This thread is impressive in the way it gets so much wrong in so few tweets. There is no contradiction between having good security to protect Jews *and* reaching out to educate, support & build alliances to reduce antisemitism. Neither approach is exclusive to right or left.
https://twitter.com/levvity/status/1362341655945367552
Many Jewish community establishment orgs & leaders spend huge amounts of time & effort supporting other minorities in their struggles. The Board of Deputies' Uyghur campaign. CST's SAFE programme. Support for the Markaz in Golders Green. There are loads of examples over decades.
Meanwhile the radical left is proud of its tradition of beating up fascists. Maybe they got it wrong and should have tried working with them to raise their consciousness instead? Or maybe it is only certain types of antisemites that get this particular free pass.
Wanting to educate and change minds is great when it works, but sometimes people just excuse or ignore antisemitism in the name of allyship; to the extent that it actually legitimises the antisemitism rather than marginalising it.
And to be clear: "When black people are turned away at the synagogue door" isn't the system working. That's a failure of security, unless the person being turned away - whatever their colour - poses a physical threat to the people inside the synagogue.
A lot of CST's current work focuses on far right extremism: three major reports last year and a regular flow of information to police. Anti-Jewish incitement on far right social media is out of control. And - obviously - neo-Nazi terrorists aren't black.
CST doesn't have the luxury of picking and choosing which antisemites to protect against or ignoring the terrorist threat our community faces. But nor does it neglect the longer-term work of education & alliances to build a better society. And that's not a right/left issue.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
