MY SAY: THE FIFTH AND SIXTH QUESTION
Tonight is the first night of Passover and unlike all previous years my family is celebrating it with high tech. I hate it. I miss the hugs, the arms around my shoulder, the political bickering and the faces of my kids and grand kids in vivo.
However, life has its twists and turns. For decades the youngest of my grand-children has always asked the traditional four questions regarding the history and mandates of Passover. In breaking with that tradition, I, the oldest member of our family has a fifth and sixth very serious question:
How is it that on this day in history which commemorates freedom and justice the world is rife with hypocritical and virulent anti-Semitism, sometimes in overt attacks and more often disguised as academic and media hatred of Israel?
How is it that the Democrat party whose past leaders and staunch convention resolutions of support for Israel and the rights of the Jewish people to live in peace, which gave me confidence as a Jewish American, now tolerates and even promotes this ancient hatred in the corridors of power?
To all who observe, my best wishes for a happy and sweet Passover. rsk
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