Putting An Antisemite In Her Place
"Candace, you can choose to teach your son that your problems are because of the Jew. I choose to teach my children that their exceptionalism can bring light into the world."
By Eli Albrecht
Guest Commentary
Editor’s Note: Recently, the far right commentator Candace Owens falsely accused Jewish leaders of promoting “Jewish Supremacy.” The following guest commentary by Eli Albrecht directly addresses Ms. Owens’ remarks.
Dear Candace Owens,
I have been watching your increasingly unhinged obsession with Jews. You have moved quickly through the “just asking questions” phase to the “Jews are lurking and controlling the world phase.”
Now you’ve started “asking questions” about Jewish Supremacy. Apparently, Jews are trying to reign supreme over you.
Well, I have some questions:
How many people have we, Jews forced to convert throughout history (just one example will be sufficient)?
How much was the Jizya (tax) that we levied on non-Jews? How many people did Jews torture to adopt our beliefs?
How many countries around the world have been forced to speak Hebrew after being colonized by Jews?
The truth is that Jews have done none of the “supremacist” things you accuse us of. While as a Catholic, your history is less defensible when the Church ruled — Jews never tried to rule the world. Yet we have been consistently accused of exactly what our accusers are guilty of.
It is just the opposite: Jews are one of the few faiths that believe non-Jews have an independent path to Heaven by simply not committing egregious acts.
Candace, do you believe Jews go to heaven?
I admit, you caught me, Candace: When I tuck my daughter in at night and pray with her, I tell her she is exceptional.
I tell her that she comes from a long line of exceptional people. People who fought against immense adversity to bring goodness into our world. My daughter comes from immigrants who fled Germany and made a life for themselves. She is exceptional because she comes from a people who do not blame others for our problems, rather, we work to make our lives better. We love knowledge and life and we yearn for light even during the darkest times.
I teach my daughter to be exceptional — not because others are less — but because God created each of us to be exceptional.
Candace, you can choose to teach your son that your problems are because of the Jew. I choose to teach my children that their exceptionalism can bring light into the world.
Candace, you quoted the Lubavitcher Rebbi Schneerson to support your nonsense Jewish Supremacist claim, so I’ll end by paraphrasing the Rabbi:
The reason God created all man from a single being is so that all people will know that they descended from the one and same single progenitor, a fully developed human being created in the image of God, so that no human being could claim superior ancestral origin. Thus, we can cultivate a real feeling of kinship in all inter-human relationships.
Shabbat Shalom to all peace-loving people,
Eli
ELI ALBRECHT is a Partner at Albrecht Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, based in Washington, D.C.
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