Question

I have a question about racism toward gentiles. I’m not talking about our attitude toward gentiles, but rather about the fact that we were privileged and they were not. “Who chose us … and gave us His Torah,” “Who has not made me a gentile” — we are happy that we were born Jews. (And even though any gentile can convert, if we say that being Jewish is not just a technical matter but something of the soul, then someone who from the outset did not have a Jewish soul would not really have been suited to convert.) And I also know that everything is organic and we are all really part of the same unity. But still, is it “fair” that they do not have the privilege of being Jewish? That they do not receive the “plus” that we receive? In the end, explanations can be given, but isn’t it still a reasonable feeling of deprivation, of “Why did they get it while I did not?” And even if he is happy with his gentile identity because it suits him, still, if he were Jewish then surely his joy would be more complete — because if not, why would it matter to me whether I was born Jewish or gentile? After all, in the end I am happy that I am Jewish because I know there is added value in it. So isn’t there a kind of deprivation here?