I think post Holocaust it had to go underground in a deep way for a while but now it has erupted again. There is some viral strain in, well first it was in European DNA and now I'm afraid it's very much in world, not in world DNA. The leaders of Europe are overtly and for the most part, you know, covertly also opponents of anti-Semitic in some very significant ways. So that's what I would say in a nutshell. Next question. Tyler Perry: Is there something Jewish about being alarmed or not about what's perceived to be the Trump agenda?
Named one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi David Wolpe joins Tyler in a conversation on flawed leaders, Jewish identity in the modern world, the many portrayals of David, what’s missing in rabbinical training, playing chess on the Sabbath, Srugim, Hasidic philosophy, living in Israel and of course, the durability of creation.
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