Why do you still have people celebrating “The Genius of
Judaism” when it is evident that since the beginning of recorded history, this
so-called genius has brought nothing but calamity to the people that embraced
it?
We can begin to answer this question by studying the article
which came under the title: “Jews, Be Wary of Trump,” written by Bernard-Henri
Lévy, and published on January 19, 2017 in the New York Times. Incidentally,
Lévy is also the author of the recent work: “The Genius of Judaism.”
Our study can also be enhanced by contrasting Lévy's current
article against one that was published a day earlier in the same New York
Times. It came under the title: “Israel as the lights Go out,” and was written
by the Times own columnist Roger Cohen.
There is much to look at in Lévy's 1,550-words article, but
the point to be made for the purpose of this discussion, can be articulated
well enough by looking at two short passages.
The first is this: “There is a law that governs the
relations between the Jews and the rest of the world … 'love of the Jewish
people' … This love is what's required of an American president in dealings
affecting Israel.” The second passage is the following: “That period has been
labeled populist … in this new political culture that has now encircled the
earth … to ally with that sort of 'populism' would be to betray Israel's
calling”.
These two passages define the so-called Jewish genius.
People like Bernard-Henri Lévy continue to believe that it will ultimately
bring salvation to the Jews and give them what they have been waiting for since
the beginning of time. On the other hand, it causes people like Roger Cohen to
squirm. You can see evidence of this in his article where he says: “UN
resolution 2334 infuriated Netanyahu … He seemed surprised that ignoring
Obama's veto of an earlier resolution would have consequences. Obama ran out of
patience because Israel planned more settlements while absorbing more than half
of our global military financing. Gratitude is not Netanyahu's forte”.
What do these passages demonstrate? Well, Lévy says that the
Jew is owed unconditional love because it is the law that governs the relations
between Jews and non-Jews, thus the Jew cannot be reproached for anything. That's
the law according to him. But who was it that made such law? That's no one's
business to know.
In any case, this puts the Jew above the law in the same way
that the “Dear Leader” of North Korea is above the law, for example. Come to
think of it, that's the ultimate form of populism which, according to Lévy, is
the birthright of every Jew … whether he was born a Jew or is a recent convert.
Since this law cannot be enforced on the seven billion
people who inhabit the planet, it is sufficient to make the leaders of
jurisdictions love the Jews and Israel unconditionally. But the masses must be
made aware of this state of affairs and so, the leaders must initiate
legislation that will impose the will of the Jews on the masses.
For example, people like Nikki Haley who used to be governor
of an American jurisdiction, has expressed her pride in the fact that she was
the first to sign anti-BDS legislation, penalizing the citizens of her state
for not loving Israel enough to buy products made by slave labor under Jewish
military rule.
This being the reality of life in America today, you can
imagine that someone like Netanyahu would not want to express gratitude just
because America is giving him more than half of what it spends on global
military financing. If anything, he expects to be loved and thanked for taking
the aid.
And here is the crucial point: When non-Jewish leaders, such
as Donald Trump, manage to create a populist movement over which they preside,
they deny the Jews their birthright. This happens because the love that would
have gone to the Jews is usurped by these non-Jews. And that's what is
upsetting Lévy.
Given that this “political culture has now encircled the
earth,” Lévy is upset because some people “ally themselves with that sort of
populism, thus betray Israel's calling”.