On a week like this, you can be excused for thinking that things are always bad for the Jews.
But if you’re looking for a little optimism… it was only a few decades ago that Harvard & the like were trying to keep the Jews out. Now the problem is that too many non-Jews want to eat at Hillel.
And… it was only a few decades ago when Russian leaders were blaming their problems on Jews & Zionists. Now we have Putin accusing his political enemies (in this case, one of the Pussy Riot members) of … anti-Semitism.
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