Thread by @Bini_Guttmann

3 years ago, a far-right terrorist killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in #Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh was one of the first far-right terror attacks on Jews in a long time and the deadliest attack on US Jews.

3 years ago, I wrote this text, which is still relevant

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The attacker shouted "All Jews must die" before starting to shoot. He was no lone wolf. He was driven by the antisemitic conspiracy myth of the "great replacement." He was particularly enraged that the Synagogue worked with @HIASrefugees, a Jewish refugee aid organisation.

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The same conspiracy myth motivated the terrorists in #Christchurch & #Halle. Because this is the sad reality: 3 years after Pittsburgh, far-right terror attacks on Synagogues happen or almost happen multiple times a year.

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Because far-right narratives are accepted well into the so-called "middle of society". The myth of the Great Replacement is spewed in parliaments & governments across the world, while antisemitic conspiracies drive countless people to (violent) protests.

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We have to stand up and fight back. We need to make sure these narratives and the people spreading them don't get any room and are always opposed. We need to stop normalizing.

Because antisemitism kills. Because racism kills. For the victim's sake and for our own sake.

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We remember

Joyce Fienberg
Richard Gottfried
Rose Mallinger
Jerry Rabinowitz
Cecil & David Rosenthal
Bernice & Sylvan Simon
Daniel Stein
Melvin Wax
Irving Younger

זיכרונו לברכה

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