I am 69 and Jewish. I think there is more public antisemitism than at any point in my life. I blame Trump for making it acceptable for his cult. It’s right there with their anti-Asian and Anti-Black hatred.
"For Jews, just 2 percent of the population but the targets of 55 percent of reported religiously motivated hate crimes, the trend revives centuries-old fears."https://t.co/iXE7wX0bk4
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) October 29, 2022
Totally normal stuff from the GOP in 2022. It’s all unleashed now – the antisemitism, the anti-Black racism, the incitement to violence. https://t.co/cPNse2NCzt
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 29, 2022
The voters of Nevada have a choice. Please, reject this.👇
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) October 31, 2022
"A Twitter account connected to former Laxalt staffer Michael Pecjak has compared abortion to the Holocaust and claimed that 'Jews are not a religious sect and are a cult,' among other comments."https://t.co/yrjxsQ80DR
As a Jew who grew up in the heartland, I remember my friends’ parents casually telling me how sad it was that my family was going to hell.
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) October 30, 2022
So when a gentile says they love Israel more than a lot of Jews do, I hear:
“We need Jews to housesit Israel until the rapture arrives.” https://t.co/IIqPd5kTIq
It was displayed on outside of stadium at UF/UGA game in Jacksonville earlier tonight and now on outside of other Jacksonville buildings like this one. pic.twitter.com/EZ9XH7fIrU
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) October 30, 2022
At Chaffee and I-10 in Jacksonville. #AntiSemitism on another American overpass. This is horrifying. pic.twitter.com/3ICenqPR4P
— Melissa Ross (@MelissainJax) October 28, 2022
On the rise of an ever more open antisemitic discourse in the US – it strikes me that our schools should not just focus on the Holocaust, but also teach something about the many century long often brutal Christian oppression and subjugation of Jews in Europe.
— Jason Stanley (@jasonintrator) October 25, 2022
A week ago Donald Trump threatened American Jews to "get their act together" "before it is too late" on his social media website.
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) October 23, 2022
The right-wing media has turned up the volume on antisemitism considerably.
A non-exhaustive thread of examples: 🧵
Sad! 