Thane Rosenbaums column in the Times of Israel. Hat tip: Itay Hod. What may become a huge immigration bonanza for Israel will be remembered, regretfully, as a colossal brain drain for all of Europe — especially France, where the largest Jewish population on the continent resides. History has not been kind to nations that have lost, exiled, or killed their Jews. Memo to Europe: Be careful what you allow to happen under your watch. It comes with a big price. Wherever Jews have lived they have brought initiative, innovation, and a general Jewish kop for making things a lot more interesting. Russia is no longer Mother Russia without its violinists, poets, and novelists. Former Soviet scientists and engineers helped pioneer the high-tech wizardry originating not from Moscow, but Tel Aviv. The Jewish Shahs in Los Angeles are a reminder to Iran of a far more valuable weapon they once had, and then lost. Syrian Jews were thankfully spared the present mass murders in their former country, and along the way they invented the designer jean industry. Polish, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian Jews left a cavernous cultural hole behind where they once lived and then proceeded to invent the American songbook, film and fashion industries — not to mention stand-up comedy. Call it the curse of the Jewless. A decline in national prosperity and cultural enrichment is in Europe’s future. Meanwhile, French restaurants will be popping up all over Tel Aviv. And Israelis will begin to dress better, too. It is a tragedy for Jews worldwide, for sure. Israel will benefit. But France will feel it the worst.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:10:31 +0000
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