Who Has the Final laugh?

A thought on the current crisis in India and on anti-Semitism in general.

Big bad Og was having a good time teasing the crowd.
Isaac, the miraculous baby born to his parents in their old age after years of infertility, was growing up, and his father decided to throw a party.
From far and wide, people came to witness the miracle and pay their respects to a most prestigious leader.
Amongst the guests sat Og, a mighty giant and powerful king – and a vicious anti-Semite who was jealous of all the honor bestowed upon Abraham.
“Ha!” he turned to the crowd and roared, “What are all of you gushing about? If I wish, I can smother this kid with my finger; he’s a nothing!”
At that moment, On High, G-d laughed and declared: “We’ll see who smothers whom! In a few years, you will fall in the hands of the descendants of this frail child.”
And so it was. Hundreds of years later, as the Jews crossed the desert towards the Holy Land, the mighty giant fell into the hands of Moses, grandchild of Isaac.
This tale of old is the story of our history.
“Ha!” cried Pharaoh.
“Ha!” screamed Nebuchadnezzar as he tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
“Ha!” declared Titus, as he put an idol in the Holy Temple.
“Ha!” announced Torquemada, as yet another Morrano was burned at the auto-de-fe.
“Ha!” bellowed Stalin, as another Shul was closed, another Rabbi sent to the firing squad.
“Ha!” yelled Hitler.
“Ha!” jeers Ahmadinejd and the terrorists all over the world.
“Ha!” called the enemies of Israel for thousands of years.
“Ha!” cries secularism, “you devotees don’t stand a chance in a sophisticated materialistic society!”
All along, we have heard the laughs, as the gas was poured into the gas chambers, and as another bus blew up.
But in the Heavens a greater laugh is heard, its echo reverberating throughout the darkness – for only G-d can know and see the truth and future. Ha! Whose name is remembered only through the textbooks, and who has managed to survive all the ‘Ha’s, and live on forever? WHO? WHO? WHO?
And here on earth laughs the Jew, as he devotedly keeps the tradition alive, never swayed by the jeers and teases. Ha! Just look how society crumbles without religion and morals.
In india, Israel, USA, Europe and all over the world, the Jew cries with a great sense of pride the historically proven phenomenon:
Am Yisroel Chai!