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America was only meant to be a temporary home for Jews
Have Jews finally realized that they were deluded to think that “they had achieved a permanent insider status, rendering it immune to the historical cycles of antisemitic blowback?” That is the contention of writer Daniel M. Rosen in his article entitled, “The crisis of American Jewry after October 7, the collapse of old assumptions.”
As painful as it is to admit, Rosen is correct, because the history of the Jewish people is one where, during their 2,000 years of dispersion, they attempted to settle in countries whose gentile populations only accepted them for a limited period of time.
The moment that something went wrong, the Jews, among them, became the convenient scapegoat that would pay the price for whatever troubles were plaguing the country.
Consequently, Jews were blamed for everything “countless tragedies, societal crises, and economic hardships. Major accusations includethe death of Jesus, spreading the Black Death, engaging in "blood libel" ritual murder, orchestrating world wars, controlling global finances, and sabotaging nations.”
It is why they were forced to leave nations where they’d hoped to blend in and be accepted, just like every other citizen, but, instead, were reminded that their difference was too pronounced to fit in.
It happened throughout European and Arab countries, often resulting in their need to quickly flee or lose their lives. In many cases, it meant leaving behind all of their wealth and property.
Then came America, promising something different. With its pledge to uphold human rights, liberty and freedom, all discrimination, which marred its early years, was slowly remedied with laws guaranteeing safety and equal opportunity for each of its citizens.
Finally, the Jews could breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that they had chosen a land which would be theirs on a permanent basis. In many ways, it replaced the Zionist dream, which fostered a Jewish homeland and provide the safe refuge that had escaped a people in exile for thousands of years.
In this new land of the free and the home of the brave, Jews would be able to reach their greatest potential, soaring to heights which had never been possible.
They would be accepted into the finest learning institutions, be able to establish companies and business ventures, bringing them untold wealth and feel unrestricted, just like every non-Jew that was born in the good old USA.
The dream lasted for nearly a century, until history began to repeat itself in the ugliest of ways, when it comes to the Jewish people.
Although the early signs were somewhat visible prior to October 7, 2023, it was that date which will forever go down in infamy as being the catalyst for the wake-up call, heard by every Jewish American, letting them know that the clock was ticking down on their welcoming embrace.
The nascent Woke ideology began to take shape, voicing its ugly message on American campuses, unapologetically hurling threats to Jewish faculty and students alike.
Suddenly herding them together with Israelis, they were all guilty of the invented genocide accusation, purposefully concocted in order to lend the emotional fury needed to get others on board.
It didn’t matter that the vast majority of American Jews had little or no connection with their ancestral homeland. They were simply guilty by association. And so, a new movement was born – one which was committed to ending the notion that America, the beautiful was the new Jerusalem.
Since that time, the antisemitic fervor has only picked up steam – spilling over from academia into every area of society, including politics where having a Jewish pedigree will now disenfranchise you from gaining a higher office or even preserve the one you already have.
For Jewish-owned businesses that have the misfortune to be located in New York, the new incoming Democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, as his first order of business, “revoked executive orders, designed to assist city agencies in identifying and preventing antisemitic discrimination, based on a perceived association with Israel.”
For Jews living in California, they were reminded that speaking in Hebrew can land them in the hospital, as was the case in San Jose’s Santana Row Bay area, where two men were physically beaten up after their private Hebrew conversation was overheard.
One of the witnesses said, “I heard at the beginning of the fight, something with, 'F the Jews'."
A list of antisemitic incidents, over the past year has revealed the following, according to information provided by Hillel International called Key Trends and 2025–2026 Data:
Violent Attacks Rise: Physical assaults increased by 4% in 2025, with a 39% surge in attacks involving deadly weapons.
Fatalities: 2025 was the first year since 2019 with fatalities, including two killed in a shooting outside a D.C. Museum and one in a firebombing in Boulder, Colorado.
High-Profile Targeting: In April 2025, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home was firebombed while his family was inside.
Highest Incident Locations: New York, California, and New Jersey recorded the highest numbers of incidents.
Ongoing Campus Issues: Over 1,500 antisemitic incidents were recorded on college campuses during the 2025-2026 academic year.
These are no longer a few isolated events involving Jews. They represent a troubling trend, growing by the day, especially at a time when the present American administration has undertaken a shared war to eradicate the threat of Iran – something viewed by many Americans as assistance to Israel.
Adversely affecting the price of gas, food and other commodities, it’s getting easier for gentile Americans to point a finger at their Jewish neighbors, accusing them of being part of a pressure campaign, responsible for drawing their country into a war that doesn’t concern them.
But when you stop and think about it, perhaps this was part of a consequence on the part of Jews, thinking that they had no need for their ancestral homeland, replacing it easily.
From a biblical perspective, God always intended to return His people back to the land that He gave them. In fact, that plan is written throughout the prophetic Biblical books, detailing that such a cataclysmic event would occur at a time of great turmoil and turning against the Jewish people.
We are in that time, and everything is lining up for that divine plan to come to fruition, because a temporary home was never the destiny of the Jewish people who were meant to fulfill their intended purpose as a collective people, back in their land.
A former Jerusalem elementary and middle-school principal who made Aliyah in 1993 and became a member of Kibbutz Reim but now lives in the center of the country with her husband. She is the author of Mistake-Proof Parenting, based on the principles from the book of Proverbs - available on Amazon.
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