Jewish Presence : Islamophobic

There was a parlous time not that long ago in

world history and more particularly in the troubled

history of Judaism when a national government

issued special identification badges to be worn at

all times when Jews ventured into the public sphere.

This was under a national socialist ideology that

venerated an ideal of humanity's physical perfection

and strove to create government policy to direct

citizens to the virtues of healthful living and the

sanctity of life for those privileged to be born Aryan

part of the Master Race. Jewish life resumed after

the Nazi theology of race consumed their millions

mourning their loss, accepting the world's sympathy

then returning to their ancestral Zion for security

from a sanctimonious illiberal world community

accustomed to veering from tolerance to hatred.

Now, in the Democratic bastions of nations allied

in prosperity and justice where the diaspora still

resides a new version of exceptionality has arisen

where Jews are cautioned that Islamophobia cannot

be acceptable, evidenced in visual identification on

the streets of world capitals where the very presence

and sight of Jews in habitual headgear triggers anger

and threats of violence from mobs of transplanted

Nazi conspirators eager to once again commit to the

extermination of the plague of Jews sharing their

space in a world where history is ever cyclical.