The Passover Haggadah has a 15 line song called “Dayenu,” which means “enough” in Hebrew. The song reviews fifteen actions that God did for the Jewish people, any one of which would have been amazing on its own. The point of the song is to recount the many fantastic blessings God gave the Jewish people so that there is no way to show proper appreciation.
Jews around the world might ponder their various actions and contributions, and wonder why they not only don’t get appreciation but scorn.
Despite Jews being instrumental in the creation of Hollywood, they were deliberately omitted from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Despite Jewish scientists creating many life-saving drugs, people accuse them of doing so only for profit.
Despite the Jewish State making tons of technological innovations that permeate everyday items and lives like smartphones, anti-Israel agitators try to promote a boycott of the country even as they use the country’s technology.
Despite Jewish philanthropists pouring billions of dollars into American universities, the school administrators allowed systemic antisemitism to take over the institutions.
Despite Jews being at the forefront of the civil rights movement, few Black leaders have come out and denounced antisemitism today.
Despite Jews allowing the Jordanian Islamic Waqf to administer the Jewish Temple Mount and continue Islamic prayer on the site, the Waqf denies Jews the basic human right to pray at their holiest site.
Despite Jews being the most targeted group of hate crimes in the US by a significant margin every year, they were never afforded protection because they are considered “white” and “privileged.”
Despite Jews having 3,700 years of history in the holy land and whose homeland is central to its religion, antisemites and university professors call them “colonizers.”
Despite Jews contributing a disproportionate amount to the entire world in regards to medicine, science, technology, and economic matters, antisemitic politicians call them “racists” and “profiteers.”
Despite the Islamic Arab armies’ invasion of Israel in 1948 and ethnically cleansing all Jews from the territories it illegally seized, Israel granted citizenship to all non-Jews including Islamic Arabs in the remaining land it ruled.
Despite Judaism not seeking to convert people around the world and believe that non-Jews go to heaven, antisemites say Jews suffer “Jewish Superiority.”
Despite Israel ceding land several times in an effort to make peace with its neighbors – which its neighbors never have – antisemites at the United Nations claim that the country is seeking to build a “Greater Israel.”
Despite Israel not wanting or starting wars, offering numerous ceasefires that were rejected, and would stop the current war immediately if terrorists surrendered themselves and the hostages, the international courts have deemed Israel’s actions a “genocide.”
Despite Jews thriving on debate and inquiry leading various intellectual and political movements across the spectrum, antisemites vilify Jews as a single shadow power attempting to control the world.
Despite Jerusalem being the center of Judaism, the United Nations passed a law making it illegal for Jews to live there.
Whereas Dayenu is a song to God that Jews appreciate every single item done on their behalf, Despite is a chilling reminder that nothing Jews do will satisfy the antisemites.
