This is the holiday season for Jews the world over. It is a time for personal and collective introspection. Unfortunately, this holiday season comes with powerful and devastating memories of the past year.
Despite this, the Jewish people and the the persecution of Jews throughout history are forward-thinking.
Many often say that Jews and Israel are obsessed with the past; that they focus on history and persecutions. And I have heard that Jews spend too much time focusing on the Holocaust. Actually, that is one of the major canards and a common explanation for why people say that they hate Jews – they bring up the Holocaust too often.
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