My friend that was very nice of you to post this. Just this morning I was saying to my daughter that we jews almost had it “spiritually better off” when we were hated despised and known as the dirty jews in European Shtetls.
My daughter responded that they learnt that we have to beware of Esav as in last weeks parsha. It refers to him as Esav, Esav my brother. He may come to us and be scary as Esav, but he is even more threatening to our identity when we receive him as Esav the brother.