Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community 
The greatest lie that conservatives tell themselves is that “the desire for freedom resides in every human heart.” The events of this past year should have taught us that there are those in the bureaucracy who enjoy the power and attention they have garnered and will refuse to relinquish it.
President John F. Kennedy once said: “Victory has a thousand fathers. Defeat is an orphan.” Human nature is to claim more than our fair share of credit when things go well, while avoiding responsibility for our failures.
New York Senator Charles Schumer is probably the most cunning politician in the Senate today. I will not describe how I feel about him, however; this is a family paper. But he does have all the instincts necessary for political survival, even if he has very few core values.
Get the vaccine. By sheer statistics alone, it’s safer to be vaccinated than unvaccinated.
With that out of the way - make your own choices. If you choose to get a vaccine, that’s all you can do and don’t worry anymore. If you choose not to, you’ll live with the consequences of that decision.
On Monday, Vermont-based ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s decided to take their leftist ideology to the next level by pulling their products from “Occupied Palestinian Territories.” This move comes directly from the left-wing playbook on the Palestinian people, which is not about helping them, but rather attempting to hurt the Jews.
Last Sunday, thousands rallied in front of the US Capitol against rising anti-Semitism in solidarity with the Jewish people. In Queens, we have in the last few months witnessed violent acts of hate against Jewish people on our streets, synagogues defaced with swastikas, and candidates for local public office calling for the elimination of Israel while demonizing Jewish people for supporting the Jewish state. As Americans, this upsurge of anti-Semitism across the ideological and partisan divide should deeply trouble us all. It’s what led me to visit Germany to further educate myself about Holocaust history and this new anti-Semitism.
