BRITISH LABOR PARTY ANTI-SEMITISM
Three
prominent British Jewish authors said in an open letter that they are
concerned that anti Zionism in the country's Labor Party is now "closer
to anti-Semitism.
Howard
Jacobson, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Simon Schama said in the open
letter in The Times that they are "troubled by the tone and direction of
debate about Israel and Zionism within the Labor Party."
The
letter said "We are alarmed that during the past few years,
constructive criticism of Israeli governments has morphed into something
closer to anti-Semitism under the cloak of so-called anti-Zionism. We
do not object to fair criticism of Israel governments, but this has
grown to be indistinguishable from a demonization of Zionism itself."
The
authors noted that accusations of international Jewish conspiracy and
Jewish control of the media have once again become ubiquitous, as have
creating parallels between the Jewish state and Nazism.
"Such
themes and language have become widespread in Jeremy Corbyn's Labor
Party. So far the Labor leadership's reaction has been derisory. It is
not enough to denounce all racisms in general when this specific strain
rages unchecked," the authors wrote.
They
also noted the suffering of the Palestinian Arabs. "We do not forget
nor deny that the Palestinian people have an equally legitimate, ancient
history and culture in Palestine nor that they have suffered wrongs
that must be healed. We hope that a Palestinian state will exist
peacefully alongside Israel," they wrote.
Jacobson
won the Mann Booker Prize 2010 for "The Finkler Question." Schama
recently published "Belonging," the second part of his trilogy "The
Story of the Jews," and Montefiore is the author of "Jerusalem: The
Biography."
ANIT-SEMITIC POSTERS IN CALIFORNIA
Northern
California synagogue vandalized with posters portraying Jews as
rapists, using anti-Semitic slurs, and praising Hitler's 'warning'.
Anti-Semitic
posters portraying Jews as serial rapists and praising white
supremacist mass-murderer Dylann Roof were pasted to a synagogue in
suburban Sacramento, California over the weekend.
Members
of congregation Or Rishon on discovered about 10 to 15 of the hate
posters stuck to the building, The Sacramento Bee reported. They were
placed on the building overnight between Friday and Saturday.
The
posters included one seemingly justifying the June 2015 mass-shooting
committed by white supremacist Dylann Roof at a predominantly black
church in South Carolina, killing nine. Other posters featured
anti-Semitic caricatures.
One
poster portrayed Jews as rapists, showing an image of disgraced former
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and a man with side-locks sexually
assaulting a non-Jewish woman. The poster also appears to praise Adolf
Hitler and other prominent anti-Semites, exhorting the public to heed
their "warnings" against Jews. The poster also used an anti-Semitic
epithet.
"Yikes!
Kikes! Hitler, Rockwell, and Pierce warned you about sleazy Hollywood
kikes," the poster said, referencing white supremacists William Luther
Pierce and George Lincoln Rockwell.
The incident was reported to the Sacramento Sheriff's Department and the FBI, according to the report.
Security
camera footage is being reviewed, the temple's president, Kimberly
Olker, told local NBC affiliate KCRA, Channel 3 news.
Rabbi
Alan Rabishaw told the Bee that he has received messages of support
from community leaders and leaders of the Muslim community. He said it
is the first time the temple, which serves about 275 families, has been
targeted.
He told the newspaper the temple will not change how it operates in response to the attack.
"They're
not in control, not even a little bit. We're not hiding, we're not
afraid. We just do what we do with joy and peace in our hearts," he
said.
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