“We can either live in a paranoid politically correct world frantically trying not to offend the Hitlers and Mohammeds, and blaming their victims when they kill, or we can be free men and women who have chosen to take the power to defend our rights into our own hands.

While a thousand organizations use the Holocaust as a platform for speeches about tolerance, Children Of Jewish Holocaust Survivors [Jews Can Shoot] is conducting firearms training… Freedom is not defended with empty idealism easily perverted into appeasement of evil, but with the force of arms.”

Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish blog

All too many of the other great tragedies of history - Stalin's atrocities, the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust, to name but a few - were perpetrated by armed troops against unarmed populations. Many could well have been avoided mitigated, had the perpetrators known their intended victims were equipped with a rifle and twenty bullets apiece... If a few hundred Jewish fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto could hold off the Wehrmacht for almost a month with only a handful weapons, six million Jews armed with rifles could not so easily have been herded into cattle cars.

Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Silveira v. Lockyer, 2003

Habah l'hargecha hashkem l'hargo -- "If someone is coming to kill you, rise against him and kill him first."

Commentary

Why Rabbis Must Teach the Moral Case for Jewish Self-Defense

by Doris Wise Montrose on January 13, 2026

Preserving life is the highest mitzvah—rabbis must lead the conversation on protection

The recent violent attack at a Chanukah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney is a stark reminder that Jews remain targets of lethal hatred worldwide. From synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway to the kosher market assault in Jersey City, and the surge in harassment and violence that spiked in 2018 and exploded after October 7, 2023, the pattern is unmistakable.

No Jewish community is immune. No synagogue is a sanctuary when hatred arrives armed.

Rabbis play a central role in guiding our communities, and their wisdom is invaluable. At the same time, when it comes to the safety of our people, clarity is essential. This article is not a critique of rabbis themselves, but a call for clear, direct guidance on Jewish self-defense—because history and experience show that our survival can depend on it.

In the face of this relentless threat, the guidance of our spiritual leaders is more crucial than ever.

By Doris Wise

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