the population is now at 200,000, close to what it was before the Holocaust. That, however, appears to be the limit of Germany’s patience for Jewish immigration. They don’t want any more Jews in Germany.

Meryl,

the motive isn’t Anti-Semitism. There has been no resentment by the German at Jewish immigration.

Point is, Israel was never happy about the openborders for Eastern European and Russian Jews, as it says in the article.

From the article:

new Jewish immigrants will have to score at least 50 points in a ranking system to be administered by a federal agency

This point system is supposed to evaluate if the immigrants really are Jewish. The German Central Jewish Council has proposed to only let Jews immigrate who were born by a Jewish woman or were converted to Judaism by an Orthodox Rabbi (sorry, I don’t have an English-language article on this).

Liberal and progressive Jews are understandably criticising this idea, and it might be wrong-headed, but like I wrote above, the motive for the measure isn’t Anti-Semitism.

That’s because the right to self-defense is written into the Second Amendment in our Constitution. Jews are allowed to do more to defend themselves against the oldest hatred here than in any other nation, save Israel.

In the long run, sadly, it may not be enough. Especially with the left and right wings in the US joining forces against the moderates. Hitler parleyed the communists and fascists of Germany into the National Socialist Party; I hope we don’t see an equally brilliant fiend do the same here.

Alex, that’s why I wrote an addendum on America.

Lat two days all I wanted to do is sleep, too sleepy to blog. Today, I’m trying to catch up on the podcasts. Listening to Dave and Lair of course. And, of course, there’s always the news. There’s always something. Like the French wan…

As for the “why” of anti-Semitism, I suggest it all boils down to embarrassment on the part of anti-Semites.

We Jews, whether observant or not, are the bearers of the God gene for humanity. Torah, our prophets, our writings, our Talmud, all serve to remind humanity of what they should be doing. But, mostly, fall short of. Myself very much included.

No one likes to be reminded about their shortcomings, and Jews have borne the brunt of this.

Never give up your right to self-defense. Ever.