The Ides of March

“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.”

~ Farrah Gray

So what are Ides any way?

Well on the Roman calendar they are a date that loosely corresponds to the middle of the month. In March ,May,July and October it is the 15th and the other months it falls on the 13th.

Now that we have that out of the way..........I have something else I want to get off of my chest.

I have been at this writing thing for over 5 years now.

(Yes my friend , I know I have not been as diligent lately.....sorry!)

Rarely ,as in almost never do I bore you or stir up anything related to politics or the news in general.

Today on the Ides of March,I must quote Shakespeare a bit...BEWARE!

Beware has nothing to do with this day or date.

It is a shout out to anyone who knows me that we are in the midst of some very troubling and dangerous times.

It has gotten to the point that I can no longer remain silent.

While I do not have a plan of action yet,I do know that I must start making people,anyone and everyone I know, aware of just how dangerous these times are.

The rise of anti semitism in this country has risen to a level that should frighten the hell out of every decent person in this country.

Outside of Israel itself, there is no place safer for the Jewish community than here in the United States.

Literally every other Jewish community around the globe is under siege and is experiencing treacherous, not just dangerous times.

The fact that our leaders in Washington did not have the intestinal fortitude to stand up and flat out condemn the hateful rhetoric and inflammatory words of an ignorant anti semite is disgusting as well as scary.

After the mass shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, the politicians in Washington who represent New Jersey were quick to get their pictures and names in the newspapers as they pretended to show concern for the Jewish community.

Where are these same hypocrites today?

Maybe their agenda was more about gun control then any concern for my community.

I have listened over the last 2 plus years as time and time again, some moron has made direct references to another politician equating them to Hitler and the Nazi party.

It's disgusting.

It's even more disgusting that at the same time they can not see that what they are afraid or don't care to condemn, is the same hate that grew and swelled and led to the death of 6 million Jews in Germany.

It has to be called out.

It has to stop.

Do not conflate anti semitism with any other "ism" or hate speech.

It is an animus unto itself that must be condemned in no uncertain terms.

There can be no turning the other cheek in this case.

I have often heard "be the bigger man and walk away".

Bull S#!T!

When you are the bigger man you have the might and the responsibility to hit back harder so that no one will ever hit you again.

As I said, I don't write like this very often.

I try to keep these things to myself.

Today this is not a possibility.

Today I would be untrue to myself if I didn't share this with you.

I also said I don't know what my action plan around this will be.

I do know that this is my first step.

Shabbat Shalom.