This is why we’re not a proselytizing religion. We say, hang out for a year, are you sure you want to get into the middle of all of this?

Yes, many of the barriers and restrictions have come down. I hear tell that Jewish guys are in big demand on dating sites. But the ‘otherness’ never fully goes away. One always hears the code words—whether on the right, or the new one that seems to originate from the left, ‘Israel Firster’. But that’s just a riff on the dual loyalty charge, or the Jews (Israel) is exerting some magical influence on the US government. Riffs on an age old charge.

The country always seems to have a Big Bad Jew, or several. Some actually earn the title—the Rosenbergs, the Madoffs. Some earn the title by becoming the elephant Jew in the room, such as Hollywood in the studio era, which sparked the activities of HUAC after WWII. But that means the momentum was gathering years before the end of the war. It looks like Sheldon Adelson is moving into this role, as George Soros has lost his luster.

I mean, I hear what you’re saying, about things being hinky. Let’s take another look at this after the election, for a better measurement. I think the right is going to be clobbered, and that is definitely going to change the discourse. And if I’m wrong, then we’ve still got a lot to go over, but it will be different.