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Oct 27, 2018 12 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Today, in a shooting spree at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, the Jewish people suffered a collective trauma. No matter where we were born, no matter where we reside, no matter what denomination represents our faith, we are horrified, terrified, and shattered.
We mourn the tragic loss of our Jewish brothers and sisters, and those who were there to protect them, who were murdered in cold blood as they prayed together on a Shabbat morning and celebrated the Brit Milah of a newborn Jewish boy.
In America in 2018, while uniting in a house of prayer, these innocent victims were targeted as Jews.
The shooter announced on Twitter that he blamed Jewish people for our work to provide refuge to those seeking shelter from persecution.
In the most perverse paradox, while we are made unwelcome in social justice spaces unless we abandon Zionism—our own self-determination movement—we are murderously targeted by those condemning our commitment to the advancement of human rights and self-determination for all.
This event is shocking, but at Zioness, where we witness and combat this age-old bigotry every single day, it is not surprising. Anti-Semitism has been rising across the spectrum, in the United States and across the globe, at unprecedented rates and with devastating consequences.
Today, anti-Semites demonize Jews by slandering “globalists” and “Zionists.”
The poisonous discourse from the highest levels of the political and social establishment––from Trump obsessively demonizing a Jewish philanthropist to Sarsour demanding the dehumanization of those who support a safe and secure Jewish state––leads directly to this tragedy.
Today, hateful ideologies have been brought from the darkest corners of the internet into the national spotlight. Ideas have been put into words, which are now being put into action.
All who care about social justice must call out anti-Semitism wherever and whenever you see it, hear it or observe it. When this type of bigotry is unleashed, it is impossible to contain.
We have a civic obligation, to stand up NOW to resist the normalization of bigotry––against Jews, Democrats, African-Americans and all people of color, immigrants and refugees, our trans brothers and sisters, and the LGBTQ community. Our lives literally depend on it.

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These comments are truly painful for American Jews and our allies who genuinely care about collective freedom. Israel is a Jewish state; calling it “racist” for the crime of existing is an antisemitic trope. We hope our many allies @USProgressives Caucus will set record straight
Actually caring about 2SS requires acknowledging humanity/right to selfdetermination of *both* peoples. There are legit policy criticisms of Israel.Calling it “a racist state” isn’t “criticism” it’s demonization. It helps no one & harms Jews. It’s feeding the beast of antiZionism
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As you know, this past weekend, after an ostensibly homeless gunman was welcomed into a TX shul, he took hostage a Rabbi & 3 innocent Shabbat worshippers. 1/
Jews the world over held our collective breath for 11 hours, praying that this synagogue attack would end differently than others in searingly recent memory.
Our gratitude & awe are immeasurable––that no innocent blood was spilled; for the courage and heroism of the hostages; 2/
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Nov 20, 2020
1/ It is true that antisemitism is divisive & benefits those who rely on division & fear for their power.

So why are these people, who claim to be progressive, promoting AND covering up antisemitism in the progressive mvmt? Well-known antisemites have NO place defining antisem.
2/ @RashidaTlaib @PeterBeinart @BarbaraRansby @marclamonthill It is inherently & egregiously antisemitic for you to claim to speak for American Jews.

This panel is anti-Jewish on so many levels, while claiming to be about "dismantling antisemitism."
3/ First, these people will deny Jews the right to self-determination, a right held inalienably by all peoples. The movement for Jewish self-determination is Zionism, and denying us that right is anti-Jewish. Hard stop.
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Sep 26, 2020
Our open letter to @AOC @RepAOC share w #ZionessSpeaksForMe
"We are deeply troubled that you have decided to pull out of event honoring the life & legacy of former Israeli PM Rabin, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who paid the ultimate price for his commitment to peace & justice"
@aoc @repaoc There is so much about you that inspires, activates, & empowers so many AmericanJews, who overwhelmingly hold same commitment to social, racial, economic, gender & environmental justice that you do. Your leadership means so much to young women, esp women of color...
Your success as legislator/leader/activist for truth&justice depends on your ability to see&treat every American as a human being.Many Jews have reached out to try to express our cmtmt to Zionism as inalienable human right, but you seem unwilling to hear/appreciate our humanity
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Sep 22, 2020
forward.com/opinion/455003…
That anyone would use this moment to manipulate, fearmonger for partisan political gain, and make an already vulnerable minority population more afraid, is perverse and simply unconscionable.
"...when it came time to vote on the EIEA, with antisemitism now the only explicitly-mentioned form of discrimination in the bill, it passed with 229 Democrats voting in favor and not a single one opposing it."
For the record we also take serious issue w comments from Dem Rep @BobbyScott: “This is just a political attempt to insert religion into Title VI. That is controversial…while we are picking just one religious kind of discrimination, antisemitism, what about the other religions?"
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Sep 21, 2020
This is a DISGRACE @guardian 1st u erase her PROUD Jewish identity, then claim she was "diversity candidate" bit.ly/3kAp7an "...Ginsburg’s Jewish religion, which she'd given up 46 years earlier, may have counted for more than a lifetime commitment to women’s equality"
Incomprehensibly outrageous. Justice Ginsburg was a proud Jew, talked about it frequently & famously, publicly & privately, she believed her Jewish identity commanded her commitment to pursuit of justice. Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof, Justice Justice You Shall Pursue hung in her office.
“I am a judge, born, raised & proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice, peace & enlightenment runs through the entirety of Jewish history & Jewish tradition. I hope in all the years I have the good fortune to continue serving on the bench of SCOTUS, I will have the strength..
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