“No wonder Jews in this generation have no sense of themselves as Jews, the world out there has no sense of themselves as humans.

How can a Jew – an intellectual Jew – who is grappling with the question of whether he’s human or animal – what relevance can it possibly have to him whether he’s Jewish or non-Jewish? How can that possibly be meaningful?

That’s Amalek*”

 - Rabbi Akiva Tatz, Purim & Sin of Adam (Festivals III), www.simpletoremember.com

*Amalek, an ancient tribe whose sole purpose in life and reason for existence is the total and utter nonexistence of the Hebrew nation and its Torah – even if the effort is for themselves harmful or even suicidal. It is therefore Divinely mandated that Jews wipe out this tribe as they endanger the spiritual growth of all of mankind through the values found within the Torah – values that have increasingly informed the moral compass of man for thousands of years. Since the admixture of nations during the time of Sennacharib/Sancherib, it is impossible to point out the tribe as a whole, in isolation from others. However, there are some who say that anyone, or any group, that nominates itself for, or encourages others towards the annihilation of the Jewish people (e.g. wiping them into the Mediterranean Sea, etc) identifies themselves as a branch of Amalek and paint themselves as targets