They never fail to remind us! The Torah says over and over that
we must embrace the stranger because he is the most vulnerable
among us. Within our own ranks, Ashkenazi Jews in Israel and the
Diaspora treated Sephardi Jews like second-class citizens when
they first arrived because they were easy to kick around and to
blame, as they were unaware of their rights and not connected to
the land and the culture. We create a despicable mythology about
the stranger or “the other,” as Christians did with us
throughout the centuries. We were penny pinchers, kikes and
liars. We murdered their saviour, planned a world takeover and
had ample time to steal Christian babies and use their blood to
make matzah. These lies were rolled down a hill of ignorance by
the cracked and soiled hands of psychopathic religionists and
politicians. Much work went into reminding “the other” about his
insignificance. But then we established Eretz Yisrael and rooted
ourselves in the land. We stopped wandering and reclaimed
authorship over our