Seeing Myself in "The Jewish-Americans"

I do not see why anyone like to be like anyone especially when it's concern religion I came here living in the blessed us of A I worked with jews in my line of work an agency sent a black lady to work with a jew elderly she screamed why yhey send her a black person I would not mind to be Oprah Angelina Jolie Brad Pitt because I see heaven in them I do not care about religion the question can you love anyone anybody I do not care about their sins can you love somebody unconditionally that is what GOD describes as religion I grew up in the world of hate I understand why because I grew up in voodoo witchcraft that is worshipping souls my dad bought from satan to work demonic works but reside here in America love of the real American inspired me I am not even a citizen I cannot wait to be I am proud to tell someone I am an American hopefully they'll think of a poor Oprah when they look at me and my work as a black humanbeing so look at your heart pray for repentance take an honest look and pray GOD change me and be proud to be a real American besides being an authentic American I do not want to be no other country nothing just American that is enough for me thank you

We must remeber that the Isralites were brought to the land of Goshen, as a first line of defence for Egypt. And so they raised their flocks and practiced as a light infintry, loyal to Egypt. So they got cofortible their. UNTIL

Germany was the only country in Europe without a national religion.
So the jews were welcome. Two thirds of the Reichstag were Jews. And so they prospered there. They even joined the german military in time of war and gave of themselves. The morning after chryshtal nacht the Jewish men paraded in the streets wearing their medals. They had become comfortible UNTIL

The United States accepts allcreeds, colors and faiths. I was born here, went to collage here, served in our Marine Corp. here, married and raised a family here, went into business and prospered here.
I too am very comfotible here.
But I have learned that the morning after chryshtal nacht I will not be waiting for anyone to buirn the Reichstag. I will take my family and we will be out of here, and on our way to Israel.
I know how to recgnise "UNTIL"

I watched the first episode of Jewish Americans last night, and enjoyed it throughly. My overwhelming reaction was one of pride in the struggles and accomplishment of all my American Jewish predecessors. I also felt a twinge of sadness for what we have lost as we have assimilated. The Yiddish theater section was pretty thrilling for me too - I would love to see a documentary just on that, and/or on the music of the Yiddish theater, which was pretty wonderful stuff. In any case, I'm looking forward to the two remaining episodes.

To the gentleman who reminds us of the "until," I'm not so naive as to think it could never happen here, but I think it unlikely. One minor correction is that I'm pretty sure that Jews never made up two thirds of the Reichstag. Germany was relatively accepting, but never that much. It is true Jewish influence and accomplishment in Germany at its prewar peak was far greater than Jewish numbers would explain. In that sense German Jewry was similar to American Jewry.

That said, there are a lot of differences between then and there and here and now. For one thing, Germany had a long and very deeply rooted history of anti-semitism, going back at least as far as the crusades, one of which started off with widescale massacres of Jews across the Rhineland. Four centuries later other spasms of antisemitism during the Protestant Reformation sent us east into Poland, where we were initially more welcome. Not for nothing was Germany the home of the Passion Play. After emancipation of the Jews in the 19th century, the swift rise of German Jews was met with an equally striking intensification of anti-semitism, culminating in the "until." Even then it took a combination of Germany's WWI humiliation and defeat and the worst Depression of the modern era to bring the Nazis to power.

Anti-semitism in America has occasionally been nasty, but it has never been as virulent as it could get in Germany, and it wasn't and isn't nearly as deeply rooted or widespread here. Moreover, Jews in Germany were a very small other in a society that was otherwise ethnically very homogenous. In contrast, in America almost everybody is an other. Although we have a long history of ethnic clashes and discrimination, it is far outweighed by our tradition of tolerance of difference and our undertsanding of assimilation. The entire history of the US is marked by successive waves of immigrant others gradually becoming part of the American whole. These things are completely alien to anything the Germans would have experienced or understood, at least at any time before WW II. In a country as diverse as this, it's extremely difficult to single out the Jews as the other most in need of extinction. So while I agree that we should be watchful, I'm not really too worried.

I don't know any place on this site ti ask a question. Is there any particular onr necessary attire to be worn to synagogue? My opinion is NO. You are attending services to pray not to arttend a fashion show. We live in Florida and some attendees have worn shorts to services. It is now not permitted. WHY?

Any responses with explanations and opinions will be greatly appreciated

mred163@hotmail.com

With regard to the percentage of Jews in the reichstag, refer to "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
You apparently live along the east coast of Florida. One of several Jewish ghettos. Move inland where the consentration of Jews and their inflence is not so great. There are still many goyim who believe we have horns and a tail.
Both in Germany and the US the anti-semitizm came from the people.
It was not gouvernment sponsored as in the "pagrums of Eastern Europe. or the Inquisition of Spain, Etc.
When you see grafeetee painted on walls in Brooklyn(with the largest consentration of Jews in America) that say "save oil burn a Jew" you know it is live and well among the people. Antisemitizm has a long history in every country in the world.
It is only more stelthy here since the creation of Israel.