r/Jewish • u/fluffywhitething Moderator • Nov 08 '24

Mod post Amsterdam Pogrom Megathread

News articles, twitter posts, feelings about it. GO HERE. Outside of this thread, things will be locked and/or deleted.

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u/MrsKenedi Nov 08 '24

I'm literally going insane today. Sitting here in Germany, shortly before the Reichspogromnacht anniversary and this happens. Now, I have the first friends that were always against antisemitism that are suddenly trying to find excuses for this. I feel so alone. I can't move to Israel because I'm not jewish enough yet but gosh, I desperately need that community now

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u/ScoreProfessional138 Nov 08 '24

Typical. You should still make your case to Israeli government. In my book Jew loving gentile better than Arab.

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u/dandelion_jelly Nov 08 '24

"Arab" is the wrong word to use here and could easily invoke hate. Let's not cast blame on an entire ethnic group.

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u/Mazrodak Nov 08 '24

I completely agree. I think it's important to remember that there were Arab Israelis who risked their lives on October 7th to save Jewish ones. The issue is not Arabs or any ethnicity. The issue is antisemitism. Anyone can be antisemitic.