A homeless man, a bum with a razor blade, was in an elevator in Williamsburg and he gashed a Jew’s face and took away his wallet.
So the Williamsburg Jews are not fools. They couldn’t appeal to the police; the police wouldn’t do anything. [Note from MR: Especially now, with public opinion so irrationally anti-police, this rabid public opinion has influenced the police to be less effective.]
So one of the Jews who saw what happened ran after this homeless man and while he was running he called for help. “Chaptzem! Catch him!” He put out the Williamsburg call for reinforcements.
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So how did the good friends of the Jewish people report it in the New York Times?
Headline: Homeless Man Attacked By Hassidic Mob. You know what that means, right?
[The rav proceeds to describe the lie:] An innocent homeless man walking in the street with no place to go, probably just looking to do a good deed, and the hassidic mob rushed out of their houses and made a riot; for no reason they attacked the poor honorable fellow.
That’s always how it is for the anti-Semites – when Jews defend themselves, it’s called a riot.
The New York Times doesn't like that Jews should make "pogroms" – they prefer it the other way around.
But it’s not only the Times.
When the Jews in Eretz Yisroel fought back against the Arabs who attacked them, so when the Jews won the war, they gained many enemies at that time.
Now, I’m no patriot for Medinas Yisroel but if the Arabs are coming to kill, the Jews shouldn’t defend themselves?
The gentiles don’t think so.
The U.N. makes a special meeting about the problem, a special declaration against Medinas Yisroel.
All over the world, all the goyim hated the Jews because they won the war.
Because that’s the way of the world.
When Jews are killed, chas veshalom, so the goyim, even the good goyim, don't mind it much. But when Jews kill goyim [purely in self-defense], all the goyim are hurt very much.
And that’s why after Purim the Jews gained more sonim [enemies] than before.
Even Achashveirosh, although he was friendly to Esther...He thought like a New York Times writer; it hurt him that they killed the goyim [MR: though it was purely self-defense against genocide at the level of the Holocaust].
Now, chalilah, had they killed the Jews, Achashveirosh wouldn’t have said anything.
Killing too many Jews? He wouldn’t say a word.
But if Jews kill goyim – in self-defense – that’s a tragedy.
Nothing changed after Purim.
A terrorists purposefully rams Jews with his car in Eretz Yisrael, then an Israeli soldier shoots him before the terrorist can murder maim more. And what's the headline in major newspapers? Something like this: Israeli Soldier Shoots Arab Driver.
Repulsive.
And much of the world does this, both regarding a non-Israeli chassidish group (as portrayed in the first example) or regarding Israel and Jewish Israelis.
There are beneficial (albeit painful) reasons why Hashem set things up this way.
But to at least acknowledge this exists and see how "solutions" like assimilation or establishing a military and a government headed by anti-Torah Jews ever managed to remedy it.
Only a stronger, healthier, and happier connection to Hashem via Torah, tefillah, and mitzvot can both protect us and save us.
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