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September 11, 2020 By Olivier Melnick Leave a Comment

The Danger of Antisemitism by Omission!

Too often, people have a propensity to ignore issues if they feel that they are not directly concerned or if the issues are far enough from them geographically or otherwise. People might think, ” the riots and protests are not my neighborhood, so I am ok!” or ” the fires are not putting my house in danger, they are too far, we are safe.” Unfortunately, apathy can be part of human nature to the point where we ignore the obvious if the obvious doesn’t affect us at a critical level. At least critical to us.

So, many people will reason with themselves and think, “I am NOT antisemitic, but I am also NOT Jewish!” People will quickly claim that they don’t hate the Jews, that they don’t wish them any harm at all. They will also agree that antisemitism is wrong, and yet they will not hesitate to look the other way when acts of antisemitism are committed. Hurting Jewish people directly, verbally, or physically is antisemitism by commission while ignoring their troubles is antisemitism by omission. They are both wrong!

In the early 1940s, Maurice Weinzveig, my Russian maternal grandfather was hiding in the cellar of our Paris residence. He knew that Paris had become very dangerous for a Jew without naturalization papers. He had to keep quiet and hidden for a while to protect his life and that of his wife and daughter (my mother.) Unbeknownst to Maurice, a gentile neighbor who worked for the French police and who was secretly in love with my grandmother, wanted to get rid of her husband, “the Jew.” He called the Gestapo and let them know that there was a Jew hiding in his building. They came, they took him, they sent him to Auschwitz, and he perished in the smokestacks of the Nazi factory of death.

When the Gestapo showed up at our residence, the guilty neighbor stayed home behind closed doors. Incidentally, he lived long enough so that I would meet him as a young kid. Nobody could prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that he had called the Gestapo, but the whole building knew that it was him, so he never paid for his crimes. He even had me sit on his lap a few times as a little boy. I get chills down my spine when I recall those moments. He was guilty of antisemitism by commission.

But what about the numerous neighbors in the same building who witnessed all the raucous movement up and down their building? They chose to remain silent, discreetly observing behind the privacy of their window blinders, as if they couldn’t do one thing to prevent the two Gestapo officers from apprehending my grandfather. Some feared for their lives and that of their own families; others felt powerless against the Nazi regime. How many were thinking, “I am not Jewish; this is none of my business?” Hard to say. The truth is that they became apathetic bystanders, and a bystander who does nothing only facilitates the crimes of the perpetrator. See something and say or do nothing… and that my friend, is antisemitism by omission.

So, how does that concept translate to 2020 and the current multifaceted crisis that we are all in? In other words, what does this have to do with the virus, the riots, the economy, or any other crises we are dealing with as a society? Once again, and very sadly, the thread is Israel and the Jews:

Covid-19: The Jewish people have been accused of creating, causing and even spreading the virus to the world for two reasons: To “take over the world’ and to “monetize” the vaccine/cure that they have developed. This hardly explains how Israel is currently suffering from a huge spike of new cases of Covid-19. One response from antisemites has been to encourage people to infect Jewish people by coughing on them. As early as last Spring, coining the new word “Holocough” made of the two words “Holocaust” and “cough,” antisemites flooded the social networks with the idea. People might say: “But I am not Jewish, so how does that concern me?”

The Protests/Riots: The tragic death of George Floyd precipitated America into regional protests that quickly became uncontrollable riots like those seen in Portland, Oregon for the last three months. Some people found it interesting to spread the rumor that American police officers were being trained by IDF officers in using methods that include the way George Floyd was chocked to death. The group known as US Campaign for Palestinian Rights came up with that unfounded accusation. Additionally, the DOJ is investigating the possibility of ties between the BLM movement and terrorist organizations. Terminology like “intifada” or “from Minneapolis to Palestine, Racism is a crime” are showing up on street signs, graffiti and social networks. Once again, the Jews and Israel are being blamed for the racial unrest, either directly or indirectly. People might say: “Black lives matter, and I am not Jewish, so how does the other stuff concern me?”

QAnon: The strange attraction that people have for the mysterious group known as QAnon is also leading people to blame the Jews. QAnon is some sort of conspiracy theory from an alt-right ideology. It is supposed to ANONymously expose the international Jewish cabal to destroy Donald Trump and take over the world. The fact that it is based on a hoax from 1904–The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion- that has been debunked over and over, doesn’t seem to stop QAnon adherents. They claim that the Rothschilds are behind the whole agenda of controlling the USA behind the scenes. Sadly, they haven’t been denounced more forcefully by the current administration. People might say: “QAnon is just a conspiracy theory and I am not Jewish, so how does that concern me?”

The easiest scapegoat for humanity has been the Jews for the last 2,000 years. Irrational behavior against the chosen people of God has gone uninterrupted for a very long time. The enemy of God and the Jewish people, Satan himself, is turning the irrational into the rational, acceptable and even the expected. But we do not have to accept the irrational blindly. Rabbi, philosopher and activist Abraham Joshua Heschel who marched with Martin Luther King during the Civil Rights Movement said: “Few are guilty, but all are responsible.” I would like to add to that that we can become guilty because of apathy. Jews and Blacks marching together against racism…Those days are gone!

Antisemitism by omission is still antisemitism. It might be watered down because people do not carry the guilt of being the main players in the longest hatred, but it is still dangerous, nonetheless. We cannot afford to remain silent about any form of injustice, period! For some reason, people will fight for various causes when they can be convinced that their voices and actions count for something. When people don’t feel concerned or in danger for their safety or even just for their comfort, they become apathetic. They feel like it is not their fight. But sitting on the fence of Jew-hatred is not an option. Indifference becomes our guilt.

Everything seems to indicate that the biblical predictions about the world going against Israel and the Jews are coming to fruition in our lifetime and rapidly (Zechariah 12:1-8; Daniel 9:27; Revelation 12.) Soon, we will all answer to a higher authority, and the God of Israel who calls the Jewish people the “Apple of my Eye” will not say to us, “don’t worry, you were not Jewish, so, this didn’t concern you!” While salvation cannot be lost, heavenly rewards can. We have a choice!

“If I were to remain silent, I’d be guilty of complicity.” Albert Einstein

July 25, 2020 By Olivier Melnick 1 Comment

Black Lives Matter…Time to Connect the Dots!

A few weeks ago, I felt it necessary to expose some of the BLM agenda, and to also make it clear that the George Floyd murder was a tragedy. All along, I have supported equality and fought xenophobia. My commitment to fighting antisemitism has now entered its third decade. Being a French Jew who immigrated to America, I understand minorities and I understand racism. So, when the Black Lives Matter (BLM) started to come to the forefront of the News and picked up momentum, I originally agreed with the concept, even though as a strong believer in the message of the Bible, I am more than convinced that all lives matter. Unfortunately–as true as it might be– responding to the BLM people with an “All Lives Matter” answer, can sees simplistic and even offensive at times.

Let’s get passed the “Black Lives” versus “All Lives” debate for a mom and take a look at some of the connections that the BLM proponents have with other organizations. You might be surprised by what we discover. As I always explain, I am not interested in character assassination, but I simply want to expose the very words that BLM people are saying as well as the organizations they support and line-up with. After that, you will have to make your own decision as to the validity of the BLM movement in the current crisis. I will try to expose and connect the dots, and you will decide if it is only about bringing the overdue equality and justice to the black community. Time to connects some dots!

BLM is part of the larger M4BL: BLM is one of more than 150 organizations within the coalition known as Movement for Black Lives (M4BL.) M4BL was formed in 2014 to organize black communities in response to violence and inequality against them.

M4BL is antisemitic to the core: On their website, under invest/divest, they publish an article in their resources titled Cut Military Expenditures Brief that clearly tells it like it is. They promote cutting US military expenditures and reallocating the funds elsewhere. Interestingly enough, their second point reads: 3 billion dollars in US aid is allocated to Israel, a state that practices systematic discrimination and has maintained a military occupation of Palestine for decades.
Further in the document, they state: “The US justifies and advances the global war on terror via its alliance with Israel and is complicit in the genocide taking place against the Palestinian people. The US requires Israel to use 75 percent of all the military aid it receives to buy US-made arms….The results of this policy are twofold: it not only diverts much needed funding from domestic education and social programs, but it makes US citizens complicit in the abuses committed by the Israeli government. Israel is an apartheid state with over 50 laws on the books that sanction discrimination against the Palestinian people. Palestinian homes and land are routinely bulldozed to make way for illegal Israeli settlements. Israeli soldiers also regularly arrest and detain Palestinians as young as 4 years old without due process. Everyday, Palestinians are forced to walk through military checkpoints along the US-funded apartheid wall.”
What we see here, is an adherence to the pro-Palestinian narrative of “ethnic cleansing” when they write about “the genocide taking place against the Palestinian people.” Are any of these people aware that there are more Arabs inside Israel today than there were in 1948, when Israel was re-born as a modern nation. Incidentally, there are still less Jews in the world today than there were before the Holocaust (16,728.000 in 1939 and 14,700.000 in 2019.)

M4BL openly promotes BDS and Palestinianism: On the same document, titled “A Vision for Black Lives”, they offer some resources such as www.BDSmovement.net that makes you wonder what the connection is between BLM, M4BL and the Palestinian/BDS cause. They also offer another site linking the suffering of blacks at the hands of American police to that of Palestinians at the hand of Israeli soldiers at www.blackpalestiniansolidarity.com where you can read “In the course of resilience against the merciless edge of state-violence, protesters in Ferguson held up signs declaring solidarity with the people of Palestine. In turn, Palestinians posted pictures on social media with instructions of how to treat the inhalation of tear gas. …Since the devastating attacks on Gaza and in Ferguson, the assault on Black and Palestinian bodies has continued unabated. …We are making connections between the systems of violence and criminalization that makes Black and Palestinian bodies so easily expendable.

BLM participates in Pro-Palestinian rallies: On July 1, 2020 a BLM demonstration took place in Brooklyn, NY where both slogans “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” were chanted. BLM proponents openly make connections between the “Palestinian struggle” and the “Black struggle”, clearly comparing apples to oranges. There is a desire for a strong intersectionality between the two groups, at the expense of the Jewish people and Israel.

BLM people accuse Police of being trained by IDF and using their anti-Palestinian methods on black people: After the tragic death of George Floyd murdered by a corrupt police officer, accusations started to come against the Police for brutality. It wasn’t long before the link was made between American police officers and IDF soldiers, claiming that the American Police had been trained by the Israeli Defense Forces on how to forcefully and brutally restrain people. There is no truth to that statement, it is pure libel.

BLM fights against anti-BDS laws: Up to 32 states have passed anti-BDS laws in the USA. They boldly denounce the hypocrisy and antisemitic agenda of the BDS movement and passed various laws to stop people from supporting the boycott and divestments against Israel.

Some BLM leaders are clearly showing their true colors: While the BLM movement claims to exist for the purpose of fighting racism, they don’t hesitate to partner with people whose definition of racism must not include antisemitism. A good example is Melina Abdulah who is a supporter of antisemitic nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. She has appeared at several of their rallies. She even went as far as defending his antisemitic actions. Ms. Abdulah was leading the BLM Los Angeles chapter when a few weeks ago the Fairfax Jewish community experienced what could only be described as a modern day pogrom.

BLM has a genocidal ideology: Some BLM proponents have recently voiced their support for “Free Palestine and the eradication of Israel, which pretty much means a Jewish genocide.

I could go on and connect more dots, but you get the ideas. What I get from all this, is that black lives seem to matter ONLY at the expense of other lives. It is not about true equality; it is about superiority! Frankly, I would not be surprised if the whole Jewish community would distance itself from the BLM movement, but it is not the case. I cannot for the life of me understand why the BLM movement gets the support of the National Council of Jewish Women. On their webpage, they express their support in words like, “For now, it is important to support Black and Brown communities and the leaders spearheading the peaceful, anti-racist responses unfolding.” There is nothing peaceful or anti-racist about much of the BLM actions.

None of us can truthfully claim that we are color blind when it comes to race, more should we. I have African, Asian, Hispanic and Middle Eastern friends. Sure, I see the color of their skin as they see the color of mine, but the color of one’s skin should always be trumped by the condition of one’s heart. It is only when we humans look at the heart that we can see who someone really is and what fruit they produce in society. When I look at the fruit produced by the BLM movement, I see mostly hatred, violence, racism, antisemitism and abuse.

The sad thing is that many people have no idea about the root of bitterness and anger that is feeding the BLM movement, so they support it blindly, convinced that they are doing it for a good cause. If the cause is equality for the black community, it is a great cause and I am so sad that it would even be a fight we need to fight in 2020. Unfortunately, I don’t see the BLM movement doing that. It divides, it hurst and it denigrates. Before you give BLM your support, please connect the dots!

July 17, 2020 By Olivier Melnick Leave a Comment

Defund the Police, Cancel the Culture and Eradicate Western Civilization!

When I see the on-going erosion of America, I am saddened, grieved and fearful for us all. Recently, each new day has had the potential of bringing more drama than the previous one, and from that standpoint it has succeeded. At the forefront of the news is the Black Lives Matter Movement. If you don’t support it, you are a racist and if you support it too strongly you are guilty of cultural appropriation. In places like Seattle (where I live), white people are being asked to “renounce their whiteness”. What is that supposed to mean? The corrupting and politicizing of the BLM Movement has taken over our country and is running wild. The original protests had great value, but we are so far removed from that now!

As a Jew, allow me to reflect on what my people have gone through and continue to go through. This is in no way an attempt at “one-upping” the African American community, but I simply wish to bring a little perspective to the whole issue of racism and inequality.

Let’s be real, the Jewish people have never been a people to take the streets and protest in ways that have been done by other minority groups. Outside of a few occasions like the Maccabean Revolt of 167-160 BC or the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, and maybe a few other isolated incidents, we don’t become belligerent, let alone violent, at the drop of a hat. In fact, the opposite might be true. During WW2, In an attempt at crippling their movements and communication, Jewish people were asked to bring their radio receivers to the police stations in Paris, they complied. When asked to bring their bicycles, they also complied. When confronted with the horrific news of the concentration camps at the beginning of the war, they refused to believe than human nature could be so evil…until it was way too late to reverse the Nazi death factories.

We have been persecuted, dehumanized, demonized, vilified and murdered for the last 2000 years and beyond. Over the years, we have been called many names, by many Church Fathers and blatant antisemites: MURDERERS (Origen),, CHRIST KILLERS (St Hyppolitus), POSSESSED BY THE DEVIL (Chrysostom), DEGENERATE (Chrysostom), CURSED BY GOD (Hilary of Poitiers), DEMONS (Gregory of Nyssa), REJECTED AND CONDEMNED (Martin Luther), VERMIN and SUB-HUMANS (Hitler). Then, the modern Jew-haters continued to paint a picture that goes along the same lines as they call us OCCUPIERS, COLONIZERS, APARTHEID PEOPLE, BLOOD SUCKERS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS, MURDERERS OF PALESTINIANS and NEW NAZIS OF THE MIDDLE EAST.

It is worthy to bring up the fact that the Bible calls the Jewish people by a very different set of names. We are called “The apple of God’s eye” in Zechariah 2:8, “the Daughter of Zion” in Zephaniah 3:14, “God’s chosen people” in 1 Kings 3:8, “A treasured possession” in Deuteronomy 7:6, “A holy people” also in Deuteronomy 7:6, “God’s hidden ones” in Psalm 83:3, “A great nation” in Genesis 12:2 and “Beloved” in Romans 11:28, to name just a few. This is not to imply that that because we are called “the Chosen People”, we are also chosen unto salvation and intern elite position. Tevye the dairyman from Fiddler on the Roof, said it well when he looked up in the sky and cried out to his maker, “God, I know that we are the Chosen People, but once in a while, could you chose somebody else?”

So, what if the Jewish people had started a Jewish Lives Matter movement? There is no doubt that we have a strong case for such a movement, because Jewish lives do matter, as do black lives and all lives for whatever it’s worth! But when I look at the way the BLM movement developed in the recent past and where it is going, I cannot help but think that it has increasingly less to do with the value of ALL black lives than the agenda of a few black lives and of those who exploit the whole “movement” for political gain.

America does have a history of racism, segregation and violence against the African American community. Nobody is denying that. Not only do we have a history, but in some places in the USA, racism against black still goes strong. I have personally experienced it when I heard some people I knew describe African Americans using the “n*****” word. I was livid! There is NO EXCUSE for that! Additionally, what has happened to African Americans recently because of some corrupt, vicious police officers is tragic, but it doesn’t warrant the defunding or cancelling of all police forces. By the same logic, if a few surgeons were guilty of lethal malpractice on people, we should defund all hospitals or at least prevent all surgeons from abusing people. The mistakes of the few should never force the resigning or bringing down of the many. There is always going to be a better way, through common sense, education, communication and true accountability, unless of course, the true agenda is hidden behind the veneer of social justice and reform. Frankly, I think that the BLM movement has ulterior motives.

Mind you, if the Jewish people decided to start a JLM movement and take it peacefully to the streets, they would be received with shouts of “Go back home”, “Jews to the ovens” or “Hitler didn’t do enough!” Why? Because these are exactly the words screamed at Jewish people when they are found peacefully marching on some streets of America, to show their support for Israel. It is actually a global phenomenon. Sadly, it appears that for a large segment of the American people–not to mention the rest of the world– Jewish lives do not matter that much. We are used to it, but that doesn’t make it right. You also will never see Jewish people on the streets of America defacing buildings, looting businesses or toppling down statues. Why? because these destructive acts do not solve anything. They might satisfy the animal instincts in some people, but they are simply destructive at best. Trying to erase history doesn’t solve the problem, teaching it properly might take us in the right direction. Again, the protests for justice and equality for the African American communities are justified and I would always support that, but the way they have been vastly infiltrated and politicized to destroy America from within is a disgrace. We are in grave danger of losing the “Land of Opportunity” that I moved to in 1985 as a legal immigrant from France. This breaks my heart!

If people were to seek what would constitute a worthy manifesto for the BLM or JLM movements, men of good will would inevitably converge onto the same body of work that has the strongest precedent for legal, spiritual and moral values; the Bible. Many people will actually quote principles and ideas taken straight from the Bible without even knowing that it is their source. When it comes to the value of human life, no literary work in the history of mankind, does even come close to the Bible. It is in this inspired book that we learn that:

• Humans are created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27)
• Human life is precious (Jeremiah 1:5; Leviticus 19:32)
• We are to love our neighbors as ourselves (Leviticus 19:18)
• God is not a respecter of persons (Acts 10:34)
• All of us are in need of the same Redeemer (John 3:16)

To all those who are looking for change in America and are not necessarily handling the situation very well, I would like to remind them of a simple truth that comes from the Bible. Even to an agnostic or an atheist, that truth still stands. Matthew 7:12 tells us, “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” Could people ponder on that statement? Then, could anybody honestly say that breaking, looting and assaulting is what they also wish on themselves and members of their families? Of course not!

“Defund the Police” led to “Cancel the Culture” and could lead to “Eradicate Western Civilization!” We are imploding and all of our global enemies are watching us destroy each other with a huge smile on their faces. We are doing their work. Is this what America wants? I think not!

June 18, 2020 By Olivier Melnick 1 Comment

The Proper Way to Support BLACK LIVES, and Why it MATTERS!

Growing up as a Jew in France in the 60s and 70s wasn’t without its challenges. My own mother who had lost her dad in the Holocaust at age 15, had developed a fear about telling people that we were Jewish. So much so that she even forced me to learn German in school as a second foreign language, just in case the Germans would invade France again, so that I could get by. It was not until she was in her early forties before she was comfortable telling others that we were Jewish. But all this never stopped me from making friends of different backgrounds at school. Two of my earliest buddies were Vietnamese and African. Every time I told my mother about a new friend, this fearful question always arose, “Do they know we are Jewish?” to which I always answered that they didn’t care and neither did I. Racism never had a foothold in my life. It never made sense to me to hate somebody based on color, race or creed. It didn’t when I was a teenager and it doesn’t today as a middle age adult.

When I moved to the United States in 1985, it quickly became evident that there were racial tensions between blacks and whites on many levels. Economically, culturally, politically to name just a few. Blacks and whites were clashing. Inter racial relations have not improved, they have actually gotten worse, to the point of injustice and wrongful deaths that we have witnessed in 2020. There is a serious problem affecting America today that cannot be ignored, and that is a reason why the movement known as Black Lives Matter–founded in 2013– has gathered so much momentum and picked the interest of so many. Such a movement appears to be giving the African American community the voice and momentum that they need to push reform forward. Philosophically, this is a good thing, but practically, the BLM ideology sends a very different message–if you know where to look. To be sure, I am not saying that black lives do not matter. Of course they do, as all lives matter. I am simply saying that before we blindly join and support the BLM movement based on somewhat of a knee-jerk reaction, from a mix of compassion, rightful indignation and misplaced guilt, we should investigate who the BLM supports and promotes. It is not always the easiest thing to do as a lot of the connections are no longer evident from their website. But let’s consider the following:

To put it simply; Black Lives Matter supports BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions). I have tried my best to expose the false narrative used by BDS proponents for several years. The BDS movement (officially co-founded in 2005 by Mahmoud Abbas and Omar Barghouti), has been pushing for a total boycott (academic, cultural and economic) of Israel and those who support Israel and Israeli products and companies. It has made great strides towards convincing people across the globe that Israel was the perpetrator of crimes against humanity, oppression, invasion and persecution. The BDS movement is not interested in social justice in general or they would also call for the boycott of many other countries that truly commit crimes against humanity such as Venezuela, China, Iran, Sudan and many others, but they don’t. Their only agenda is Israel and the Jewish people worldwide. They are not even hiding it as California University Professor Asad Abu Khalil said, “The real aim of BDS is to bring down the state of Israel….That should be stated as an unambiguous goal. There should not be any equivocation on the subject. Justice and freedom for the Palestinians are incompatible with the existence of the state of Israel.” Likewise, BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti stated, “A Jewish state in Palestine, in any shape or form, cannot but contravene the basic rights of the land’s indigenous Palestinian population…definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine. No Palestinian – rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian—will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.”

While it is challenging to find the connection between BLM and BDS, it is not impossible. BLM is part of a larger network known as M4BL (The Movement for Black Lives). Dots become a lot easier to connect once we realize that M4BL is an umbrella organization under which you can find other groups such as Black Lives Matter. Once this is established, it takes no time to find out that M4BL supports BDS. They claim that “3 billion dollars in US aid is allocated to Israel, a state that practices systematic discrimination and has maintained a military occupation of Palestine for decades.” or “The US justifies and advances the global war on terror via its alliance with Israel and is complicit in the genocide taking place against the Palestinian people.” They even propose some actions to be taken against Israel as they encourage people to “Fight the expanding number of AntiBDS bills being passed in states around the country. This type of legislation not only harms the movement to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, but is a threat to the constitutional right to free speech and protest.”

Additionally the Movement for Black Lives cites as resources: www.BDSmovement.net and www.blackpalestiniansolidarity.com. Both these websites are clear supporters of the BDS ideology and the flawed Palestinian narrative. So, the connection between BLM and M4BL is undeniably clear, and their antisemitic slant is also very obvious. I do not want you to miss the irony here: A movement that claims to fight racism of all sorts and promotes social justice, is also promoting the destruction of Israel and the hatred of Jewish people. So before we support BLM and donate to the cause, we must examine our hearts. Is it OK to fight for justice and equality for African Americans while supporting the oppression and destruction of Israel? Whichever way you look a it, it is hypocrisy. Not to mention the global support for BLM including anti-racism gatherings in Paris where some people were shouting dirty Jews to the crowd. Again, where is the connection? So, where do we go from here?

Inequality can only be remedied by true reconciliation and true reconciliation only comes from God. The problem that seems to arise out of the BLM movement is that reconciliation is spoken of, but submission is what is meant. There are some strong similarities between the “reconciliation” promoted by BLM and the one promoted by groups like “Christ at the Checkpoint (CaTC.) claiming to seek reconciliation between Israel and Palestinians in the name of Christ. When reconciliation is simply a word spoken to force the other side to submit unilaterally, then we have a problem. Reconciliation is a two-way street that includes compromise and humility. I have seen very little of that coming from BDS promoters as well as those who defend the BLM movement. What I am even starting to see, is more and more parallels drawn between the tragic murder of George Floyd and the deaths of Palestinians. Some people are even borrowing visual elements such as the Middle East head scarf worn by Arafat and the Palestinian flag, to incorporate them into images of George Floyd. There is absolutely no foundation for this connection, but that doesn’t stop people from drawing it.

As a French/Jewish immigrant to America, I have come to realize that injustice and inequality is very real all around us, and that is a tragedy. I have been speaking and writing against antisemitism for over twenty years, and I know that it is very real, as Satan infuses that hatred daily in the heart of men. Racism will continue to exist everywhere, but it doesn’t mean that we have to adhere to it. As God’s word tells us that through the blood of Messiah, Jews and Gentiles have been reconciled into one new man, without any separation between them. Racial reconciliation is not something we have to work on, but something we need to grab hold of and believe in, in complete faith, because of what Yeshua did on our behalf; Jews and Gentiles, blacks and whites.

Ephesians 2:11-16 drives the point home better than I ever could,” 11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separate from Messiah, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Messiah Yeshua you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Messiah. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, 15 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, 16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.”

So, I support black lives today as much as I have supported them my whole life, but not through a manmade movement that has a shaky foundation at best. I support black lives because of my Messiah who supported all lives, enough to die for them. We all should support black lives and it definitely matters how we do it!

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