This comment is real, one of many I receive on a regular basis for being a Jewish voice online, an Israeli, a Hebrew teacher.
My grandparents survived the Holocaust. They lived to share the unspeakable horrors they endured, while many others in my family tragically did not.
Their world was shattered; they arrived in Israel with nothing, my grandmother quite literally swimming to shore after the boat she was on sank.
They built this country from scratch, having so little, enduring struggle and defending it in every war aimed at erasing the Israeli and Jewish presence in our own land.
I was born in this reclaimed ancestral land, granted to us by the UN, yet peace has rarely been part of our existence in Israel, despite our continuous efforts to achieve it.
Since I can remember myself, I've known the sound of sirens, the feel of gas masks, the threat of missile and terror attacks.
The fear of rising anti-Semitism has haunted me from a young age—initially, it was noght terrors about the Nazis, and later, it was radical Islamic groups and Hamas.
I have always feared witnessing a spike in anti-Semitism that will be legitimized and allowed globally, as we are seeing now.
That is why, now is the time to speak out, to challenge and delegitimize anti-Semitism in all its forms.
I nominate @montanatucker and @noatishby to stand with us in this campaign, launched on Yom Hashoah to spotlight the global hatred faced by Jewish people.
Join us! Post a photo with the hashtag #ArtistsAgainstAntisemitism. Tag @jewstalkjustice and @jewishjournal. Hold a sign detailing a hateful message you've encountered, and nominate two friends to keep the message going.
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