Amen, Amen.

    -Tarynkay

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  7. As an American, I am deeply ashamed of one particular politician – I’m sure you know who I mean! – who has opened the doors and allowed people to say and do things that most of us thought had been locked up for good. I have you and your family on my personal prayer list and think of you often.

    “The Lord bless you
    and keep you;
    the Lord make his face shine on you
    and be gracious to you;
    the Lord turn his face toward you
    and give you peace.”’

    Hugs, Dani

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