12/14/2025
I awoke this morning to the targeted, terrorist attack against Jews simply *celebrating* Hanukkah in Sidney, Australia on a beach. Let that sink in. These terrorists indiscriminately killed those of the Jewish faith simply based on their faith. Will you take a minute to truly consider that? Will you take a minute to listen to the Prime Minister of Australia's comments, where he does *not* mention that this was a targeted attack against Jews, until a reporter confronts him about it? Will you take a minute to consider that Australia has some of the most stringiest gun laws in the world and yet, they didn't prevent this massacre, but did prevent a sheepdog from preventing the massacre?
To the one unarmed sheepdog that found himself at the massacre, THANK YOU. Thank you for doing what most are not prepared or willing to do. Thank you for the countless lives you saved - at the risk of your own - because of who you are. Thank you for, consistent with the meaning of Hanukkah, bringing the light against the darkness.
Unfortunately, there are too few sheepdogs in our society and I sit here wondering how I not only explain but also prepare my daughter for a society where some people want to kill her, simply for her religious faith. Please think about that for a minute. Surely, I will ensure that she is prepared, beyond that of everyone else, for such an instance, but those who want to kill us, simply for our faith, won't ever place themselves on an even playing field, because if they did, they know they would fail.
Today, 12 of my People, lost their lives in Australia due to what many will contend is simply antisemitism. Today, at least 2 of my People, lost their lives at Brown University. When are we going recognize the mental health crisis that those within the governments of the world have not only supported but enticed? When will we, as a world society, put aside politics and start truly calling balls and strikes, when it comes to mental health? I truly hope it is before another single life is lost...unfortunately to most within the elected-class, it is politics above all else....