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KENOSHA, WI- Anti-Semitic vandalism has been part and parcel of so-called “peaceful” protests since Black Lives Matter took to the streets following the death of George Floyd in police custody in May.
It’s interesting because many Jewish organizations have stood in solidarity with the black community after the death of Floyd, however as many people are finding out, kowtowing to BLM doesn’t buy any grace from the organization.
The latest incident occurred in Kenosha, Wisconsin as reported by The Blaze, where Julio Rosas of Townhall was able to record video of someone from the Black Lives Matter protesters spray-painting the words “Free Palestine” in the driveway of Kenosha’s Beth Hillel Temple.
Someone from the BLM crowd spray-painted “Free Palestine” in the driveway of the Beth Hillel Temple in Kenosha. pic.twitter.com/sJACaqZlai
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 27, 2020
Back in May, the same slogan—“Free Palestine”-was written on a Lost Angeles synagogue when the BLM riots first started in response to Floyd’s death.
Synagogue Congregation Beth El on Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles vandalized… Tell me this ugly hatred is still about #blm or #georgefloyd?! pic.twitter.com/DnCiA2Zc5L
— Lisa Daftari (@LisaDaftari) May 31, 2020
After the anti-Semitic attacks back in May and early June, Democrats remained largely silent. Other attacks targeted kosher markets and other Jewish-owned stores.
Rabbi Gershon Bess Shul in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/wdjZvTQGzJ
— Elder of Ziyon 🇮🇱 (@elderofziyon) May 31, 2020
In addition to the synagogue, a church was also vandalized, with the initials BLM scrawled across it’s sign.
Rabbi Ganzweig Shul on Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/j5X4FaQxBj
— Elder of Ziyon 🇮🇱 (@elderofziyon) May 31, 2020
After three nights of violence in Kenosha after the shooting of alleged sex offender Jacob Blake on Sunday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel said the fourth nights of protests in the city had been largely “peaceful.” That was likely due in large part to the arrival of the Wisconsin National Guard to supplement local law enforcement.
Church sign in Kenosha graffitied with “BLM.” pic.twitter.com/a7yeNVRSP8
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 27, 2020
The rabbi of the synagogue, who is purported to have rather “left-wing political views” told the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, “I’m a lot more concerned about the loss of live that the black community experiences on a regular basis because of systemic racism, because of the violence directed at them, than I am about whatever damage or costs are uncured for us because of it.”
According to The Jerusalem Post, back in early June the synagogue had signed onto an interfaith letter which supported peaceful protests, and which condemned “a broken societal system which disproportionately affects communities of color.”
Rabbi Dena Feingold, who has been leading the congregation for 35 years said, “That’s a trivial matter. What’s happened these last few days is not about us and what’s happened to us. It’s about the issues of systemic racism that plague our society. About police policy, about implicit bias, white privilege and those bigger issues is what this is about. It doesn’t change anything at all.”
Yup, the rabbi hit all the progressive talking points right there in one sentence.
It’s risky for White Jews in small towns to fight racism. It’s brave for rabbis like Dena Feingold and shuls like Beth Hillel.
Don’t defend attacks on shuls. Defend Jews brave enough to stand in solidarity with Jacob Blake and the fight against racism.https://t.co/FgqvoLSQsi
— Rabbi Mike Rothbaum (@Rav_Mike) August 27, 2020
Feingold continued, “We can clean up graffiti. It’s not something that lasts, like the killing of a human being or paralyzing of someone, and people of color living in fear when they go about their daily lives.”
An editorial from the Jewish Journal in July noted that back in 2016, there were a number of groups allied with Black Lives Matter which had accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians. The group also called Israel an “apartheid state.”
While the editorial claims BLM had pulled that language from its website, the group continued spewing anti-Semitic remarks. Also, the language has been transferred to the Movement for Black Lives, not removed completely. BLM’s anti-Semitic philosophy continues.
The editorial also referred also to a Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles’ Fairfax section being targeted by looters, while a synagogue in Fairfax was tagged with graffiti reading “free Palestine” and “fuck Israel.”
Aside from Black Lives Matter itself openly perpetrating anti-Semitic propaganda, many supporters of the group also perpetrated anti-Semitism, including Nick Cannon formerly of MTV, NFL player DeSean Jackson who posted several anti-Semitic posts on social media, and finally NBA player Stephen Jackson, who inferred that the Rothschild family owned all the banks.
Likewise, during a July 1 protest, demonstrators in Washington tied BLM into the Palestinian cause, the editorial continued. They chanted: “Israel, we know you, you murder children, too.”
Indeed, according to Newsweek¸ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said in a column for The Hollywood Reporter that anti-Semitic incidents presented “a very troubling omen” for the BLM movement, and slammed what he called a “shocking lack of massive indignation.”
Still some say that the oppression of Jews and anti-Black racism are “fundamental elements and driving forces within white nationalism.”
Martin Luther King III told Newsweek in a statement that there was “no place” in the Black Lives Matter movement for anti-Semitism, since the goal of the organization is to “eradicate hate.”
“The civil rights movement has always been a multi-generational, multi-racial, multi-religious coalition and anti-Semitism has no place in this movement,” King said. “We want to eradicate hate and eradicate prejudice. Period. I cannot imagine those fighting to end racism and injustice would hold opinions that are intolerant of others.”
Equally disturbing to the anti-Semitic slant of Black Lives Matter is what appears to also be an anti-Christian slant. In fact, much of what Black Lives Matter believes in is not, according to Decision Magazine, compatible with Christianity.
How so? First of all, the group seeks to, in their own words, “disrupt[ing] the Western prescribed nuclear family structure requirement.” Clearly this is not a “Western” prescription but a biblical one.
Second, Black Lives Matter is a bit, shall we say liberal where it regards sexuality. They describe to themselves as “queer-affirming.” The group says it gathers “with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather the belief that all in the world are heterosexual unless s/he or they disclose otherwise.”
Finally, Black Lives Matter considers “gender confusion” as normal and seeks to make martyrs out of those so confused. BLM says they are “committed to embracing and making space for trans brothers and sisters to participate and lead.”
When the riots started back in May, it started with Confederate symbols and statues being targeted. Then it digressed into symbols and statues of anything to do with American history. Finally, Christian symbols and institutions were targeted.
Were Black Lives Matter protesters responsible? Antifa? Nobody knows for sure, but the anti-Christian attacks were never condemned by anyone affiliated with Black Lives Matter.
Silence is complicity.
