At 97, Lily Ebert (tiktok.com/@lilyebert) is one of the oldest Jewish creators on TikTok. She is also a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp.
Neither was enough to restrain the online mob looking for Jews to abuse since Israel's bombings of Gaza.
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After posting an innocuous video wishing her followers a restful Shabbat (Sabbath) from her London home, she was flooded with "messages of hate."
"Happy Holocaust" and "Peace be upon Hitler" were some of the comments Ebert received.
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The targeting of the Auschwitz survivor is not a one-off.
The Anti-Defamation League (@ADF) said that between May 7 and May 14, more than 17,000 tweets could be found that used variations of the phrase, "Hitler was right."
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Insider spoke to several Jewish creators who said recent events created an atmosphere so toxic that many considered leaving social media.
Jews with no ties to Israel were being held accountable for deaths, @Sara_Rose_G, a Jewish comedy writer, said.
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TikToker Melinda Strauss (tiktok.com/@therealmelind…) said that her videos chronicling her life as an Orthodox Jew in New York also frequently receive racist responses.
"... [W]hy are people commenting and saying these things?" she said.
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Rachel SJ (tiktok.com/@sj_rachel), another Jewish TikTok creator, said: "... I even know creators that have posted their views speaking out against Israel's actions and then on other videos they're still getting harassed in the comments."
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Katie Rez, a Canadian YouTuber who makes apolitical content about being Jewish, has weighed up deleting her channel.
Her experiences online have made her increasingly afraid of real-life encounters.
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Hate crimes against Jews in several cities across the world have surged in the past couple of weeks.
A religiously aggravated assault of a rabbi led to two arrests in the United Kingdom.
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It is hoped that, with the recent news of a ceasefire on Friday, the number of antisemitic incidents might stop rising so dramatically.
The creators hope that recent events might encourage people to reflect.
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