Aron Moss
Question: After yet another antisemitic attack in Sydney, are you scared?
Response: Yes, I am very scared. I'm scared I will lose my job. My position is threatened, all because of the antisemites.
A rabbi's job is to inspire Jews to connect to their Jewishness. But antisemites are doing that for me. I don't know if I'm needed anymore.
Attempts to terrorise the Jewish community are having a profound effect. But not the intended one. They want us to cower and hide. But we are getting bolder and prouder. They want us to retreat. But we are stepping up.
The Jewish response to antisemitism is to become more Jewish, and we are doing just that - more Shabbat candles lit, more Tefillin wrapped, more Mezuzas going up.
A jeweller in our community has sold more Star of David necklaces in the last year than he did in the last decade. His marketing didn't work. Antisemitism did.
I have seen people at Shabbat services who never came before. I couldn't bring them to shul. The antisemites did.
Antisemites, take note. We are not intimidated by you. We are not scared of you. You can't weaken us, you will just make us stronger. You make Jews more Jewish. You sell Star of David jewellery. And you help us rabbis do our job.
