The Jews Could Never Repay Charlie Kirk For all His Grace
We gave him love and appreciation, but compared to all the attacks he stood against, for the what he gave us, it seems not enough.
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Few people in the world have earned as great a debt from the Jewish people as Charlie Kirk. Vilified by both right and left for standing with Israel, he deserves nothing less than the Israel Prize. In today’s world, perhaps only Douglas Murray matched his fearless defense of the Jewish state.
A man who could speak to hearts, draw close to people, make friends out of nothing, and never compromise his positions. And the Jewish people, in such a dark and painful time, owe him something they will never be able to repay. That is what pains me, and many Jews, so deeply, we do not yet have the ability to thank him. True, we gave him love and appreciation, but compared to all the attacks he stood against, for the love he gave us, it seems not enough. It seems that for all the kindness he did for us, we will never be able to repay this smiling, gracious man properly.
This symbol of the new America embodied the American spirit in its relationship with the Jewish people and with Israel: a spirit of compassion, covenant, loyalty, and friendship. A spirit of shared destiny and steadfast solidarity. The man who sought to unite America between right and left, to find common ground between factions, helped us all to fall in love with him. There was no one on the left or the right in Israel who encountered him and did not come to love him.
It is no wonder that his videos spread through Israel like wildfire across all major social media and news platforms. Kirk was an important bridge between the Jewish and Christian worlds, part of a long healing process led by the Protestant Church in America. But Kirk was never satisfied with extending a hand; he came and fought for Israel in a hostile world where it is isolated. No wonder he is called a “Righteous Among the Nations” by so many.
The world has lost someone who could certainly have become a future president. Israel has lost a friend whose importance, influence, and eloquence will be hard to see matched in the near future. And so the world has lost a great ray of light and truth today.
Once again, Thank you Charlie James Kirk, May your soul lay in heaven,
May your memory be a blessing.