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Don’t get swallowed by the world around you.

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Hillel Eisenberg

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The hardest and saddest part of Gullis isn't the suffering. It's not the bloodshed. It's not the wars. It's not the poverty. All of that happened. Sure. But the real tragedy is that now when some Jews wake up and look in the mirror, they see an American who happens to be Jewish [music] and not a Jew who happens to be an American. They see a Canadian or an Englishman or an Israeli who happens to be Jewish and not a Jew who happens to be a citizen of that [music] particular country. That's the real pain of exile. Because that's what happens [music] when we start measuring ourselves by the world around us. We start chasing what everyone else chases, [music] the culture, the celebrities, the sports, the politics. We start thinking that's who we are. [music] And we forget the fire inside of us. The part that's been burning for thousands of years, the spark that survived exile and persecution and destruction and wandering and still says, "I am a Jew and I have something to give this world.