The ‘Are we there yet?’ mentality

The ‘Are we there yet?’ mentality

Nobody expects an oak tree to grow in a year. Farmers do not dig up crops every fortnight to check whether the roots are growing. We understand instinctively that some things take time. They require patient investment and consistent care, sometimes for years before anyone notices the results. Yet when it comes to how the Jewish community responds to antisemitism, we seem to abandon this intuition entirely. Every year, we ask whether our advocacy…