As a Jewish child, I was taught every year about the significance of Passover. I was taught about the Jews’ 210 years of slavery in Egypt, the burning bush, Moses demanding that Pharaoh let the Jewish people go, the ten plagues, the Jews eventual freedom. This story was taught to show us that Passover is a time of celebration because we were once slaves, but are now free. But if we are truly free, why does it seem like most of my fellow Jews have forgotten that fact?
I’m a proud Jewish, Zionist student on a North American college campus in the 21st century, yet I sense a feeling of apathy, lethargy, and indolence among my fellow Jewish college students. The fact is that there are groups on college campuses that spread lies and misinformation about the Jewish State of Israel, groups that demonize her and make it seem like the Jewish State is the biggest international criminal and violator of human rights the world has ever known. Yet, most college students that should care and that I expect to be in my corner when I need them, just turn a blind eye and go on their way.