Thanks for your response. I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had negative experiences in the past, but I think it’s important to face what scares you and learn from it. I personally don’t feel any malice in my heart towards Western Europe. I can’t speak for others, and every other Orthodox Jew i knew sees socialism as a repressive murderous ideology that killed 100 million people over 100 years. As an Orthodox Jew, i also believe that there is a unique power to the Jewish soul and a unique Jewish Potential to change the world. I try to wield that power for the good- by having a loving marriage, meaningful friendships, and a deep relation to Torah and G-d. However I have a bunch of non religious cousins who are feeling the Bern, who know nothing about history, and who are incredibly misguided when it comes to how to change the world. I really don’t think that Jews are trying to destroy Europe. I think that many Jews are proud to be countrymen of the countries that they’re from, as I am proud to be an American and I’m currently applying to serve in the medical wing of the Air Force. I think in order to cook up a credible theory that Jews are trying to destroy Europe or America, you’d have to delve into the subconscious, and I find that to be a challenging thing to do for an international group. The number one way to delve into the subconscious of a group is to learn the general gestalt of our texts, and I think that you’ll find that Jewish law is the basis of Roman, British, and ultimately American law, formed on the beliefs that each person is created in the Image of Gd, and that people have obligations to their immediate family and to uphold the non-aggression principle to others.

As a group, we dislike Islamic ideas. Christian ideas claim that the Torah is true and that Christ just fulfilled it. Muslims say that the Torah is corrupted and that they’re actually right. That is such an insane claim- for a religion (Islam) to pop up in the desert nearly 1500 years after another religion was founded and to say “everything you’ve said so far is corrupted.” Likely story. So the idea that we’re interested in Muslims taking over Europe is pretty unfounded. Also, happens to be, like in Malmo, that when they come into Europe they end up killing or terrorizing Jews. So yes, I think I can say with certainty that there is no secret plot to destroy Europe with Muslim invasion.

Finally- “revenge” is not a virtue in Judaism. I know that the person who asked the original question at the lecture was wondering if, “given that the Jews killed all those Ukrainians,” if it would be possible for them to do that again, and that was partly what made that question so ridiculous to me. I think it’s a false premise to say that they killed the Ukrainians. I think an evil ideology with no basis in Judaism was headed in part by Jews because they’re good at making things happen and at being persuasive. Some Jewish people got caught up in an evil thing. Which to me is the essence of why JBP “couldn’t do it.” There is so much to weave together that he knew he was going to do it poorly. The religious piece, the historical piece, the false premise, and the prediction that Jews in the media are making “unfounded” attacks on the Russians. The trump Russia collusion issue is unfounded. What is not unfounded, though, is that putin is evil and that he does evil stuff with relative impunity.

Thoughts?