When Teyana Taylor cyber-bullied @rihanna, @adidas dropped her saying, “We evaluate our relationships with partners based on the values we hold.” What values does adidas have that keep you partnering with Kanye and his rabid #antisemitism? bet.com/article/v9ic1h…
What are @adidas’ values when they ignore #antisemitism from @kanyewest? Especially when @adidas has a Nazi past. The founders were Nazis, supported the Hitler Youth movement, built Nazi anti-tank weapons in their factory, & signed letters “Heil Hitler.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Das….
It is incumbent on @adidas to do the right thing and condemn @kanyewest’s antisemitism, re-evaluate their partnership, and be a leader against this hatred. @adidas, show us all you are not your past. #RunAwayFromHate
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To be fair, the threats of the far-left & extreme-right are very different. As @ADL's documented for yrs, far-right extremism is a singularly lethal threat to the Jewish community, other marginalized communities, & to America. But the anti-Zionist far-left is also a major issue.
First, let's define our terms. #Zionism = belief that the Jewish people have the right to self-determination & statehood in their ancestral homeland. The yearning to return to Zion (the biblical term for Israel) has been central to Judaism and Jewish identity for 1000s of years.
This @thecrimson editorial endorsing #BDS is beyond disturbing. Contrary to its claims, endorsing BDS does nothing to help Palestinians & only serves to delegitimize Israel’s existence, and isolate & intimidate the Jewish community, especially on campus. thecrimson.com/article/2022/4…
Moreover, equating #Zionism w/ White Supremacy is outrageously false, & calling Israel an apartheid state is absurd (➡️ adl.org/resources/glos…). The anti-Israel display mentioned in the piece shows no understanding of the region’s past or present. It just spreads misinformation.
Before publishing blanket statements on such complex and important issues, @thecrimson editors should check their own blind spots in this matter and ask why they deem it necessary to expressly single out the State of Israel.
For people alarmed about what is happening in #Ukraine (and that should be everyone) and who want to do something, here are some suggestions. A thread:
Throughout her speech Ms. Billoo blamed America’s Jewish institutions – from civil rights orgs to respected campus orgs to charitable orgs to virtually every synagogue in the US – for a variety of America's illls, including Islamophobia. Classic conspiratorial #antisemitism.
She discouraged engagement, dialogue & partnership with the Jewish community. By her standard, no synagogue from any major Jewish movement—including the OU, USCJ, URJ, Reconstructionist, or Renewal— should be welcomed, because they are all her “enemies” and “polite Zionists.”
She spins a vast conspiracy around Jewish orgs supporting poverty, homelessness, and police brutality and attacking Muslim Americans for their opposition. Claiming that American Jews are working to subject our fellow Americans to poverty and brutality is wildly antisemitic.
It is unconscionable that a small group of Members of Congress -- the so-called "Squad" -- demanded that the House leadership strip out funding for Israel’s Iron Dome before they would approve the CR.
The Iron Dome is a defensive system designed to protect civilians. Innocent people of all ethnicities & faiths -- Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze and others -- depend on the Iron Dome for protection when terror groups like Hamas + Hezbollah launch thousands of rockets at them.
It is a disgrace that the Squad succeeded. It emboldens Hamas & Hezbollah and others enemies of peace. To the MOCs who made the demands, look at the below. Every intercepted rocket was fired indiscriminately toward civilian centers with 1 goal: the brazen murder of innocents.
Thread re: today’s story from the @Nytimes on Trump pardons. This is a real issue that merits attention but nonetheless, this article is problematic in its coverage of Orthodox Jewish organizations. nytimes.com/2021/03/21/us/…
For example, what does the Orthodox Jewish nature of the org. have to do with the point of the story? Did the journalist identify the religion of every person exonerated and identify a pattern? This isn’t a wink and a nod toward some Jewish conspiracy, it’s outright misleading.
And this isn’t the first time that Orthodox Jews have been called out by the @nytimes in questionable ways.
We saw it in the way they were portrayed by the paper early last year, as if they were singularly spreading #COVID19. And now we see this in the early days of 2021.