00:00...of Hanukkah with hundreds of other families, but then in an instant our lives changed forever
00:04when two Islamic terrorists opened fire.
00:20I'm disturbed by the rising anti-Semitism in this country and around the world,
00:25and I wanted to make a statement about it.
00:27I'm also disturbed by how people equate Zionism as something bad and divorce Zionism from Judaism
00:36when realizing that an intrinsic part of Jewish culture and religion and peoplehood
00:42is returning and being part of the state of Israel, the land of Israel.
00:49Being a Zionist does not necessarily mean that one supports everything that Bibi does,
00:55just like as proud Americans, we don't necessarily support everything that President Trump does.
01:01...and I'll make the introduction to David first, and then...
01:04...yeah, if you can...
01:06...there's also Danielle and, uh...
01:16Israel is certainly the homeland of the Jewish people. It has been for thousands of years.
01:20At the same time, whether somebody is critical of a particular government, in many ways, does not allow and should
01:29not give any safe harbor for anti-Semitism.
01:32And to separate Zionism from Semitism is actually a false idea.
01:37To be a Jew means to support Israel.
01:40And even though I may, again, agree or disagree, that doesn't mean in any way that any Jew should be
01:46persecuted for their beliefs.
01:49Israel and America, in many ways, represent strong values.
01:55And ultimately, a strong America and a strong democratic values in the Middle East really bodes well for the entire
02:03Middle East.
02:10There's been a tremendous rise in anti-Semitism, which is totally, you know, uncalled for.
02:16Throughout our history, we've had pogroms, we had to go through the Holocaust.
02:21You know, throughout times, you know, we're kind of like the canaries in the coal mines.
02:27You know, like, let's go blame the Jews for everything.
02:30And I think we just have to stand up and say, enough, sit back, think, understand, have discourse, talk to
02:39someone.
02:40The rise in anti-Semitism acts are disproportionate for the amount of Jews that are out there.
02:57Like, you know, we almost got over the world and that's not on the outside.
02:59It's just a bit, you know, and that's in the inside.
02:59And you know, like, I'm going to go through the back of the ancient crux of the Holocaust,
02:59It's just a bit of a bad thing.
02:59You know, but I'm the only one of the most that I watch in the United States.
03:00But I think we do not have to stop.
03:00Although, I believe, in the United States, it's just a new person.
03:00I believe in the United States is a new person.
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