Antisemitism Seems to Never Really End

This morning I had to tell my second grade daughter about how I was assaulted for being Jewish when I was 14. Because she was asking why her brother- my teenage son- had to abruptly switch schools after being attacked and branded with swastikas. She asked “do they hate us so much they would even kill us?” And I said “yes, I’m sorry but that’s the truth. And that’s why we can never stop being Jewish. Some people hate black people, some people hate Mexicans, and some people hate us”. She said “my friend at school, I think he’s Mexican, but his skin isn’t so dark, he hasn’t had any problems that I know”. I said “it doesn’t matter how dark your skin is. They hate us for what we are- I don’t know why. It doesn’t make any sense to me either- but they don’t have a reason really. So stay Jewish”.
Israel is our homeland and the only safe place when the world turns against us again as it is now.