1. On Tuesday 2 men, possibly motivated by anti-Semitism, opened fire in Jersey City, killing 4.
The incident is part of a growing tide of hate crimes against Jews
(NYPD received 200 anti-Semitic hate crime complaints in 2019, up almost 1/3 from the same period in 2018)
The incident is part of a growing tide of hate crimes against Jews
(NYPD received 200 anti-Semitic hate crime complaints in 2019, up almost 1/3 from the same period in 2018)
2. We don't know if there's a direct connection here, but what's troubling is that this shooting happened just two days after Trump peddled anti-Semitic stereotypes during a speech, portraying Jews as money-grubbing types who care only about their wealth nytimes.com/2019/12/09/opi…
3. The U.S. Jewish community experienced near-historic levels of anti-Semitism in 2018, including a doubling of anti-Semitic assaults and the single deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history: adl.org/news/press-rel…
4. Hate + easy access to firearms = tragedy and mass murder.
But what's also troubling and disgusting is that Trump provides a platform to hate and anti-Semitism... literally echoing anti-Semitic tropes...repeatedly
But what's also troubling and disgusting is that Trump provides a platform to hate and anti-Semitism... literally echoing anti-Semitic tropes...repeatedly
5. I'll say it again: as a Jew who fled the Soviet Union to escape anti-Semitism, I'm so hurt and scared -- so scared -- to see a president echo such hate and the entire GOP political establishment simply look the other way... even when that same hate is used to justify murder.
