I’m an American Jew—I Don’t Want to Talk About Antisemitism
I never wanted to talk about antisemitism. Growing up, I resented when they showed us Holocaust movies in Hebrew School. I simply wanted to practice my religion with joy.This is America, I would say. The Holocaust happened a long time ago, far away from here. So did all of the other pogroms, expulsions and crusades. Antisemitism is over.That was the 1980s. My parents instilled in me a deep patriotism for […]