I’m much more concerned about unchecked Zionism…
Maybe you should not only be concerned with one type of bigotry and not another? Just from an equity standpoint?
I’m concerned with the one causing genocide at the moment, how about you? One seems to be a bit more unchecked and the other seems.to be the buzz word for anyone who dares to question Zionism.
I’m not as stupid as to believe that bigotry and hatred towards jews doesn’t exist.
American Jews are not causing genocide. But it’s telling that you are accusing us of it.
I am Jewish and I am concerned, although the harassment I’ve gotten so far has not been much and only online. It is, at least in part, Israel’s fault by suggesting that it’s the only place for Jews despite the fact that fewer Jews live in Israel than Jews who don’t live in Israel.
I do not support Israel’s apartheid or genocide. I don’t even really want to visit the place unless it was part of a Middle Eastern archaeology tour or something. And yet, more than once, at least once I can recall on Lemmy, I have had to not just justify that (in the same “but do you condemn Hamas” manner), my justification was not accepted.
One person here on Lemmy, a person who I’m fairly certain was not a Jew themselves, actually declared me not Jewish because I live in the U.S. Which is just another form of antisemitism.
Regardless, I’m not apparently allowed, by a significant number of people, to identify as a Jew and not support Israel. And that includes a significant number of Jews who I have to deal with as an internal problem. But at least they aren’t also saying overtly antisemitic things.
Now… that said:
This goes way beyond Israel. A significant number of white people (by no means a majority) do not consider Jews white. Jews are an “other.” You need look no further than Elon Musk’s “you have said the actual truth” reply to the person saying that Jews oppressed white people. It’s “the actual truth” because I’m not white to someone like Elon.
I’m white. I benefit from every bit of white privilege every other white American benefits from. No cop is ever going to pull me over on suspicion of being white. No hiring manager is going to turn me down because I have a name that doesn’t sound white. My skin is practically lighter than Morticia Adams’. But to Elon, and others, I am not white.
And all of this concerns me. A lot. It didn’t used to much. Then Charlottesville happened and I found out that “Jews will not replace us” was considered by a lot of people to be an acceptable thing to chant in America.
Are these concerns borne out by actual data on hate crimes?
The number of hate crimes reported to police in the nation’s 10 largest cities rose again in 2023, according to preliminary data released Friday from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University.
The annual study found at least 2,184 hate crimes were reported across New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, and Austin last year, an increase of nearly 13% from 2022 driven in part by upticks in anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim attacks amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A larger analysis of 25 American cities found hate crimes increased an average of 17% from 2022, according to the study.
“The top 10 cities generally match what’s going to happen nationally,” said Brian Levin, professor emeritus and founder of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.
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New York and Los Angeles saw some of the largest increases in anti-Jewish hate crimes, rising 12.6% and 48% respectively, while Los Angeles and Chicago saw 40% and 300% increases in anti-Muslim hate crimes, according to the study.
“It just explodes after October 7,” Levin said, referencing the day Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 Israelis and took more than 240 hostages.
Levin said the data indicates national FBI hate crime data will also likely show a record number of anti-Jewish hate crimes when it is released later in the year. He said anti-Muslim hate crimes could also reach their highest levels since the last peak between 2015 and 2017.
Yeah well I was less scared when people weren’t openly hating my neighbors for being Jewish
Sharply more Americans than 20 years ago say antisemitism is a very serious problem, as Jewish Americans’ reports of poor treatment exceed those of other faith groups.
This is very deeply concerning, especially since Jewish-Americans, statistically speaking, are more likely to be friendly to the Palestinian cause and critical of the Israeli government than non-Jewish Americans. It suggests that there’s more than just the element of “CRITICISM OF ISRAEL IS ANTISEMITISM” peddled by Israeli simps.
I don’t know where you are getting the notion that American Jews are likely to support the Palestinian cause.
The polling shows that a large majority of (62%) American Jews think the response by Israel is acceptable. They also support funding weapons to Israel to carry out the atrocities against Palestinians.