The world around us seems to stretch the limits of immorality—as if there ever were any. Throughout history, we have faced relentless attempts at annihilation from all sides, carried out in the most horrific ways. Our ancestors were burned at the stake, decapitated, sold into slavery, forced to convert, gassed to death, and subjected to countless other atrocities. Yet, we survived. We are still here.
Even today, in a time that appears more civilized, shaped by the Western embrace of Judeo-Christian values (which are, at their core, rooted in Judaism), we are jolted when immorality resurfaces, as it inevitably does. We are horrified by the murder of babies, the kidnapping of innocents, and the culture of hatred directed toward us from all directions. We are shocked when this hate is openly celebrated by those who claim to uphold values seemingly opposed to baseless cruelty. We tell ourselves that such things belong to the past, that they have no place in today’s world. And yet, history …
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