Rise In Anti-Semitic Incidents

A good example of this would be In 1997 SS lightning bolts and swastikas were among the anti-Semitic graffiti discovered in Hebrew and Yiddish books in the University of Chicago library, and an explosive device was detonated at the door of a Jewish center in New York City. But personal assaults against Jews are not uncommon. That same year, two men with a BB gun entered a Wisconsin synagogue and started shooting during morning prayers. In 1995 in Cincinnati, a gang member revealed that one of the victims of his group\\'s initiation ceremony was chosen just because he was Jewish. And recently because of the September 11 attacks Muslims have been the constant target of hate crimes in America.

As I passed them, one of them spat at me and said, "fuckin' Jew." I continued riding, my ear drenched in this person's gooey, bacteria-laden saliva, and my innocence told me this was normal because when I reached the next intersection a man making a left turn drove by me and yelled out a similar epithet from his car. The exact words don't matter. It's the faces, the sneers of hatred, the furrowed brows of enmity that have caused me to become another jaded member of this regressing social zoo.

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Between 2006 to 2017, as reported by O’Reilly, hate crimes targeting Muslims has increased by an outstanding 91%. The average increase in all forms of hate crimes rose by 41% between 2016-2017 (Farivar, 2017). Hence, inarguable statistics and numbers establish a very high rate of increase in hate crimes, most especially during 2016-2017, coinciding with the campaign and subsequent election of Donald Trump.

New York City is one of the most popular cities in the United States. It is home to Times Square, Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and known to be the most culturally diverse part of the world. New York is one of the most visited cities in the country. New York City consists of five boroughs; Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. According to The Wall Street Journal’s website, there have been over 53 million visitors in just 2013. With it’s vast popularity comes a high crime rate. New York City is also a popular target amongst terrorism groups with a recorded 17 terrorist related crimes. As a society, we are continuously faced with the difficulty of surrendering our freedom to increase our safety. The Stop-and-Frisk law allowed New York City police offers to stop and search people for the suspicion of weapons, drugs and other illegal imports. This program that was started by the previous New York Major Bloomberg with the help of the police chief, sparked a lot of controversy because New Yorker’s believed this new law was going against their rights protected by the 4th Amendment.

After reading a newsletter my temple sent out about the upcoming protest, the attack became personal. The WBC’s claim that my temple was a “god-cursed” organization was a shock to our jewish community. Living in a generally liberal and accepting area, I realized I have been sheltered my whole life; protected from degrading people with unaccepting attitudes. However, reading about the protest online was no comparison to the defeat I felt when I saw the messages the WBC wrote on their signs and surrounded our temple with. Despite the large group of members of the WBC, I was surprised to see an even bigger gathering of rabbis, cantors, teachers, and other members of my temple, unwilling to accept the false accusations from the WBC. The jewish community joined together, supporting and comforting one another, not even phased by such a personal attack. Articles were written, and newsletters were sent out, comforting the whole community and ensuring that everyone had a way to express and discuss their feelings about the situation. While the WBC may have deemed their protest a success in spreading their message, my temple proved to be successful in helping me see how community and faith can truly heal

For years there has been an increase in hate crimes. Since 2016, the number has increased by 20%. That might not seem like a lot, but that is just in a year, a few months even. There have been 8,152 or more hate crimes around the world that no one really seems to know about. In 1939, anybody with in Europe seemed to know about the camps and the hate crimes, but chose not to do anything. The only

First, the constant use of hate speech allows society to become immune and more accepting toward violence. Last August, a 58 year old homeless Latino man was ambushed by two white men as he slept, being awakened by having his nose broken, his chest and arms battered and by being soaked in urine. Scott Leader, one of the brothers who was later arrested, quoted his political hero, saying, "Donald Trump was right; all these illegals need to be deported" (Walker 1). Although Donald Trump did not physically assault the homeless man, his words filled with racial incitement greatly resonated with the two brothers who viciously attacked the homeless Latino man. Donald Trump's reaction to hearing the alleged beating was, "I will say that people who are following me are very passionate. They love this country and want this country to be great again" (Walker 1). However, rather than immediately

One of those who heard racism in Knollenberg's comments was Democratic Representative Brian Banks from Detroit. “I was disgusted to hear any human, especially an elected official who is responsible for creating policy, to talk that way,” Banks said. “It is clear you have some built-in racism. It is clear you are out of touch with reality. As an elected official, as one of your colleagues, you owe us an apology.”

There is always an entity in the air, a presence that encroaches beneath the ground, or even an engrossing feeling that is within the human psyche. This invisible social force that influences everyday life is called prejudice, to which the excruciating backlash Jews have received for their cultural identity and traditions even has a term for it: anti-semitism. There are a large variety of anti-semitic myths that been associated by inaccurate stereotypes to which ignorance continues to breed. In order to properly understand how to debunk these pigeonhole categories, three particular myths will be explored to further comprehend how anti-semitism was in the past and how it currently relates to contemporary times. Jews known for contributing to well poisoning during the Black Death alongside how this group has been linked to being known as “Christ killers” and “ritual murders” provide an ugly, erroneous portrayal that harms the Jewish community and should be ended immediately.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Anti-Semitism is defined as the hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group. While Anti-Semitism has always been present, recently many more hate crimes have occurred. No doubt, the United States government has acknowledged the Anti-Semitic actions; however, President Donald Trump has outlined no plans to stop them. The increase in Anti-Semites in the United States is predicted by the election of President Donald Trump. To combat the attacks in the United States, the United States government needs to intervene over Donald Trump because he has made no plan to stop the attacks.

Throughout the years the way people have been seen has changed, before Jewish people were seen as horrible people who were not right in the head and although that has changed people are still hateful towards Jewish people. In the book “The Chosen” the author Chaim Potok shows two jewish boys and how they are raised during World War Two. One boy Danny Sauders is in Hasidic Judaism and the other boy is Reuven Malter who is in Modern Orthodox Judaism. Some things that happen in the book relate to events that are happening currently. Recently there was an event where a gathering of white nationalists had a protest in Charlottesville over confederate monuments being taken down. They showed up with swastika badges and signs that condone the

With backlash from religious and political extremists alike, the Jewish community is becoming increasingly vulnerable at a rapid rate. Winston Churchill warned, "those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it". Clearly our memory is not as sharp as it used to be.

Negative Muslim rhetoric and hate crimes have been an all time high since 9/11 and have been increasing every year. Mayor Bill De Blasio and the city of New York launched the new campaign “I am Muslim. I am NYC” to combat against negative Muslim rhetoric and hate crimes. Xenophobia has been an issue in New York, it is visible even in Islamophobic subway advertisements. De Blasio’s plan is to end this. One of his methods is to educate New Yorkers on the religion of Islam and their false perceptions of the religion drawn by media and politics. This method will be done through“citywide public information and integrated multiplatform marketing campaign on combating xenophobia and embracing religious diversity in New York City.” (De Blasio). He is also calling for solidarity between Muslims and all New Yorkers to end discrimination. This goes hand-to-hand with the C.S.T. teach of Solidarity. De Blasio and the city of New York are calling all of NYC to help end the marginalization of Muslims in NYC, which is the common good of all people. The graced structure also fits in with the lesson of the Good Samaritan. The lesson that is intertwined with the structure and parable is that as God’s people we have to help everyone, despite their background, past history, and wealth status. New Yorkers should do the same and help and respect their Muslim brethren, despite their differences with background, which is what the campaign is promoting. If solidarity is reached, then the social injustice will diminish

In 2007, according to the Federal Bureau Investigation of the Nation’s law enforcement agencies “there were 9,535 victims of hate crimes; of these victims17.1 percent were victimized because of a bias against a religious belief which totaled to be 1,628 victims of an anti-religious hate crime” (1). Almost ten thousand people were victims of hate crimes alone in 2007. That is something to be alarmed about because part of living in the U.S.A as minority is to have freedom to do and be anything you want and yet we find that you really don’t have that freedom because you get attacked for practicing that freedom. The increasingly rate of hate crimes is soaring that many states like New York, New Jersey and California now have the highest