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Behind the Aegis

(54,901 posts)
Sat Apr 29, 2023, 04:47 AM Apr 2023

(Jewish Group) Six NYC Council members reject establishment of 'End Jew Hatred Day'

The New York City Council on Thursday voted to establish April 29 as an annual “End Jew Hatred Day.” Four members abstained and two voted against the resolution.

Among those on the 51-member council who did not support the measure was Shahana Hanif, a representative of the heavily Jewish Brooklyn neighborhoods of Borough Park and Park Slope.

“Your antisemitism is showing,” Inna Vernikov, the Jewish Ukrainian Republican Brooklyn councilwoman who introduced the bill, said to the six who rejected it.

After the vote, Vernikov told The Jerusalem Post she felt "sick to my stomach."

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Sometimes, bigotry is OK. Oh, when it is Jews, because hate against us is just like "bigotry" against redheads.

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(Jewish Group) Six NYC Council members reject establishment of 'End Jew Hatred Day' (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Apr 2023 OP
Behind the Aegis gotham Apr 2023 #1
welcome to DU gopiscrap May 2023 #5
It is hard to understand how someone who has stood up with and for their their Jewish colleagues ... marble falls Apr 2023 #2
I found the name a bit confusing at first, marybourg Apr 2023 #3
The circular nature of the political spectrum is real. nycbos Apr 2023 #4
 

gotham

(24 posts)
1. Behind the Aegis
Sat Apr 29, 2023, 06:51 AM
Apr 2023

Despicable but not surprising when you look at the anti-jewish trash that voted against a simple symbolic resolution.

marble falls

(62,403 posts)
2. It is hard to understand how someone who has stood up with and for their their Jewish colleagues ...
Sat Apr 29, 2023, 07:42 AM
Apr 2023

... and those colleagues' issues, could vote against this resolution and impugn that those colleagues don't support ending discrimination against Arabs or Muslems: it is breathtaking. This is a Muslim who was elected in a heavily Jewish district.

I admit, when I saw "End Jew hatred" I was taken with the thought that this was about a Jewish hatred of others and was confused where that could even be a thing. Yes, all hatred of all groups should end, but the fact is certain of us are hated and it needs to be said explicitly: end hatred of Jews, Black lives matter, end violence against Asians. These and other sentiments should not require any sort of ethical or moral quandary to support. End antisemitism! End hate.

nycbos

(6,382 posts)
4. The circular nature of the political spectrum is real.
Sat Apr 29, 2023, 04:34 PM
Apr 2023

The far left and far right are united by antisemitism.

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