Simmering beneath the surface of so much of our unhelpful national rhetoric is a deep-seated suspicion of those we view as “other” than us. When that suspicion goes uncorrected, it seethes and grows until, eventually, it morphs into hate. Unchecked, hate finally lashes out in the form of nasty words or, as we’re seeing, violent …
Continue...Antisemitic activity has been on the rise over the past few weeks. As The New York Times reports, there has been “an outbreak of anti-Semitic threats and violence across the United States, stoking fear among Jews in small towns and major cities. During the two weeks of clashes in Israel and Gaza this month, the …
Continue...I will never forget the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. Such a quiet setting in the midst of a bustling city. A beautiful, tranquil place set apart for learning, reflecting, and resolving. Resolving what? “Never again.” If you have been there, you know that Yad Vashem — the World Holocaust Remembrance Center — …
Continue...Recently, there have been a string of violent attacks against the Jewish community in America. 2019 saw an almost unprecedented increase in hostility toward American Jewry; from a vandalized synagogue in Beverly Hills and a desecrated cemetery in Nebraska, to a series of knife attacks and shootings in New York and New Jersey. In New …
Continue...Anti-Semitism is tragically alive and spreading in the United States. As the Washington Post recently reported, violence against Jewish communities has been particularly apparent in recent news. From the shootings at the kosher deli in New Jersey by Black Hebrew Israelites early in December 2019 to the stabbing in the Rabbi’s home on the seventh …
Continue...A few months ago, the NYPD announced that from Jan. 1 through May 19, 2019, there have been 184 reported hate crimes, an 83% increase compared to the same time period last year. Of the hate crimes reported, 103 (59%) of them were anti-Semitic in nature, more than double the number of reported anti-Semitic hate …
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