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Reflecting on anti-Semitism

After spending years in Jewish-Christian dialogue I am heartbroken at the article in the Seattle Times of Sept. 28, 2019. It told that in Seattle there has been “almost 400 percent increase in hate crimes since 2012 – impacting Jews and other minorities.”

The Jewish people represent the only national people forced into worldwide different areas for two thousand years and then reassembled to establish their nation along democratic lines. The Jewish people experienced the worst inhumanity and cruelty in history but they also give us lives that inspire.

Dr. Viktor Frankl, in his book, “Man’...

 

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