The neo-Nazis mentioned below were part of a larger
demonstration of alt-right groups that were protesting removal of a statue of
Gen Robt. E. Lee. Is there now a fusion
of all these groups? I am NOT saying every statue-protestor is part of this, but there probably are some. Are some closet-Nazis starting to come out of the closet?
Charlottesville’s Jewish
community was forced to hire security after local police denied worshipers of
synagogue protection from neo-Nazis during the violent weekend that claimed the life of a
woman. [The main point of the protest was against removal of a statue of Robt. E. Lee]
Alan Zimmerman, president of
Congregation Beth Israel, [in Charlottesville] described the fear he had when he saw three men armed
with RIFLES outside the synagogue, he wrote in a blog post
published Monday.
There were also “parades of Nazis” outside pointing at
the temple and chanting “Seig Heil” while white supremacists carried “flags
with swastikas and other Nazi symbols,” Zimmerman wrote. [There was also prominent display of the Nazi phrase 'blood and soil"]
When morning services ended,
Zimmerman advised worshipers to exit through the back door for safety.
“This is 2017 in the United
States of America,” he continued.
He wrote that he learned that “Nazi websites” were
calling for the burning of the synagogue — but nothing ever happened.
He also recalled when an elderly woman, whom he said was
Catholic, approached him in front of the synagogue and asked: “Why do they hate
you?”
“I had no answer to the
question we’ve been asking ourselves for thousands of years,” Zimmerman wrote.
. .
In recent months, the Jewish
community has experienced bomb threats at Jewish centers in several states. . .
Also, tombstones have been
vandalized in Jewish cemeteries, and it’s unclear if any arrests have been made
in those cases
The Anti-Defamation League says that
anti-Semitic incidents have spiked 86% in the first quarter of 2017 with a
total of 541 cases, compared to 291 cases recorded during the same time last
year."
One thing that frustrates me as I browse the Internet is the anti-Jewish, anti-Zionist blather I see in responses to articles. The blame-game nonsense.
ReplyDeleteI know lots of Jewish jokes. Learned them from my Jewish room mates at FSU. I've been pro-Israel since 1948.
Spring, 1959. I walked out of a movie in downtown Tallahassee. Many people on sidewalks, both sides of Monroe Street. "What's going on," I asked. "A KKK parade is coming."
As the dozen or so white-sheeted critters marched past I stepped to the curb and proclaimed in my best ex-GI parade ground voice, "Look! Form-fitting hats!"
There I was, ready for an attitude-adjustment session and no takers. Sad.
I have equal contempt for Nazis, Antifa and BLM.
Art
What about the alt-right?
ReplyDeleteThe alt-right and far-left have equally kept racism alive and well in America. Both groups represent the defective fringe of society. IMHO, Americans are mostly rational people.
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