I guess I am living in a bubble. I am not feeling any rise in hate, and I continue to wear my Jewish star every day (something I started doing when Trump was president and I felt anti-Semitism rising; I'm barely a practicing Jew but wanted to represent, just in case). Netanyahu is a corrupt, war-mongering monster, just like Trump is a corrupt, dictator-loving monster. Most Americans are disgusted by Trump, just as most Israelis are disgusted by Netanyahu. That is mostly what I'm seeing in my feeds (plus a lot of horrifying images from Shaun King of dead and wounded Palestinian children). I heard about Palestinian kids getting shot two weeks ago in the Northeast (PA? NJ?) and learned last week that one of them is paralyzed from the waist down, horrifying. I haven't heard of any hate crimes against Jews lately. Thank you for attending a menorah lighting, and I'm so sorry you felt any kind of tension around that!
We are not seeing anything overt in our town either fortunately but the lack of support on line for Jewish people has been loud. Because our girls are college age, the news I am following most closely is what is happening on college campuses and it is truly unbelievable. Nationally, anti-semitism on college campuses has gotten so terrible that there was a Congressional hearing to address it yesterday. And of course, what happened to the Palestinian students in VT is awful. It's all just overwhelmingly awful.
I guess I am living in a bubble. I am not feeling any rise in hate, and I continue to wear my Jewish star every day (something I started doing when Trump was president and I felt anti-Semitism rising; I'm barely a practicing Jew but wanted to represent, just in case). Netanyahu is a corrupt, war-mongering monster, just like Trump is a corrupt, dictator-loving monster. Most Americans are disgusted by Trump, just as most Israelis are disgusted by Netanyahu. That is mostly what I'm seeing in my feeds (plus a lot of horrifying images from Shaun King of dead and wounded Palestinian children). I heard about Palestinian kids getting shot two weeks ago in the Northeast (PA? NJ?) and learned last week that one of them is paralyzed from the waist down, horrifying. I haven't heard of any hate crimes against Jews lately. Thank you for attending a menorah lighting, and I'm so sorry you felt any kind of tension around that!
We are not seeing anything overt in our town either fortunately but the lack of support on line for Jewish people has been loud. Because our girls are college age, the news I am following most closely is what is happening on college campuses and it is truly unbelievable. Nationally, anti-semitism on college campuses has gotten so terrible that there was a Congressional hearing to address it yesterday. And of course, what happened to the Palestinian students in VT is awful. It's all just overwhelmingly awful.