B. It’s the 21st Century—do you know who you are? An unshakeable, active Jewish identity is Secret #2. No matter where the Jew has been, no matter which country/culture he found himself in, Jewish identity as defined by Torah and mitzvahs was the Jew’s answer to the melting pot. Jewish identity is the single largest component of Jewish education; the two go hand in hand.

C. The G-d Factor—Despite the above, the survival of the Jewish people defies rational explanation. How indeed did the Jews survive every single attempt to wipe them out? An historical comparison between Jews and other persecuted groups shows a virtually complete eradication of the latter and the survival of the former under similar conditions—there is no branch of science that can explain why the Jews are still here. The truest reason is because G-d bends the laws of demographics so that His Chosen People are as numerous as “…the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore…” (Genesis 53:17). Now the question is not “What is the secret of Jewish survival?” but “Why has G-d guaranteed Jewish survival?” This is because Jewish people have a G-d-given mission, and the Jewish mission cannot be completed if the Jewish people are gone.