Universal indoor plumbing (in the 19th century, few Yidden had it)
Antibiotics (a century ago, strep left you sick for months, and was often fatal)
Maternal and infant mortality are rare
Sefarim are cheaper, more available, and easier to read
Ability to walk down the street with a kippa and not get attacked (at least in the USA)
Hecksherim (Ingredient kosher is what people used to do in the past)
Most jobs (and almost all universities and career) are open to frum Jews (even if openly frum)
Genocide is considered illegal (even against us)
Antisemitism is disreputable (anyone saying something anti-Jewish has to explain he didn’t mean it)
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