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I am a relatively uneducated middle aged man of Jewish and Christian parents. When I was a young boy growing up in a small town in Canada I had no idea what a Jew was until one day at the age of 12 years old, my friend from the neighborhood, called be a “Dirty Jew” I ran home to ask my father what a dirty Jew was. From that time on I have made it my business to find this out. When I was 17 (1967) I went to Israel, on the second day of war. I stayed for a year and saw a magnificent bunch of men and women working and fighting for their own existence. I’ve come to the conclusion we are a pretty good bunch who have contributed so much from so few. Did you know that Jews, a small minority in this country, made major contributions to the cultural, scientific, political, and economic life of the United States that is disproportionate to any other minority. For example, 37% of all United States Nobel Prize winners in the 20th century were Jewish. I also remember my grade 9 history teacher’s first class. He in fact was a black man. He wrote in big letters on the blackboard. THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN THEIR HISTORY ARE SURELY DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. We Jews have from the time of recorded history, for some reason, become the targets of racism and hate. Those of you out there who do not see the possible danger signs need to start watching the History channel more often. If what you hear from the Black community these days is not alarming to you, then like my history teacher once said. You are doomed to repeat it. I know the majority of men and women in the black community are outstanding citizens, but you know, to be quite frank, there are just too many who are not. It is time for true leaders in the black community to stand up and provide the leadership required for the black community to rise to their true potential and just stop laying blame where it should not be. In the meantime I am truly on edge and always remember what my adopted Israeli father told me when I was leaving for home in the US. Remember he said, you can always come back to Israel when the world turns upon us again. At least this time you can fight like and die like a man.