Remember that fun movie, “Back to the Future”, where Michael J. Fox goes back 30 years and sees how his life was affected from what happened at that point in time?
Unfortunately, European Jews are living the exact opposite of that movie. In 2015 they are getting a good look at how it was in the 1930\’s.
Excerpted from article in the Washington Post:
It was a beautiful day for soccer in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Spring sunshine filled the stadium as the local team, FC Utrecht, kicked off against perennial powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam.
As the beautiful game slowly played out on the field, however, things in the stands quickly got ugly.
“Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas,” sang a section of the home supporters towards the fans visiting from Amsterdam, a city historic in part for its Jewish community. “My father was in the commandos, my mother was in the SS, together they burned Jews, because Jews burn the best!”
The anti-Semitism was caught on video and quickly circulated among Dutch media. FC Utrecht issued an apology as Jewish organizations demanded action by soccer authorities.
The shocking chants weren\’t an isolated incident, however. Instead, they were the latest in a string of anti-Semitic episodes that threaten to mar European soccer.
Sad to say, Jews are not what you\’d call newcomers to this kind of sick hatred. We have spent almost 6 millennia getting used to it.
When will it end? Ever? Well, I\’m not counting on that happening in my lifetime. Why should I, when incidents like this occur with increasing regularity – and not just in Europe either? Why should I, when the President of the United States has no problem crapping on Israel, the one and only Jewish state, thus the one and only for-certain Jewish refuge in the world?
I welcome – even beg for – anyone to show me I\’m wrong to feel this way.
