THE HOLOCAUST IS OVER WE MUST RISE FROM ITS ASHES

ignorance and folly and insensitivity and indifference. Eventually there is hooliganism,violence, and lethal incidents. All these connect to a clear and present threat to themodern Jewish identity of the state and its current form. Ginzburg writes:The Land of Israel is truly a land of destiny, Israel’s land, the land thatshould be settled by those who chose to become the people of Godand observe his Torah. Generally, people today are too shy to say thatthe people of Israel is a “Light unto the Nations,” afraid to say that anArab professor is less smart than a Jew. It is perceived as racism. Inthis way they want to blur all that was [apparent] also among thegentiles, that the Jews gave morality and intelligence to all thepeoples. 2I know many Jews who are perfect idiots. I have Chinese friends who are geniuses. Iknow very talented Lutheran Germans, non-Jewish intellectuals, and moralists whocast a long shadow on some well-known Jews who apparently suffer from seriousmoral limitations. Deep inside, many thousands of our fellow Jews believe in Jewishsupremacy, in the “Jewish Genius,” over the rest of humanity. They believe but do notsay, think but do not act—but deep inside the feeling exists, and very much so. Theyare indifferent, passive racists that provide the compost layer from which grow thewild weeds that continue the Exilic mindset during these days of redemption.Ginzburg is just one of many. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef shares his same views, thoughhe is perceived as very different. Dubbed the “Generation’s Great,” he is a Halakharationalist, or a man of religious law, removed from mysticism. But his preachingexposes a worldview that is similar to the one described above. After HurricaneKatrina demolished New Orleans, leaving many dead and many thousands homeless,grieving, and miserable, the much-admired rabbi told his followers in his populistweekly address,There was a tsunami and there are other terrible natural disasters. Allthis is because of the reduction of the Torah. Wherever there is Torah,it sustains the worlds. Over there, there are Negroes. Do Negroesstudy the Torah? Let’s give them a tsunami, sink them. Hundreds ofthousands remain without a roof over their heads. Scores ofthousands died. All this is because they do not have God. 3