Thread, sparked by @Eve_Barlow👇🏼
I feel ambivalent about HMD.
On the one hand it allows us to talk about Shoah w non-Jews, as well as other evil in the works.
On the other, it focusses on this exceptionally evil period in our history, gives impression that Jews = victims 1/7
I feel ambivalent about HMD.
On the one hand it allows us to talk about Shoah w non-Jews, as well as other evil in the works.
On the other, it focusses on this exceptionally evil period in our history, gives impression that Jews = victims 1/7
https://twitter.com/eve_barlow/status/1354124756165922816
The hard left define antisemitism as what happened in the Holocaust, comfortably ignoring the lesser firms of prejudice that infest their, and every extreme ideology.
Holocaust may be jackboots marching down the street kicking in our heads; antisemitism can be a look. 😯 2/7
Holocaust may be jackboots marching down the street kicking in our heads; antisemitism can be a look. 😯 2/7
As a rabbi I find the emphasis on the evil done to Jews excites irrational jealousy (“why do you have to be the victim?!”) as well as copycat behaviour.
It’s a negative feedback for some Jews too, who hide in fear because of what happened.
So let’s consider a middle way:
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It’s a negative feedback for some Jews too, who hide in fear because of what happened.
So let’s consider a middle way:
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We must remember the victims, over a million of whom are nameless.
We must stand up for others suffering oppression and genocide like the Uighurs in China, the Rohingya in Myanmar.
We must educate people about antisemitism too, Jews are an ethnicity, with old enemies.
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We must stand up for others suffering oppression and genocide like the Uighurs in China, the Rohingya in Myanmar.
We must educate people about antisemitism too, Jews are an ethnicity, with old enemies.
4/7
We must help people to recognize the hatred but also to be proud of what our people achieved after Liberation, particularly in Israel, a beacon of freedom and democracy in the region.
We must also show the links between Nazism, Communism and hatred of the Jewish state.
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We must also show the links between Nazism, Communism and hatred of the Jewish state.
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And above all, let us Jews be utterly proud of ourselves, our history, our traditions, our festivals, our music, our art, our contribution to humanity.
We “punch above our weight” in so many ways, exist in the teeth of so much hatred.
HMD: I say L’Chayim, to life!! לחיים
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We “punch above our weight” in so many ways, exist in the teeth of so much hatred.
HMD: I say L’Chayim, to life!! לחיים
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@threadreaderapp unroll s’il te plaît.
Here’s the Threadreaderapp unroll of this.
Jews are not victims. It’s not a competition.
Antisemitism is an ancient hatred. It’s not just Nazis, it’s sneering comments or lazy thought about Jews or Israel.
Jews be proud of yous.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1354170…
Jews are not victims. It’s not a competition.
Antisemitism is an ancient hatred. It’s not just Nazis, it’s sneering comments or lazy thought about Jews or Israel.
Jews be proud of yous.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1354170…
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