The Jewish people have suffered throughout history, in pandemics and elsewhere. But there is more to Jewish history than just suffering at the hands of antisemites. Learning only about the victim hood of the jews is unhealthy for many reasons, such as occasionally causing more antisemitism as well as just being ignorant.  So what we should do is try to show both sides of this history While the suffering of Jews in history is important, it is imperative that we as Jewish historians teach/learn about the prosperity as well as the suffering that was indeed all too common. 

The Arguments of this paper are incredibly strong. It is undeniable that Jewish history is all too often overly fixated on the victimhood of the jewish people, often forgetting to mention the great accomplishments of jews and how they added to various cultures. This is weaved well into this essay. It is able to do this without trivializing the suffering. The evidence is pulled from many good sources and the article brings in a good amount of Jewish history to back up many of its points. It also manages to be very concise and not too hard to read, both important tools in getting the message across. All of that said, this article has its weaknesses. It tries to connect the Jewish historical stuff to the current pandemic, and it only works part of the time and doesn’t connect all that fluidly to the main arguments of the piece. That is the only real major weakness of the article. Unfortunately, this weakness is highlighted by the fact that the title of the thing mentions the pandemic. To a degree, it almost seems clickbaity, as people are potentially more likely to read an article that touches on major current events and connects the past to the present rather than an article on the validity of how to look at the past.