Satmar Was Right, Proof from Heaven

They call it the Star of David even though there is no known connection to David the King. In fact, the Star of David appears to be of recent origin - 19th century - at least as far as Jews go, other than one ancient synagogue and one grave. The symbol does appear in much earlier occult and Hindu artifacts and on churches. Given the Torah prohibitions against idolatry and the use of stars as one of the earliest forms of idolatry, the star does seem an unlikely symbol for Jewry. It came only to be one after the Zionist movement adopted it as a symbol at the First Zionist Congress.

Thus, it seems odd that the Nazis would choose the star as a clothing patch to identify Jews or graffiti to identify Jewish businesses. It's odd until we note that the Satmar Rebbe blamed the Holocaust on Zionism. As many gadolim have noted, Zionism is just an extension of the haskalah. The haskalah decimated 19th century Jewry and Zionism decimated 20th century Jewry. Was the Nazi use of the star a sign from heaven that the Satmar Rebbe's analysis was correct? We are told at the end of Koheles: "For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil." And we are told in Pirkei Avos: Rabbi Yochanan the son of Berokah would say: Whoever desecrates the Divine Name covertly, is punished in public. Was the Star on the coats the exposure of the sin - Zionism - that was in the hearts of so many?