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.@rayakalenova , EJC Exec. VP, stresses that #antisemitism is hardly unique to Belgium, referring to the outpouring of hate online to the shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, to what she calls the “openly antisemitic” British Labour party.
„5 years ago political leaders in #Europe thought the EJC was exaggerating but now there is greater understanding of the threat. We are worried today not only for Jewish people but for our society. Attacking Jews means attacking & destabilising democratic society.” @rayakalenova
“Even if you are not personally subject to an antisemitic incident, you hear it everywhere from your friends in schools, places at work. People cannot walk in the streets of Brussels with a kippa on the head.” @AriellaWoit
“In the public schools in Belgium the biggest insult & the most widespread insult is ‘Jew’”. Facing hostility, more parents are moving their children into Jewish schools.” @AriellaWoit
”They do not even have a choice to be honest, they are forced into a very, very difficult dilemma: you leave your kid in a public school & your kid is a target, or you put him in a Jewish school & the school is a target, so it is a very difficult situation.” @AriellaWoit
“My three year old, she asked me ‘Mummy, why do we have soldiers in front of the school,” @AriellaWoit recalls. “How am I supposed to explain that?” theguardian.com/world/2019/may…
Jewish organisations cannot do everything by themselves community groups stress. The EJC wants to see improved training in schools so teachers are able to manage situations when children refuse to follow lessons about the Holocaust. theguardian.com/world/2019/may…
