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Sam Eskenasi

Jan 31 • 8 tweets • 3 min read

We just commemorated #HolocaustRemembranceDay and now everyone is talking about the moron with the Nazi flag at the #OttawaConvoy. So many people have claimed to stand against #antisemitism -- For those people I post probably the most important thread on Holocaust Education.

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Sam Eskenasi

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Feb 1

https://twitter.com/WFLAJB/status/1488256043335438340

1/ The politicization of #Antisemitism is one of the most dangerous things that can happen to the Jewish community. In recent years it has been used as a club by both the left and right to smear others with whom they disagree. I'm not sure which side is more guilty of it.

https://twitter.com/WFLAJB/status/1488256043335438340

2/ So I wanted to make this thread to go through some of the major problems this has created for the #Jewish community. First, throwing around the word #antisemitism has watered down the word. Maybe you didn't mean for this to happen, but it seems it has.

3/ If everyone is an antisemite, nobody is an antisemite. That means that this word has been used and abused to the point where it's starting to have no real meaning. And don't get me started on issues about using the term 'Racism' for the hatred of Jews.

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Sam Eskenasi

@SamEskenasi

Jul 8, 2020

A thread about why antisemitism is justified, accepted or just 'not a big deal' to many of those who claim to be anti-racists or to fight for equality: I have been an active member of my local Jewish community since my late teens working to fight hate/antisemitism. /1

I also do a lot of work with government professionally & have met many high-profile politicians from the right to the left, often specifically to discuss Jewish community issues such as antisemitism.

When I attend these meetings I bring with me statistics about hate-crimes. /2

According to the statistics, Jews in the US and Canada are the number one victims of hate crimes in the country despite being a small percent of the population, making their per capita victim rate extraordinarily high.
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