On July 21, in Nassau County, Long Island, citizens of Rockville Center, Oceanside and Long Beach woke up for the third consecutive morning to find that anti-Semitic flyers had been thrown at them in plastic bags of sand. patios and corridors. Hate messages read: “All facets of Biden’s tenure are Jewish” and “All facets of the Covid timeline are Jewish” with a Star of David and a pentagram. Another pamphlet was titled “The Protocols of the Elders”from Zion: The Jews’ Plan for World Domination,” referring to the well-known 1903 conspiracy e-book that spread to Nazi-era German schoolchildren.
At a July 25 news conference, Nassau County Principal Bruce Blakeman denounced the incidents and said, “Let me tell you something, it comes from the first Jewish county director in Nassau County. We will tolerate this kind of hate speech.
Blakeman says he believes the flyers were distributed through the Goyim Defense League (GDL), an organization of anti-Semitic Holocaust deniers whose online page is posted on the flyers. According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the GDL is at least 74 incidents in 17 other states where anti-Semitic propaganda has been spread.
These pamphlets are the latest in a wave of anti-Semitic incidents ravaging Nassau County. About me”; some gestural symbols of white strength and the salute “Heil Hitler”. It’s time to walk like this in six months.
On April 4, Rockville Center resident Michelle Zangari addressed the village council about converting a code “so that a synagogue cannot be on each and every residential street as in the five cities. “Zangari presented an eight-minute anti-Semitic tirade, expressing fear that the spaces of the house will be turned into small synagogues, attracting more Orthodox Jews to the area. “Now there is a two-and-a-half-meter-tall menorah in a space a few blocks from mine, and I’m worried,” she exclaimed.
Most alarming was the acquiescence reaction of Rockville Center Mayor Francis Murray, who agreed to explore the conversion of the law. “The board will be very concerned and (consider) immediately,” he told Zangari.
On April 29, the day after Yom HaShoah, Nassau County became the first region to recognize “End Jew Hatred Day,” initiated through End Jew Hatred, a nonpartisan Jewish civil rights motion composed of activists and supporters seeking to eliminate all anti-Semitism bureaucracies. The motion filed in the summer of 2020.
Brooke Goldstein, a human rights lawyer and founder and executive director of The Lawfare Project, is one of the founders of End Jew Hatred. He told The Jewish Press, “This day is meant to create debates about the discrimination faced by Jewish communities around the world. “global. When the Jewish world is marginalized, we will have to come together to fight for our rights. Recently, Goldstein detected a harmful trend of blatant anti-Semitism sanctioned through medical institutions, universities, and online platforms, where Jews are purged just because they are Jewish. “If the accumulation of hate crimes against the Jewish population were to happen to any other minority community, it would be the front page of the newspapers. But the systemic bigotry is so strong that the media and politicians simply forget about the crimes,” she added.
The Proclamation of the End of the Day of Jewish Hatred Presented by Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick at the Holocaust Museum
Congresswoman Lisa Swain arrived from New Jersey to attend the event, which she described as “a story being made. “Being Jewish, the Day of the End of Jew Hatred has a special meaning for her. “As a Jewish woman and legislator, I am proud to come from a legislative district rich in unity, brotherhood and devotion and ethnic diversity,” she said. “Last year, anti-Semitic attacks reached an all-time high in New Jersey and New York. . . undermines the basic human right owed to us to live safely, comfortably and without fear. . . . As a group, we can never absolutely heal if we don’t use our platforms to counter even the smallest acts of discrimination, hatred, and tyranny.
Elected officials across the country are joining the End Jew-Hatred movement, declaring April 29 a day of solidarity with the Jewish people. Members also meet with foreign leaders so that the Day of the End of Jew Hatred is identified globally.
Another co-founding member of End Jew Hatred, Lana Melman of Artists Under Fire: The BDS War opposed to celebrities, Jews and Israel, remains resolutely positive and proactive as she fights on this battlefield of hate. “We live in a time of chaos and fear, but also of possibility. As other communities raise their voices across the country to call for positive change, we will have to do the same. “
For Yuval David, actor, filmmaker, activist and mobilization director of End Jew Hatred, the motion is deeply personal. He is in the crosshairs because he speaks blatantly about his Jewish identity. David fights hatred against Israel, like accusations of apartheid, with facts. “First of all, this is not apartheid, because a third of all judges in Israel are Arab Muslims, and the third largest political party in Israel is the Arab party in the Knesset,” he said. The Jewish people, Zionism and Israel are proliferating.
David puts filters on his social networks so you don’t have to see pernicious comments like “the only position you deserve to be a content author is a crematorium” and “wait, the trains are coming for you”.
He recalled other anti-Semitic incidents he experienced, such as when he crossed Poland with a youth organization to stop at memorial sites and Poles spat at his organization and shouted at them: “Jews, come home!The Jews are leaving! A few years later, in New York City, David was dusted for leaving Yom Kippur dressed in white and wearing a kippah and a Magen David necklace.
David described End Jew Hatred as “a motion for all those who perceive that Jews want safety and security. . . it’s like the first motion for civil rights and social justice for other Jews. “it doesn’t matter what your race, ethnicity, or faith is, because when you combat anti-Semitism, it invariably leads to protecting other people from other minority groups. “When you fight hate, you start fighting hate in all its forms,” he said.
For more information, see www. endjewhatred. com.
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