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Yesterday, a terrorist incident rocked Boulder, Colorado—the city where I live, where my two college-aged kids go to school, where my people walk, work, and worship. Thankfully, my kids weren’t there. Not because of a lucky break. Because they’re in Israel. And you know what’s insane?
They’re safer in Tel Aviv than they are on their American college campus.
Let that sink in.
I’m not writing today as a coach or therapist. Not even as a rabbi—though I was one for many years. I’m writing as a man, a Jew, an Israeli, an American, and a father. I’m writing on the day of Shavuot—a holiday about receiving wisdom, truth, and the moral law—and I’ve got some Torah for you.
Not from a scroll. From the streets.
And the Torah is this:
We are not okay.
You might be physically fine. Maybe your friends and family are too. But if you’re a Jew in America right now—or someone who gives a damn about decency—then no, you are not okay.
And you shouldn’t be.
Jew Hatred—Call It What It Is
Stop calling it anti-Semitism. That word’s been whitewashed.
Call it what it is: Jew hatred.
It’s crawling across college campuses, bleeding into media, politics, social justice circles—places Jews once called home. And now? Many feel exiled from those same places by the silence or betrayal of allies who once claimed solidarity.
Here’s the truth: if you’re still trying to nuance this moment, to contextualize chants like “From the river to the sea” or the glorification of intifada, you’ve already lost the moral plot.
I lived in Israel during the second intifada. Buses exploded. Bodies were buried.
These words are not theoretical. They are lethal.
Viktor Frankl Was Right: There Are Only Two Races
My teacher Viktor Frankl survived the Holocaust and saw humanity at its worst. And still, he said:
“There are only two races—the decent and the indecent.”
I don’t care about your religion, your politics, your pronouns, or your party.
If you’re decent, welcome to the team.
But decency isn’t a feeling—it’s a behavior.
It’s not just thinking good thoughts.
It’s standing up, speaking out, and doing the damn work.
And silence?
Silence is indecent. Period.
This Is the Time for Loud and Proud
So yeah, I wear my pro-Israel shirts loud and proud.
I don’t wear a yarmulke anymore, but my son does. And no, he will not be taking it off.
Maybe it’s time for all of us, in solidarity, to wear one!
To anyone who says Jews should keep their heads down, I say:
Fuck that.
Now is the time to rise.
Now is the time to be louder, prouder, more defiant than ever.
When Sbarro’s pizza in Jerusalem was bombed, Israelis reopened it the next day.
That’s what defiance looks like.
That’s what resilience looks like.
That’s what Jewish survival looks like.
Get Armed—With Knowledge and More
Every Jew should be armed—legally, responsibly, and mentally.
Most Jews I know can’t even argue for Israel because they don’t know enough. That has to change.
- Read Douglas Murray’s book on October 7th: On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization
- Listen to Bari Weiss’ podcast Honestly.
- Listen to Dan Senor’s Call Me Back podcast.
- Get trained on firearms.
- Learn Krav Maga.
- Educate your kids.
I indoctrinate my son on the way to school every morning.
Not with hate—with history, truth, and strength. And he is 100% of inoculated from the lies and ready to get into the fight when the day comes.
And yeah, I believe in physical defense too.
There should’ve been someone armed at that event in Boulder.
Today, there is. Israelis are now guarding Boulder synagogues.
We will not be sheep.
Go to Israel. Don’t Cancel. Double Down.
Above all else—go to Israel.
Cancel your damn trip to Hawaii if you have to, but don’t cancel Israel.
Go. See the truth with your own eyes.
Now is the time to walk those streets.
To swim in those waters.
To speak with the people—Arabs, Muslims, Christians, Bedouins, Druze, and Jews—and hear the reality firsthand.
Because what you’ll find isn’t apartheid.
It’s coexistence. It’s complexity. It’s humanity.
And it’s a reality most critics couldn’t survive for one day—much less understand.
Decent or Indecent — Pick One
If you’re still sitting on the sidelines, still equivocating, still trying to thread the needle between good and evil—wake the hell up.
The world doesn’t need more well-meaning moderates.
It needs warriors of decency.
And if that’s you?
Then speak up. Show up. Stand up.
And if it’s not?
Well, we ain’t hiding.
The Covenant Still Stands
In fact—we’re coming.
Louder. Prouder. Armed with truth, history, and the fire of generations that refused to be erased.
Go ahead—curse us, boycott us, gaslight us, cancel us.
History has receipts.
Every empire that’s tried to erase us? Gone.
Egypt. Babylon. Rome. Nazi Germany. Hamas—coming soon.
We don’t just survive.
We return. We rebuild. We rise.
Because the covenant still stands:
“I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you.”
— Genesis 12:3
And to those who bless the Jewish people, who stand with Israel, who speak up while the rest stay silent:
You’re not just on the right side of history.
You’re on the right side of eternity.
And one way or another…
Only the decent will remain standing.
Baruch “B” HaLevi
Co-founder, Man UPrising
