Episode 29: Light to the Nations

"Jews are the Light to the Nations!"

Everyone quotes it. Rabbis quote it, presidents quote it, Christian pastors quote it, and every Jew who wants to apologize for Israel quotes it. "Be a light to the nations." And almost all of them get it wrong.

They think it means the Jew should be scattered over the face of the earth, one candle in New York, one in London, one in Paris, one in Buenos Aires, each glowing politely in the window of a Gentile home.

They think the light is the mission of the Diaspora.

They think exile is the job.

It isn't.