So you're telling me there's black Nazis?
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So you're telling me there's black Nazis?
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"We’re Not Safe as Jews in New York"
The Monsey stabbing is the latest in an escalating drumbeat of anti-Semitic violence in the hub of American Jewish life.
EMMA GREEN
DECEMBER 29, 2019
Saturday was the seventh night of Hanukkah, a holiday normally celebrated with singing and fried foods and the soft glow of lit menorahs. A gathering of Hasidic Jews at the home of a rabbi in Monsey, New York, instead turned into a nightmare when a man wielding a large knife rushed in and began attacking. Five people were reportedly stabbed and wounded. As of midday Sunday, according to law enforcement, two victims were still in the hospital.
“There’s a lot of horror,” Shoshana Bernstein, a community organizer and mother who lives in Monsey, told me. “It’s tapping into every fear.” Part of the shock is that this happened in Monsey, a densely Jewish community just north of New York City, in the metropolitan area that is home to the largest population of Jews outside of Israel. Jews have been in New York since before the city got its name, and have deeply influenced its culture. At one point, they made up as much as a quarter of its population. Now, according to researchers at Brandeis University, roughly 1.7 million Jews live in the metropolitan area, nearly 10 percent of the population. By comparison, Jews make up roughly 2 percent of the United States population as a whole.
Here, of all places, Jews should feel safe. But the Monsey stabbing is just the latest in an escalating drumbeat of violence in the area. Less than three weeks ago, a pair of assailants allegedly murdered two Jews, a law-enforcement officer, and a clerk at a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey. There have been at least 13 anti-Semitic incidents in New York State since early December, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo, and at least 10 in the New York–New Jersey area in the past week alone, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The Monsey attack could mark a fundamental turning point for Jews in New York, and across the country: Jews are being targeted for violence, whether they live in the heart of Brooklyn or the suburbs of Rockland County, where Monsey is located. “I think the reality is seeping in,” Bernstein said. “It doesn’t matter who you are [or] what your religious affiliation is. We’re not safe as Jews in New York.”
It’s odd this is happening in clusters like this. It’s like people read about it and think it’s a cool thing to do. Even if you don’t like Jews for whatever reason, why attack someone on the streets just going about their business? Remember someone was going around China town slashing girls in the face with a straight edge razor? These random acts of violence are quite puzzling. Just express your disagreement verbally and leave it like that. This shit happens to Christians everyday in the Middle East but the world doesn’t seem that concerned. In my eyes it’s a genocide but that word can’t be used as the UN charters would demand action be taken. It’s just a shame this violence happens everywhere.
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true it is everywhere.
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all that is is an article. The article doesn't mention how many tens of millions of Muslims live in Kashmir and are being persecuted right now. The article doesn't mention all the rohingyas in Myanmar we just experienced what the UN considers a genocide. 1 million rohingyas got driven out of Myanmar to Bangladesh who also refuses to take them in. go ahead miles name me 1 million Christians who got killed in the past few years. Oh that's right I forgot you can't because it didn't happen @walrus
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The article is about Christians who frankly do not seem to have it easy in many countries in the world. If not the most, then certainly a very persecuted group.
I think religion is unnecessary, but if people want to practice peacefully without bothering me or forcing their pet Hippo upon me for giving my reasons why, then all is okay.
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