‘From the River to the Sea’ Jewish Genocide Must Never Be!
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you ….” — Ezekiel 36:26
As the daughter and granddaughter of Jewish slaves in the Holocaust and Jewish peasants in pre-WWI Europe, I understand slavery and poverty from the inside. I understand governmental injustice from extreme personal experiences across time. And I understand that, during my family’s suffering of antisemitism for decades, we have been abandoned by the self-same signatories to the “Letter on the Immoral Use of Law.”
Where were the 500+ clergy zealously protesting our decades of classic antisemitic accusations and discriminations against us? Where was even one clergy member crying out for Jewish justice as numerous articles were printed and media coverage aired about our repeated vandalism attacks on and near Jewish Holy Days, threats to our safety, grand thefts of our property, refusals of officials to prosecute falsified records like a fraudulent lien, and judicial antisemitism at its finest, with a litany of descriptors against us as “bizarre,” “contumacious,” “abusive,” “callous,” “vindictive,” “”egregious,” and “vindictive”?
Where were the 500+ clergy vociferously and publicly protesting the antisemitic legal brief of a Florida-licensed attorney denouncing our family for documenting years of antisemitic crimes against us as “religious-based nonsense”? Who amongst the 500+ clergy raised even a whisper against the Lakeland, Florida, appellate court that twice unanimously “Affirmed” dozens of crimes and antisemitic hate crimes committed against us like grand theft of thousands of Jewish items stolen from our family and our Jewish charity?
Before any voice can be legitimately raised against those trying to protect us Jews, our clergy and our fellow Jews must vigorously protest antisemitic acts all around us, in our homes, our neighborhoods and communities, schools, universities, and the streets of America. We must protect each other before we dare to defend those who avowedly hate us and proclaim genocide against the Jewish People and yearn for our end “from the river to the sea.”
Antisemitic incidents reaches record high across the country
The Anti-Defamation League reports a surge in antisemitic incidents, with over 9,000 cases nationwide following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Author: Bridget Chavez
SEATTLE — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is reporting a record number of antisemitic incidents across the United States with cases of harassment, assault, and vandalism surging — especially after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
The annual audit found antisemitism in America reached a record high in 2024, with more than 9,000 cases of assault, harassment and vandalism reported nationwide. You can access the report here.
The record-breaking numbers reflect a national a statewide crisis. Two families in western Washington said the hate is hitting close to home.
“For us, it’s not just data,” said Aviad Benzikry. “There was a hate crime at our home as a result of us having a sign in our window that said, ‘Seattle Stands with Israel.’”
Benzikry shared surveillance footage that shows a man throwing rocks at their home last May, shattering a window. The incident happened in broad daylight and no one was home at the time.
“That action, that response to something, shows just how far it goes in terms of the hatred,” he said. “To this day, our eldest asks every night if the door is locked—and as parents, that’s something you fight. You want your kids to feel safe in their home.”
“The numbers are going up, the incidents are going up,” said Karen Treiger. “And it’s very sad, but it’s been going up for some time.”
Treiger’s synagogue has been targeted several times in recent years. In one incident, hateful flyers were posted on the synagogue’s fence. “I don’t remember what they said, but the implication was like, ‘Go home,’” she recalled.
Her synagogue was also one of four in the Seattle area that received suspicious letters lined with white powder in November 2023—about a month after the Oct. 7 attack.
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