NYT Editorial Board: It's an Old and Insidious Hatred. And New Yorkers Can't Stand for It.

[Eugene]

Source: New York Times

It’s an Old and Insidious Hatred. And New Yorkers Can’t Stand for It.

A show of support for the true spirit of New York.

By The Editorial Board
The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.

Jan. 1, 2020

New York is home to the first Jewish congregation in the United States, Shearith Israel, founded in 1654 by Jews who had been expelled from Brazil by the Portuguese.

In the three and a half centuries since, the Jewish population grew. Some Jews arrived in the late 1800s and the early 20th century, entering New York through Ellis Island alongside other immigrants.

Others came around the time of the Second World War, seeking refuge from the horrors of the Holocaust.

New York has been indelibly shaped by their presence.

And yet now, some would claim that Jews are no longer welcome, that they do not belong.

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Jews are being attacked on the streets of New York. New Yorkers can’t stand for that. What is called for now is a mass show of solidarity and rejection of anti-Semitism, which is among the oldest, most insidious hatreds on the planet.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/opinion/anti-semitism-new-york.html

[Joinfortmill]

1. Will this hate never end?

I am so damn sick of it. Little people with little minds who don't feel good about themselves unless they are putting someone down.

[Girard442]

2. There's a lot of "Praising by faint damns" out there.

You know how it goes. "Well, yeah, it's bad, but you know other people have problems too. Some of those things didn't happen the way you heard. What about etc. etc. etc...."

Don't stand for it.