Where the Arabs warn you
The Chabad shaliach in Frankfurt was stabbed a few days ago. Quite minor injury compared to what I had by all accounts, but the world news is buzzing with it. I had an Arab stop me today for a very unusual reason, warning me to take my kippa off before I got stabbed as well. I thanked him for his concern.
This attack is all I prayed after I was stabbed that my attack would not be. It is free propaganda for those who say Jews should not live in Europe- certainly not frum Jews, certainly not frum Jews who won't compromise on things like wearing a kippa. When I was attacked my worry was it would become a "Jerusalem is dangerous" argument... those fears were unfounded since the media basically ignored it because it was politically inconvenient for Netanyahu to have terrorist stabbings taking place at the time. I got significantly more press coverage from falling off a mountain, again for bad propaganda reasons- in that case that non-professionals shouldn't climb mountains alone.
This seriously sucks, that people use one's misfortunes as cautionary tales teaching lessons you oppose. It's like they gloat at your misfortune- see, that's why we shouldn't be like Daniel. One more good reason that if any Arab tries to stab me it's him not me who has to end up in hospital. Otherwise NOBODY will ever wear a kippa again in this city for the next few years at least.
This attack is all I prayed after I was stabbed that my attack would not be. It is free propaganda for those who say Jews should not live in Europe- certainly not frum Jews, certainly not frum Jews who won't compromise on things like wearing a kippa. When I was attacked my worry was it would become a "Jerusalem is dangerous" argument... those fears were unfounded since the media basically ignored it because it was politically inconvenient for Netanyahu to have terrorist stabbings taking place at the time. I got significantly more press coverage from falling off a mountain, again for bad propaganda reasons- in that case that non-professionals shouldn't climb mountains alone.
This seriously sucks, that people use one's misfortunes as cautionary tales teaching lessons you oppose. It's like they gloat at your misfortune- see, that's why we shouldn't be like Daniel. One more good reason that if any Arab tries to stab me it's him not me who has to end up in hospital. Otherwise NOBODY will ever wear a kippa again in this city for the next few years at least.