#togetheragainstantisemitism

[channingsmith]

[mrsimulate]

#Together Against Antisemitism

—MrSimulate

[dmason33-blog1]

Good to be standing in solidarity with British Jews at the rally against antisemitism in Parliament Square this afternoon. We must remember the past, learn from it and constantly renew our commitment to stamping out all forms of racism in society. #togetheragainstantisemitism https://www.instagram.com/p/B50XuINlA4s/?igshid=6hvpyeihlma8

[glineurjl]

#togetheragainstantisemitism #togetheragainstantisemitism✡️ #fckafd #noafd #nonazis (hier: Europe) https://www.instagram.com/p/B40OS-jHGk9/?igshid=k78rfv49q5pz

[jewish-privilege]

A man assaulted a Jewish couple, grabbing the man’s hood and pulling at the woman’s head covering (sheitel) after yelling “Jews don’t belong here,” to a Jewish couple riding the 254 bus in London's Hackney Central in on Thursday [November 21, 2019], the Campaign Against Antisemitism organization reported. The couple allegedly had to leave the top floor of the bus and go to the lower level.

...The Campaign Against Antisemitism is calling on people of all races and religions to attend the “Together Against Antisemitism - National Solidarity Rally” in Parliament Square on December 8. 

“The Jewish community has been shaken by antisemitism in public life and [by] mounting hate crime. Many are saying that they feel isolated and hated. We have heard heartbreaking stories from Jews who are questioning their place in their own country. Britain is better than this. Now is the time for us all to take a stand,” the organization wrote on Facebook.

“Whatever your religion, race or politics, on Sunday 8th December at 1:15pm, we will rally together in Parliament Square as Jews and non-Jews alike, to say clearly and with one voice, that we stand #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism.”

[michaelcastner]

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[kilrvamp86]

Being Jewish to me isn't about religion. I've never been a religious person. I am more about the traditions, culture and community. I got this a few years ago as a sign of pride and remembrance for those who have been lost. #pittsburghstrong #togetheragainstantisemitism (at Plum, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpfCrfQBGr_vA7xnyKxag-nKuTLO9qiZs9AIxo0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uuupyp05bhsq

[marcjampole]

Antisemitism was root cause, but automatic weapons the method for killing 11 at Pittsburgh Synagogue. To stop mass shootings, we must ban automatic weapons!

Reactions by Jews and non-Jews to the massacre of 11 people at Tree Of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh overwhelmed my Facebook feed this morning. Many stars of David. Many portrait photos with “#TogetherAgainstAntisemitism” added. Lots of expressions of shock, anger, fear and sadness.

It was a horrible event, another bloody example that we must pass laws that outlaw automatic and semi-automatic firearms, and pass a number of other gun control and gun safety laws on the federal and state levels. Licenses for guns with mandatory renewals. Seven-day waiting period for all gun sales. A stronger national registry of those banned from owning guns. Repeal of ”stand your ground” laws. Limits on annual purchases of ammunition.

This particular slaughter of the innocents hit me, and many I knew, particularly close to home, not just because I’m Jewish, but because it occurred in my old home—the neighborhood in which I lived for many years. Tree of Life synagogue is located three blocks from our former house in Squirrel Hill. I knew many people that went to Tree of Life. The list of victims includes two people I knew well. One coached one of my son’s Little League teams and the other served as a long-time Treasurer for another Pittsburgh Synagogue which I attended for a while.

In our grief, whether personal or empathetic, we must remember one thing: These 11 Jewish lives are worth no more—and no less—than the lives lost at Parkland, Newtown, the Charleston AME Church, San Bernardino, Las Vegas and the Orlando night club. Going beyond mass murders, usually committed with automatic rifles, the 11 Jewish lives exterminated by the gunfire of an anti-Semite are worth no more—and no less—than the lives of the innocents killed in Yemen, Syria and the Israeli-occupied territories. Only hypocrites can mourn the loss of Jewish lives and not also be moved to tears by the deaths of Palestinian protesters and the starvation of Yemeni children. We can widen the circle of victims of human stupidity, greed and cruelty to include the refugees from war, famine, gangs and government suppression now routinely turned away or forced into captivity in the United States and Western Europe.

Humans are creating a lot of innocent victims in the 21st century, a sad carryover from the gory 20th century, which featured world wars, mass starvations, enormous post-war migrations and the development and use against innocent bystanders of nuclear weapons. What unites the two centuries is not only violence, but the singular cause for most of it: racism—fear and disdain for people of another color or ethnicity. It is clear, however, that Donald Trump has made a bad situation worse. FBI statistics show that hate crimes overall increased precipitously the day Trumpty-Dumpty took office and have stayed high ever since. Some have postulated that his many comments alluding to violence against his opponents have emboldened violent action both by rightists in the United States and by autocratic governments elsewhere. Moreover, Trump and his administration’s hostility towards immigrants makes the Donald the leader of a new world order of nativist political movements in Great Britain, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Brazil and elsewhere.

A new analysis of the global terrorism database shows that the extreme right committed two-thirds of terrorist acts on American soil last year. Under Trump, the American right has felt an expansive sense of empowerment in the United States that has too often manifested itself in violence. The right has so many targets: Blacks, Muslims, Jews, gays, immigrants, Latinos, the transgendered, abortion providers. In many ways, the melting pot has turned into a shooting gallery.

We should learn two lessons from this week of horrors that began with the fallout of the butchering of an American resident by the Saudis and was dominated by the delivery of pipe bombs to a dozen or more people Trump routinely lambasts with violent language: On the spiritual level, we should learn to care about and act against the misery of all people, be they your next-door neighbor, your religious brethren or victims of war halfway around the world.

On the practical level, we’ve learned profoundly that it’s a lot easier to buy an automatic weapon than to construct a bunch of sophisticated bombs from scratch. If we want to stop this particular kind of misery—mass murders perpetrated by nuts of all political and religious persuasion—we have to ban automatic and semiautomatic rifles and place much greater restrictions on owning, carrying and using other types of firearms.

[nickyschneiderus]

Group behind Facebook filters supporting shooting victims draws criticism for anti-Islam language

In solidarity with the Jewish community in the wake of a mass shooting, some people have updated their Facebook profile pictures with filters created by the Campaign Against Antisemitism. Some people on social media are now accusing the group of anti-Islam rhetoric.

Show Jews that we all stand #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism with this profile photo frame from TogetherAgainstAntisemitism.com!

Posted by Campaign Against Antisemitism on Sunday, August 26, 2018

Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) is “a volunteer-led charity dedicated to exposing and countering antisemitism” based in the U.K., according to its website. The organization started a Facebook campaign in response to the attack on Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Authorities reported that 46-year-old Robert Bowers shot and killed 11 people and injured four others. According to the New York Times, it is one of the most deadly attacks on the Jewish community in the U.S.

The CAA released a statement on Saturday condemning the Pittsburgh attack and other forms of Anti-semitism. “All over the world, far-right, far-left and Islamist extremists are stoking the flames of Jew-hatred, with too little done to stop them,” the post reads. “Antisemitism is an age-old disease which begins with hatred and violence towards Jews and ends with the unraveling of society.”

CAA reacts to the attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh: “All over the world, far-right, far-left and…

Posted by Campaign Against Antisemitism on Saturday, October 27, 2018

Some Facebook users took issue with the language of the statement, claiming that it unnecessarily directed blame toward Islam. “This act was done by a white supremacist, please clarify/update your language. Islam had nothing to do with this,” one user, Stefanie Brendler, commented.

Others online expressed concern over anti-Islam rhetoric resulting from the Pittsburgh attack.

white supremacists are the biggest threat to every minority in our nation, & yet hours after one of them shoots up a synagogue, y’all have the courage to be out here with your islamaphobia & rightwing politics I’m done

— spooky knafeh (@MissCongress) October 29, 2018

Racism. Anti-semitism. Islamaphobia. Xenophobia. White nationalism. These words belong in the center of our conversation. Yes, gun safety. NO, it's not a matter of the synagogue or church or mosque being better armed. But hate is at the rotten center. We must see it and name it.

— ilyse hogue (@ilyseh) October 27, 2018

Brendler told the Daily Dot that the post failed to mention that the shooter was a white supremacist. “The post from CAA does not identify that the act was done by a white supremacist terrorist at all,” Brendler said. “We cannot make space for Islamophobic rhetoric in a Jewish response to crisis; such rhetoric actually upholds white supremacy.”

Prior to the shooting, Bowers posted anti-Semitic content and conspiracy theories to far-right social media platform Gab. According to the Times, he once wrote that Jews were the “enemy of white people.”

This week in America:

– White man mails bombs to political leaders.

– White man tries to enter a Black church before shooting two Black people at a Kroger.

– White man opens fire at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Are y'all ready to talk about white domestic terrorism yet?

—

(@Blk_Hermione) October 27, 2018

They’ve announced that the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter is a white man. But we already knew that, because they took him in alive.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 27, 2018

The Campaign Against Antisemitism did not immediately respond to the Daily Dot’s request for comment.

from Ricky Schneiderus Curation https://www.dailydot.com/irl/campaign-against-antisemitism-facebook/

[brashley46]

RT @AngelCageBand: . Three Tory candidates are being investigated for AS, two already suspended. That makes 5 in all. WHERE ARE THE HEADLINES ? WHERE IS THE RABBI'S LETTER ? #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism #LeedsNortg #AberdeenNorth #ToryAntisemitism #ToryRacism #VoteNotTory #GetBorisOut

. Three Tory candidates are being investigated for AS, two already suspended. That makes 5 in all. WHERE ARE THE HEADLINES ? WHERE IS THE RABBI'S LETTER ?#TogetherAgainstAntisemitism #LeedsNortg #AberdeenNorth#ToryAntisemitism #ToryRacism#VoteNotTory #GetBorisOut

— Angel Cage (@AngelCageBand) December 8, 2019

via Twitter https://twitter.com/brashley46 December 08, 2019 at 10:54PM

[kindcotton]

There are two very clear sides when it comes to vile acts of pure hatred. You can’t make a choice right now to be silent. You can’t afford to sit by and become complicit; it’s unacceptable to. Today and everyday, I choose to use my voice. We need more people in this world to be allies and to not accept hatred toward others. Choose love when others choose hate. Our thoughts, love, and action go out to all the families torn apart by the heinous acts in Pittsburgh yesterday #togetheragainstantisemitism #useyourvoice #refusetobesilent #chooselove #standup #beanally #lovetrumpshate #blacklivesmatter #loveislove #transrightsarehumanrights #bethechange #bebold #standup https://ift.tt/2Rf7AWC

[dmason33-blog1]

The Jewish community has been shaken by antisemitism in public life and mounting hate crime. Many are saying that they feel isolated and hated. We have heard heartbreaking stories from Jews who are questioning their place in their own country. Britain is better than this. Now is the time for us all to take a stand. Regardless of religion, race or politics, we must rally together in Parliament Square as Jews and non-Jews alike to say clearly and with one voice, that we stand #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5yYC7ilDTn/?igshid=t4wvm9k1t0jw

[bloghrexach]

#togetheragainstantisemitism 🙏🏽 https://www.instagram.com/p/BpiKxApBnxY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7ieisl7nbf4u

[jaikrishnaponnappan]

R.I.P 97-year-old #HolocaustSurvivor Rose Malinger. Yesterday, she was murdered in her sanctuary. Praying on #Shabbat, the #Jewish day of rest. Know her name... #TogetherAgainstAntiSemitism (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpf2WL-gOtr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l0mh8vplpuds

[kreativekrieger]

Many important moments in my life as well as many other Jewish people’s lives have happened in a synagogue/shul. It’s where my friends and family cerebrate holidays, I learn Hebrew and about our ancestors history/traditions, I had my bat mitzvah and the list goes on and on. A place of worship feels like home. When you walk in you are greeted with a warm welcoming atmosphere, people chatting outside of services, you hear the beautiful singing of prayers, you smell the delicious (shabbos) meal being prepared. It is with horror and sadness that we mourn for the innocent Jews and first responders who were injured and murdered in yesterday’s heartbreaking anti-Semitic attack in Pittsburgh. May we continue raising our children to be resilient beacons of kindness and peace in the world they are inheriting. At difficult moments like this, Jews of all denominations, ages, and political leanings must come together to provide comfort, healing, and strength to each other. At this time we also need to find allies. Jews and non-Jews there’s an election right around the corner. VOTE! Show up, make your mark on history. Baruch Dayan Emet. May the memories of the innocent lives lost be a blessing and source of comfort to all who mourn. #strongerthanhate #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism ✡️🕍 https://www.instagram.com/p/BpfHOnFA8nV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zd5jp0b8e1o1

[dmason33-blog1]

Show Britain’s Jews that you are with us and hear from amazing speakers, including: Robert Rinder, Tracy Ann Oberman, and Tom Holland. View this e-mail in your browser Final details: tomorrow we return to Parliament Square to stand #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism. Join us. Dear David, Tomorrow, we are holding a major rally in Parliament Square. Television crews will be with us along with newspaper journalists to talk to the crowd and hear from Robert Rinder, Tracy Ann Overman and Tom Holland. Time and location The rally will be at 1:15pm in Parliament Square, London. The rally will finish by around 2:15pm. Parliament Square is opposite the Houses of Parliament. Weather The weather forecast is for sunny spells and cloud, with temperatures around 10ºC (50ºF). There is only a 6% chance of rain, so make sure to wear something that can handle a bit of drizzle if necessary. Transportation The nearest Underground station is Westminster, which is on the Circle, District and Jubilee lines. There are toilets in the Underground station and the station is wheelchair accessible. There is limited parking on local side streets, including some disabled parking bays, but if you come by car you may find that it takes you a while to park, so leave extra time. Our message The Jewish community has been shaken by antisemitism in public life and mounting hate crime. Many are saying that they feel isolated and hated. We have heard heartbreaking stories from Jews who are questioning their place in their own country. Britain is better than this. Now is the time for us all to take a stand. Regardless of religion, race or politics, we must rally together in Parliament Square as Jews and non-Jews alike to say clearly and with one voice, that we stand #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism. Our speakers Robert Rinder, barrister and television presenter Tracy Ann Oberman, actress Tom Holland, historian, biographer and broadcaster Fiyaz Mughal, founder of Muslims Against Antisemitism This rally is not political and no politicians will be speaking: it is about decency, which if nothing else is surely what this country stands for. What to bring We will provide placards, so all th https://www.instagram.com/p/B5yXMJ9lrzh/?igshid=1d42zv6scrnrj