About the daily stories of rising anti-Semitism, two questions.

First question: How does this current chapter compare to previous chapters? The Haggadah contains the famous passage vehei she’amdah:

This promise has stood us and our parents in good stead.

For not only has one enemy stood over us to annihilate us.

But in every generation enemies have stood over us to annihilate us.

Yet the Holy One keeps the promise to save us from their hands.

Take a look at the one-page rendering of Jewish history in the Haggadah entitled A Night to Remember. It is a timeline of Jew hatred. In what ways is the current chapter like previous chapters? In what ways is the current chapter unique? How would you compare this present moment to our long history of anti-Semitism?

Second question: What should we do about it? What is the response of Elie Wiesel in Souls on Fire? What is the response of Dara Horn in People Love Dead Jews? How do Elie Wiesel’s and Dara Horn’s responses compare? What works for you as a response?