ajc.global:

Since October 7, 2023, Jewish Australians have reported being harassed, isolated, threatened, and targeted simply for being Jewish or for being connected to Israel.

These testimonies, presented before Australia’s Royal Commission, reveal the devastating reality of contemporary antisemitism: Jews being targeted at school, at work, in public, and even in their own homes, simply for who they are.

No one should be forced to hide their identity, remove religious symbols, change their name, or live in fear of abuse because they are Jewish.

This is a global crisis and addressing it requires moral clarity, leadership, and action.

One I've only recently consciously recognized is how pro-Roman empire a lot of non-Jewish Americans are.

When you're talking about the Roman empire with Jews there's an undertone of "yeah it was pretty nice there but also they kidnapped and enslaved our ancestors and also are largely the reason that antisemitism exists in the modern world".

Huh! Wonder why that is!

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Dropping this book rec for no reason in particular:

this is an understandable decision, but I can't help but be very sad for him and the fact that he had to make this choice - yet another in an endless list of examples of antisemitism rampant in the arts and entertainment industry right now, pushing Jews out of spaces where they should be welcome and safe. it feels like the goal is to make Jewish artists disappear.

Kya [@\kyamae.bsky.social]

I heard there was a Cohen song,

And all the Christians got it wrong,

But you don't really get the meaning do ya?

'Cause you see its about getting laid,

It's sex, and love, and Jewish faith,

Multiple times we (the Clinton Campaign) put out ads, and she said in every speech, that maybe we don't agree on policy, but the way Trump talks, the way he acts, the way he treats people is unacceptable, and will do unimaginable and unacceptable damage to our children, they are watching, is this the standard we want to set for them? We were clear, we told you who he was. Now enough people heard us that she got the most votes, but not enough people took us seriously enough to show up and so we narrowly lost 3 key states and the rest is tragic history. But No one can say we didn't tell you.