Melissa's Musings(My opinionated view of life)

Gregory Bovino reportedly mocked US Minnesota attorney’s Jewish faith | Minnesota | The Guardian "Recently demoted border patrol official  Gregory Bovino  reportedly made mocking and sarcastic remarks about the Jewish faith of Minnesota’s US attorney, Daniel Rosen, during a phone call with prosecutors in the state earlier in January." More at above link.

– The Forward : Antisemitism may be on the rise elsewhere, but terrorism and looming civil war make Israel an especially dangerous place--for Jews.

Antisemitic Attitudes in America: Topline Findings | ADL : In our topline findings, data shows widespread belief in antisemitic conspiracy theories & tropes nearly doubled since 2019 & the highest levels in 30 years.

Kanye, Trump and the return of overt American antisemitism - The Washington Post : Antisemitism watchers say the millennia-old prejudice has not been so overt in American life in decades.

Trump attacks American Jews, says they must 'get their act together' on Israel 'before it's too late' He is not the POTUS who has done the most for Israel.  He is antisemitic according to his actions, his words, and Michael Cohen.  We have to stop Christian Nationalism in the USA.  That means voting blue this November.  Many of the GOP in this race are election deniers, and insurrection supporting Christian Nationalists.  If you don't want a Hitler-era USA, you have to vote blue.

JCPA Condemns Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade - Jewish Council for Public Affairs Jewish law states that a pregnant person's rights take precedence over an unborn potential person. A potential life which only becomes a person when emerging from the womb. Overturning Roe V. Wade violates a Jewish person's First Amendment right to practice our own religion. The Christian right is now legislating their own beliefs, and that is unconstitutional. Individual religious beliefs are not allowed in jurisprudence.  That is unconstitutional. The last time I checked, the USA was not a Christian theocracy, and that is what is happening in the The USA. That's the GOP's goal. They've wanted Christian rule for a long time. Some of them have even admitted it.  That is not going to happen in my USA.  

Learning about antisemitism from the people who fought it – The Forward

How social media fuels antisemitism

False Flag Attack? The USS Liberty : Especially when Israel and anti-Semitism are involved, obsessives are generally so deeply ideologically invested that facts no longer play any role in what they believe. And in light of this, the attack on the USS Liberty is an important lesson for all of us in keeping our priorities straight: keep your emotions separate from your understanding of the facts

The Myth of 'Judeo-Christianity,' Explained - Hey Alma

Why Is Antisemitism Defined Differently to Racism? | HuffPost UK Politics This is what I want to know.  Why are some people in essence saying that if you're a White Jew that your "White Privilege" cancels out antisemitism so it's a zero sum?  I vehemently disagree...and I'm a liberal. 

Buffalo Shooter's Manifesto Promotes "Great Replacement" Theory, Antisemitism and Previous Mass Shooters | Anti-Defamation League

Xavier Pelkey, of Waterville, Maine, arrested with homemade explosives plotted mass murder at synagogues, mosques in Chicago: FBI - ABC7 Chicago : Xavier Pelkey, 18, of Waterville, Maine, plotted to travel to Chicago and commit mass murder at synagogues and mosques, the FBI said.

UN chief decries antisemitism, urges stand against hatred : Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the resurgence of antisemitism in comments Tuesday night at a service commemorating victims of the Nazi Holocaust, and he urged people around the world to “stand firm against hate and bigotry anywhere and everywhere.” The U.N. chief said he was alarmed to learn recently that barely half of adults worldwide have heard of the Holocaust, which saw the murder of 6 million Jews, comprising one-third of the Jewish people, and millions of others during World War II. He said the lack of knowledge among the younger generations “is worse still.” “Our response to ignorance must be education,” Guterres said.

Why resurgent antisemitism in America is a problem for us all

Does Video Show Vaxxed Heads Exploding Due to 5G in Israel? | Snopes.com

Bambi: cute, lovable, vulnerable ... or a dark parable of antisemitic terror? | Antisemitism | The Guardian

Anti-Semitism Just Won’t Go Away in Germany : Two recent incidents are once again forcing German society to confront the issue of anti-Semitism.

Many of the theories are overtly antisemitic, but far-right activists have been working to convert anti-lockdown beliefs to antisemitism too. | MIT Technology Review : Many of the theories are overtly antisemitic, but far-right activists have been working to convert anti-lockdown beliefs to antisemitism too. Yes, the right-wing is more antisemitic than the left.  Right-wingers like to try to convince people that since some progressives are anti-Zionist, left-wingers are antisemitic.  Unfortunately, some of that is true.  However, if we're talking numbers of physical hate crime in general, it's always the right according to the FBI.   I am a Jew, and it horrifies me when my fellow Jews align themselves with right-wing politics.  The far-right is responsible for the rise in domestic terrorism, and antisemitism.

My Tweet About Vaccinating My Kid Went Viral. Then Came the Antisemitic Trolls. – Kveller