With all the various attacks on Jews recently I've been thinking about the real growing risks of anti semitism in the US and around the world.
After the Pittsburgh shooting I really started thinking... Will there be this one event or one moment when I'll feel like it's time to get out of here. I started wondering if we were watching the beginning events that we'd one day look back on as signs it was time to go.
I hope not but of course with all our history and as a Jew I can't put those thoughts out of my head completely.
Sitting in the airport in Frankfurt right now I popped my head up to the News and saw the following:
"Hate Speech, Anti-Semitism surging in Germany"
I hear about anti semitism across the globe on a daily basis lately. But seeing this, about Germany specifically- while I also happen to be sitting in this country, really gave me this very uneasy feeling deep inside my gut.
And I'm not sitting here scared that anything is going to happen to me. Anyone who has passed through Frankfurt airport knows most people are super friendly. I happen to fly Lufthansa a lot and my German seat mates are always good company.
But I can't ignore that feeling deep down.
A few minutes later I looked up and saw the following headline "Anti Semitic hate crimes surge in the US" and kind of just rolled my eyes at it all.
But still, in the back of my head, I keep wondering. - Will I know when it's time to leave?