A new Jew emerged. This “new” Jew no longer apologizes for his identity nor is silent about it but rather happily asserts it. I was no longer just a Jew thankful for being “tolerated” in the goyim’s land. Nor was I merely a survivor, but a Jew who was grateful for my birthright, a gift from G-d that needed no apology.

A reawakened, distinct Jewish identity --- old, yet new --- leaped across the space of 2,000 years and connected my identity with that of our people before the great dispersion, before the consciousness of national sovereignty was obliterated --- the sovereign Jew. Like two severed wire-ends the old and the new identity were reconnected, creating an uninterrupted memory of Jewish sovereignty within my consciousness, in a instantaneous fulfillment of Isaiah 54:4:

“... for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.”

In the twinkling of an eye   I ceased to be a “galut” Jew. My neck was loosed from the bonds of captivity with which the Gentiles had bound us and bent us. I stood cleansed from all their mire, the lies and accusations²⁰. I, a sovereign Jew, stood ready to claim the heritage of my birthright. Not only was this my right, but I owed it to G-d and to my people, to my family and myself to walk in fulfillment of our national, and personal destinies.

Neither Spain, nor Holland, nor Germany, nor any nation among whom my family had lived could claim my loyalty. No longer was I a German first, or an American first, and only secondly, by sheer misfortune, also a Jew. When Zion laid in ruins we owed loyalty and faithful service to the people among whom we lived in exile. Now that Israel stands anew our loyalty is toward the restoration and defense of her land and people, the Ingathering and the fulfillment of our destiny.

This is the work of G-d - Whose Spirit imparted this sovereign identity in our consciousness - Who alone could span 2,000 years of exile as if they had never been²¹. He has not performed this miracle in the consciousness of most Gentiles. He has not skipped the Jewish exile in their memory.

The promise of Israel’s restoration is unconditional. The promise of the Gentiles’ inclusion in the commonwealth of Israel is not. Since the rebirth of the Jewish nation it is largely dependent upon their attitude toward and their treatment of Israel.

For it is utterly impossible to love the King but hate His people; and to give His own Land and City for a possession to those who hate both Him and His people.