Lesson #1: Judaism’s Concept of “Tikun Olam” and “Hakarat Hatov”
The Jewish concept of “Tikun Olam,” (repairing the world’ in Hebrew) is central to the Bible and goes all the way back to the creation of the world. At the end of creating heavens and earth and all that they contain, God created man and woman, and gave us the task of continuing the process of creation to make the world a better place. The United States has gone through a process of self-correction throughout its history, which the current America-haters do not want to discuss. The radical Left speaks of “systemic racism” in America and tears down monuments to great self-sacrificing American heroes, some of whom, like George Washington, happened to own slaves in a time when slavery still existed in most of the world. What the radical Left refuses to recognize is the remarkable ability to correct one’s actions and, preferring to ignore historical context, the radicals mercilessly attack American heroes to score political points and create chaos. In their eyes, everything that doesn’t match the radical Left narrative must be purged a la Stalin, including the symbols that represent the history of the American nation. The problem is that, like a building, a country that destroys its most cherished foundations will ultimately collapse.