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I was walking home with a friend on Motzai Yom Kippur and we heard a group of Hispanic boys/men coming up towards us. We quickly crossed the street, but were still nervous. What comforted us was the fact that two Jewish men were standing outside talking.
My sister was walking home from a friend’s house and it was dark outside. She was being bothered by a group of non-Jewish teenagers. But when she told us the story she said she saw a Jewish boy walking and felt safer.
That I think is how to help everyone get along. Instead of judging them because they are different from you think that if you were scared/nervous in a not such great place and you saw them would you feel comforted that they would help you.
And visa versa, if you saw this Jew in need of help (and I’m not talking financial or whatever. You are just walking by and see a problem) would you go help? Would it matter if he was wearing a streimal, black hat or baseball cap? I don’t think so.
And remember, Hitler yimach Sh’mo, didn’t care if you were Chasidish, Litvish, MO… and neither do any non-Jew, they just see us as Jews with no labels. We should also see everyone as Jews.