The Darkness That’s Been Trying to Extinguish Us for Over 2,000 Years
“We Came to Chase Away the Darkness” – The Darkness That’s Been Trying to Extinguish Us for Over 2,000 Years
Ah, “We came to chase away the darkness”. Such a sweet, innocent Hanukkah song. Kids singing, candles glowing, the whole warm Jewish thing. But in 2026, after October 7 and yet another record year of global antisemitism, the song tastes a lot more bitter. Because the darkness never really left. It just changes costumes.
Once it wore Roman sandals and burned the Temple. Then crusader crosses. Then inquisitor robes. Then Nazi boots. Today? It shows up with TikTok accounts, campus keffiyehs, and chants of “Globalize the Intifada” while pretending it’s all about “social justice.”
2,000 Years of the Same Old Story, Now in 4K
Jews have always been the perfect “other”. Not by accident. We survived. We refused to fully assimilate. We brought light – monotheism, law, ethics, science – to a world that preferred the comfortable darkness of idols, tribes, and tyranny.
And the world? It really, really hates that.
In the Middle Ages they accused us of baking Christian blood into matzah. Today they accuse us of baking Palestinian blood into every news cycle. Same blood libel, just with better editing and viral hashtags.
According to Tel Aviv University’s Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2025, it was the deadliest year for Jews in the Diaspora in over three decades. 20 Jews murdered in four major antisemitic attacks across three continents. That includes the Hanukkah massacre on Bondi Beach in Sydney (15 killed), shootings at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C., an attack in Boulder, Colorado, and a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur.
In Britain alone – over 3,700 antisemitic incidents. In the US – thousands more, with Jewish students afraid to walk campus. Australia, France, Germany, Canada – all still way above pre-October 7 levels. The ADL Global 100 poll shows 46% of the world’s adult population (about 2.2 billion people) harbor significant antisemitic attitudes. More than double the figure from a decade ago.
Nice “progress,” humanity.
The New Darkness: Radical Islam + Woke Left = Modern Pogrom
The funniest (in the most nauseating way) part is how the darkness learned to dress up nicely for Instagram.
Once it was Nazis with jackboots. Now it’s Ivy League students with oat milk lattes waving Palestinian flags and screaming “From the river to the sea” – which, let’s be honest, means no room for Jews between the river and the sea. And if you dare call it antisemitism, they hit you with the classic: “Criticism of Israel isn’t antisemitism.” Sure. Just like medieval “criticism of Jews” was never antisemitism.
October 7 was a classic pogrom: massacre, rape, burning babies, hostages. Parts of the world celebrated. Parts said “they provoked it.” Parts stayed silent. Because Jews always have a “reason” – they’re too successful, they control things, they’re “settlers,” they’re “Zionists.” Same ancient lies, freshly repackaged.
The enlightened West? Still bowing politely. Universities that rush to condemn “Islamophobia” but can’t protect Jewish students. Politicians who lecture about “peace” while letting antisemitism explode in the name of “free speech.” Because standing up for Jews? That would be “right-wing extremism.”
But We’re Still Here. And That’s What Drives Them Crazy
More than two thousand years. Expulsions, massacres, the Holocaust, October 7, and this latest global surge – and the Jews? We build, we innovate, we laugh, we create, we fuck (with consent, obviously), and we light candles.
Israel – the one and only Jewish state – is still here, stronger than our enemies want to admit. Despite the rockets, despite the endless criticism, despite the world’s expectation that we should be the perfect quiet victim who apologizes for existing.
The darkness will keep trying to snuff us out. Because Jewish light is the light of freedom, truth, and life. And darkness hates competition.
So yes – we came to chase away the darkness. Not just with little candles. With tanks when needed. With technology. With spirit. With unapologetic Jewish life. With consensual adult fun (without death stones for women who dare enjoy it). And with a stubborn refusal to disappear.
The darkness can keep trying. It will lose. Like always.
Because in the end, our candles – even the small ones – always win. And if you don’t like it? Get used to it.
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