Antisemitism part 2

In this new day, it is a post World War 2, post Holocaust Era.  We no longer live in an era were antisemitism and antijewish rhetoric is tolerated in the world community.   I must say that I stand out today as I am one of the few Jewish people in my location who has a full beard, wears tzitzis, wears a head covering and wears his side locks lenghtened.  I do believe this is the way our people were created to exist, if you are Jewish.   I have already discussed my feelings concerning many who shrug Torah and I will continue further here.  In a world where there is antisemitism, you can not fault me for creating antisemitism by assimylating among the nations according to the ways of the nations.   I do have a unassimylated presence in that regard.   There are some trains of thought that antisemitism is also prevalent due to the assimylation of the Jew.   I must extol here the advantage and priority of keeping Torah dress (this does not mean wear a black coat every where you go).   Women who are married distinguish themselves by covering their hair in public when they are Jewish and married to a Jewish husband.  That is a torah law actually.    It is still done, though in some of the fringe communities where a Torah presence is all but absent, you'll rarely see this.   I must say that in the few years where I have had a long beard, head cover and now tzitzis in regular dress, I rarely find that anyone who I visit on a usual basis is at any length unsettled by my appearance.  I do on a few quite unusual occasions find that there is someone who may indeed find my style out of sorts with their usual expectations.  Fortunately, that is very infrequent and I do not feel any way out of place in public most of the places I visit regularly.   I must report that I have even had a few people who when noticing that I did not wear my "fringes" asked about them.  That was sort of inspiring as I felt that it was becoming acnowledged and possibly expected.  I should like that Jewish people might indeed some time be considered to be usual to dress the way that I do.  I do not wear a black suit as I wear usual clothing that is seen otherwise in regular daily wear in my location.   In this day and age where being Jewish is not considered a threat to the nations that we live in, it would be gracious for us to consider existing the way that we were intended to exist.  I must report that in this town, it took me great courage to even begin these changes.    I was sure to expect questions and discord perhaps from many I knew both Jewish and non Jewish in my life.  I must report that over time, this has diminished tremendously.  I am not intent on "standing out" or "appearing drastically out of sorts" with the mainstream culture in which we live.   I still have this feeling, especially among those who do not adhere to this type of lifestyle.  That said, I am proud to be doing this and feel only comfortable in myself today when I am indeed wearing tzitzis and with my head covered.  I do often put on a baseball cap in venues I am not quite familiar with (or another hat).   The tzitzis really dont seem to present the greatest distraction and most people seem to not even take great notice that my dress is actually only slightly different from the everyday person you visit.