Antisemitism is rising like a global tsunami, and the real answer isn’t comfort in exile — it’s Jewish sovereignty, Jewish power, and Jewish return to our homeland.
I love Chabad, revere the Rebbe zt”l, and honor the generations of shlichim who’ve inspired Jewish souls worldwide. But I must push back — hard — on Rabbi Anchelle Perl’s recent critique of Hillel Fuld’s viral warning about the tsunami of Jew-hating antisemitism now engulfing the West.
It’s noble to speak of light and redemption. But it is dangerous — fatally dangerous — to ignore the darkness when it is actively trying to consume us. Fuld is not spreading fear. He’s sounding the alarm that too many Jews refuse to hear.
We are living through the worst wave of Jew-hatred since the 1930s — but unlike then, it is global, digital, and mainstream. What began as whispered blood libels now trends on TikTok, is dressed in the language of human rights, and is weaponized to justify murder, rape, and the erasure of the Jewish people. This is not a passing storm. It is a Soviet-engineered propaganda war masquerading as a cause called “Palestine,” designed to delegitimize Jewish existence.
But here’s what makes today worse than the 1930s: This time, we have a State of Israel, an open gate to our homeland — and yet millions of Jews still cling to exile, convinced the West will save them. It won’t.
Israel is the natural habitat of the Jew — not just a refuge from antisemitism but the answer to assimilation. In New York, London, or Paris, Jewish pride is an act of resistance. In Israel, Jewish pride is the air you breathe. It is effortless, unshakable, and rooted in sovereignty.
We don’t stop genocidal jihad with public menorahs. We stop it with Jewish power, Jewish sovereignty, and Jewish leadership — from Beit El to Hebron, from Gaza to the Temple Mount.
This is not about waiting passively for Moshiach. It’s about bringing Moshiach — through action, return, and national revival. The Torah and the Prophets are clear: our destiny is not to survive in exile but to rebuild our nation in our land.
Rabbis, stop steering the ship of exile as if that’s the destination. It’s time to dock it in Jerusalem. Inspire your communities to not only live proudly as Jews but to come home — to build, to lead, to fulfill the mission Hashem gave us.
This is the moment. The gates are open. The choice is clear. We can lead from Jerusalem — or be led to slaughter in exile.
Am Yisrael Chai.
