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anti-semitism in Europe - dan123 - 02-19-2019
How alarmed do you think European Jews should be about the rise of Anti-semitism ?
Is Israel safe to move to since there is risk of war ?
what should a European jew do ?
RE: anti-semitism in Europe - Chavak - 03-05-2019
I'd be pretty alarmed and thinking about moving to Israel. Here is just one more recent occurrence:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-carnival-float-condemned-for-featuring-anti-semitic-puppets-of-jews/
![[Image: Puppets-of-Jews-on-display-at-the-Aalst-...40x400.jpg]](https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2019/03/Puppets-of-Jews-on-display-at-the-Aalst-Crnaval-in-Belgium-on-March-3-2019.-Courtesy-of-FJO-640x400.jpg)
RE: anti-semitism in Europe - Channalee - 03-05-2019
(03-05-2019, 05:59 AM)Chavak Wrote: I'd be pretty alarmed and thinking about moving to Israel. Here is just one more recent occurrence:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-carnival-float-condemned-for-featuring-anti-semitic-puppets-of-jews/
That's pretty frightening. The thing is that this isn't anything new in the Aalst carnival (and a few other European, pre-Easter carnivals). They've been resurrecting these medieval tropes for a very long time. Add to this the fact that UNESCO promotes this carnival on their website as part of their "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" and, well... But then, UNESCO has become increasingly politicized and anti-Israel so, no surprise there.
RE: anti-semitism in Europe - nili - 03-05-2019
We are living in a world that is becoming increasingly inured to the most vile manifestations of nativism and bigotry, and this is true for the US and Israel every bit as much as it is for Belgium and Argentina.
Faced with this, we can either build bridges and seek to strengthen them or build walls and seek to retreat behind them. Each response has its place, but only the former holds out the possibility for a better world.
RE: anti-semitism in Europe - Jason - 03-05-2019
Yes, come to Israel.
RE: anti-semitism in Europe - Chavak - 03-05-2019
(03-05-2019, 12:10 PM)Channalee Wrote:(03-05-2019, 05:59 AM)Chavak Wrote: I'd be pretty alarmed and thinking about moving to Israel. Here is just one more recent occurrence:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-carnival-float-condemned-for-featuring-anti-semitic-puppets-of-jews/
That's pretty frightening. The thing is that this isn't anything new in the Aalst carnival (and a few other European, pre-Easter carnivals). They've been resurrecting these medieval tropes for a very long time. Add to this the fact that UNESCO promotes this carnival on their website as part of their "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" and, well... But then, UNESCO has become increasingly politicized and anti-Israel so, no surprise there.
You can bet UNESCO would never allow this to happen with Islam or Arabs.
RE: anti-semitism in Europe - Channalee - 03-05-2019
(03-05-2019, 03:59 PM)Chavak Wrote:(03-05-2019, 12:10 PM)Channalee Wrote:(03-05-2019, 05:59 AM)Chavak Wrote: I'd be pretty alarmed and thinking about moving to Israel. Here is just one more recent occurrence:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian-carnival-float-condemned-for-featuring-anti-semitic-puppets-of-jews/
That's pretty frightening. The thing is that this isn't anything new in the Aalst carnival (and a few other European, pre-Easter carnivals). They've been resurrecting these medieval tropes for a very long time. Add to this the fact that UNESCO promotes this carnival on their website as part of their "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" and, well... But then, UNESCO has become increasingly politicized and anti-Israel so, no surprise there.
You can bet UNESCO would never allow this to happen with Islam or Arabs.
The United Nations certainly seems (within the past decade or more) to have developed a pro-Arab/anti-Israel bias. Issues of human rights are basically ignored in the Arab states, while a number of Arab UN members condemn Israel.
RE: anti-semitism in Europe - Steven Jonaitis - 03-06-2019
It appears that anti-semetism was what influenced Herzl to encourage people to move to the Jewish state as a response to the Jewish question. As much as I don't support the modern state, I do believe it is better for the Jewry to move there.
RE: anti-semitism in Europe - Chavak - 03-06-2019
(03-05-2019, 04:54 PM)Channalee Wrote: The United Nations certainly seems (within the past decade or more) to have developed a pro-Arab/anti-Israel bias. Issues of human rights are basically ignored in the Arab states, while a number of Arab UN members condemn Israel.
The UN is totally biased and gets no respect from me.
RE: anti-semitism in Europe - Channalee - 03-06-2019
(03-06-2019, 03:20 PM)Chavak Wrote:(03-05-2019, 04:54 PM)Channalee Wrote: The United Nations certainly seems (within the past decade or more) to have developed a pro-Arab/anti-Israel bias. Issues of human rights are basically ignored in the Arab states, while a number of Arab UN members condemn Israel.
The UN is totally biased and gets no respect from me.
Me neither.