I don't speak for all Black Jews, so I can not say my experience is the norm. However, it is despicable that while Jews were being held hostage, some people tweeted how police or armed guards would make people like ME unsafe at synagogues. Not only was it disgusting to even start that conversation last night, but it shows how racist and paternalistic you genuinely are. Most of my experiences with the police have always been negative, while security at synagogues has never been an issue for me.

Israel and Africa, a thread. Ghana was the first African country to recognize the statehood of Israel and became the gateway for Israel-Africa relations. At this time, Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, was extremely pro-Israel.

How Zionism influenced Black Zionism, a thread. The ideology of a “return to Africa” from the African diaspora was called Black Zionism in the first half of the twentieth century, indicating an affinity with Jewish Zionism. (1)

Yesterday an anti-Zionist Jew decided to allude I couldn't be Jewish since I am Jamaican. I've decided to do a brief history thread on Jamaican Jews, their influence, and the relationship between Jamaica & Israel. Spain officially decreed that “Moors, Jews, heretics, and New Christians were not allowed to go to the Indies.”

However, in 1508, the bishop of Cuba reported, “practically every ship [arriving in Havana] is filled with Hebrews and New Christians.”

My alma mater's student union passed a BDS motion last night which would do the following, (1) The motion requires the student union to “refrain from engaging with organizations, services, or participating in events that further normalize Israeli apartheid

(2)The student union will post a list of blacklisted companies and organizations on their website.