"A Wider Bridge has called upon #Pride organizers across the country to ensure #Jewish people can safely participate in their events.
The group, which “advocates for justice, counters LGBTQphobia, and fights #antisemitism and other forms of hatred,” sent a letter to the Capital Pride Alliance and more than 60 other Pride organizers."
Here's one of the statements Wing Luke staff walked out over. 👀
"Explanatory panels highlight a rising tide of #antisemitism and hate crimes in #Seattle. The exhibit says that graffiti sprayed in November on the Herzl-Ner Tamid #Synagogue on Mercer Island that said “stop killing” was antisemitism “disguised as "antiZionism ... as if the #Jews of Mercer Island could control the actions of the #Israeli government.”
"In his new book, #Antisemitism and the 1753 #Jew Law Controversy, author Yoel Sheridan, born and educated in #Britain, analyzes the ancient and long-enduring phenomenon of antisemitism in #England. Essentially what he demonstrates is an abiding #antisemitic element within #English society, ever ready to boil over into violence in earlier times, and later into hate speech and discrimination. Since antisemitism is essentially irrational, he demonstrates that the trigger for antisemitic action at any one time can vary with the religious, social, or political weather."
#antisemitism is in vogue here in the US under the guise of "anti-zionism". Goes to the much older idea that Jews don't belong anywhere and should be thankful for their existence barely being tolerated.
Did I share this here earlier? Over 1300 Jewish faculty urged against turning "Antisemitism Awareness Act" into US law
"Criticism of the state of #Israel, the Israeli government, policies of the Israeli government, or Zionist ideology is not – in and of itself – antisemitic. We accordingly urge our political leaders to reject any effort to codify into federal law a definition of #antisemitism that conflates antisemitism with criticism of the state of Israel"
"A prominent #rabbi from #Brussels who once criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for calling on #European#Jews to move to #Israel now asks the #Jewish state to prepare for a wave of immigrants from the continent due to #antisemitism.
“My message to the #Israeli prime minister today is not as sure as it used to be,” says Menachem Margolin, head of the European Jewish Association lobby group in Brussels, at a conference in #Amsterdam on combating antisemitism.
“Today I say to Israel: We are not there yet, but be ready, get your government agencies ready,” Margolin says."
After weeks and months of chanting for violence against Jews worldwide, and calls for "Long Live October 7th" and "Intifada", at the protests, an attack on a synagogue in Vancouver
Here's some footage of the Vancouver "Pro-Palestinian" protests. I put Pro-Palestinian in quotes because I don't think that calls for violence against Jews help the Palestinian cause. I think they merely perpetuate war.
It's also notable that the speaker is Khaled Barakat, a leader of Samidoun, an organization that is designated a terrorist organization in Germany.
I'd argue that calls for attacks on Jews is a form of terrorism, and this person should be arrested for inciting violence.
My biggest gripe, as someone who is living in Canada and paying taxes in Canada, is seeing how incredibly biased the #CBC is.
I've watched or listened to CBC news since the 90s. I've seen their coverage of Israel for decades, and now inside Canada I've seen their coverage of the war in Gaza, and I've seen their lack of coverage of #antisemitism .
They simply bury the issue of antisemitism, not covering stories of antisemitic attacks or policies, or they use scary air quotes when discussing it, such as "Jewish groups claim" or they couch antisemitism in terms of Israel's actions- which is itself an antisemitic trope.
Unlike even the Canadian postal service, Canada Post, the CBC is a direct arm of the Canadian government as a Crown Corporation, and yet it continues to directly and indirectly propagate antisemitism through biased reporting and or deliberate omissions in coverage.
It's one of the things I find most shameful about how my tax dollars are used here in #Canada.
Vancouver comics festival bans Jewish artist Miriam Libicki over past IDF service By Andrew Lapin May 30, 2024
"...In her own statement, Libicki, who explores Jewish identity in her work, called the ban “illegal” and said it was “bad for all artists of all political orientations and backgrounds.” She added, “I have consistently, publicly been pro-peace” and supportive of the establishment of a Palestinian state.
“Because of the vulnerable populations I work with, I prefer not to discuss my specific political views in public,” she wrote in a statement shared...by Jesse Brown, a Canadian Jewish publisher and journalist. “I believe all policing of artists’ personal identities and nationalities is wrong.”
But after the CJN article was published on Wednesday, the festival deleted its “Accountability Statement.” It has not responded to a JTA request for comment..."
#DianeAbbott is over 70 years old & is #Labour's past. I understand why she was suspended but she had a very valid point from a Black person's perspective
HOWEVER, saying what she did left Labour wide open to criticisms of #Antisemitism, just as the #Israel & #Palestine war broke out, & with #GE2024 on the horizon
This was the opportunity the desperate #Tories were looking for, leaving Labour little option but to be seen to be throwing the book at her. A wider discussion is needed
My wife just came with a saying to explain the way so much of the news is distorting the protests and the concerns of Jews:
"Justice vs Jewish"
Reject the false "Justice vs Jewish" narrative.
I'm sad to have to explain this more, but so there's no ambiguity:
Reject the "Justice vs Jewish" narrative means to reject the idea that on one side is justice and the other side are Jews, and so you must choose.
Very importantly, this also means not saying "it's not antisemitic to...", because that is speaking over Jews, rather than listening to them and rejecting the narrative.
It means to listen to Jews and to protest if you want to, in a way that doesn't use antisemitic language, or perpetuate violence against Jews.
It also means to reject media narratives that position these two positions as in opposition.
Urgent: The Secretary-General of the United Nations: We condemn the practices of “Israel” that led to the martyrdom of dozens of innocent people who were searching for shelter, and there is no safe place in #Gaza, and this horror must stop.
After a few days of offline due to a faulty modem I was excited to fire up my computer until I opened the news and this was the first news article to greet me:
[BTW....People get your head on straight--Jews are not Netanyahu!!!]
No one was injured after shots were fired at the Jewish girls school in the city's north end shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday.