Question: When will Jews stop feeling sorry for themselves about the Holocaust? And when will they tire of getting the Gentile worked up about all the Jewish suffering throughout the ages?

 

Answer: Never

 

But, alas, we shall continue to be a voice in the wilderness for those few who will understand and will divest themselves of Jewish guilt and holocaust complexes in order to survive as a normal people.

 

This week's parsha tells us all we need to know about reaction to Gentile "relations" and about proper interpretation of such. We learn that Yosef winds up in jail, accused of a crime he didn't do. (hmmm....sounds a lot like the Israeli court system!)

One of the Egyptians with whom he shares a cell is to be released. Yosef bids him to put in a good word with Pharaoh about the miscarriage of justice. While free, the same low-life, for whom Yosef had previously done a good deed, indeed mentions him to Pharaoh, referring to him as "that young Hebrew slave."

Rashi points out: even in giving thanks to a Jew, the evil individual cannot refrain from hateful, despicable slurs meant to demean.

 

As for the Iranians, what then can we possibly expect from a race of dogs, sons of dogs, in their "appreciation" of us? Has anything changed over the last 2000 years in the behavior of the Gentile that should surprise us? Who is it, actually, among us that is "surprised" or "shocked"? We suggest a serious bout of profound therapy for these individuals. This attitude among our people is insidious and greatly impacts our young, causing negative complexes about being Jewish and the proper attitude we must maintain in order to survive. Proof: Where are our captured Israeli soldiers? We will never get them back with a "what will the Goy think" attitude. But there is a way out for us in this present darkness with imminent war on the horizon, a war that will test our the fiber of every survival instinct that we as a people have within us. It is Jewish pride, Jewish strength, and belief in Hashem, our thankfulness every day for all His goodness in bringing us close to Him through His Torah and the Land of Israel.

 

Let us stop being "shocked", just for 5 minutes, while we read this weeks Torah portion and learn the ways of the world. As our great revered Rabbi Kahane would say, "I'm shocked you're shocked!"