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Some of what the Pittsburgh terror brings up for me
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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 741913" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>This is a fascinating post. You can imagine that the whole thing is being very thoroughly covered by the media here in Israel. All of the people here in Israel identify 100 per cent. Whenever a tragedy occurs more or less anywhere in the world, Israel sends out teams to help with natural disasters such as earthquakes. I think even just last month or two months ago Israeli teams flew to the US to help with the aftermath of the floods and tornados. But there is one aspect that none of you is mentioning. One word, and it is so pregnant with meaning that I suppose people are wary of using it. But I will do so: Antisemitism. Antisemitism is as old as the hills. Professor Robert Wistrich, who was a world expert on antisemitism and with whom I worked very closely typing up his handwritten manuscripts, called antisemitism "the longest hatred." The man who committed this despicable crime in Pittsburgh just wanted to kill Jews. That was his aim. That was what he shouted as he rampaged through the synagogue, shooting. He shouted "All Jews must die." Do you know that one of the victims was a 97-year-old lady who was a Holocaust survivor? Isn't that disgusting?! There are no words.</p><p></p><p>I think I had better stop here, before I get too emotional and before I let my fingers run away with themselves on the keyboard. It's been a long time since I wrote here. But I come and "visit" and look every single day. I still love this place, and all the people on it.</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 741913, member: 77"] This is a fascinating post. You can imagine that the whole thing is being very thoroughly covered by the media here in Israel. All of the people here in Israel identify 100 per cent. Whenever a tragedy occurs more or less anywhere in the world, Israel sends out teams to help with natural disasters such as earthquakes. I think even just last month or two months ago Israeli teams flew to the US to help with the aftermath of the floods and tornados. But there is one aspect that none of you is mentioning. One word, and it is so pregnant with meaning that I suppose people are wary of using it. But I will do so: Antisemitism. Antisemitism is as old as the hills. Professor Robert Wistrich, who was a world expert on antisemitism and with whom I worked very closely typing up his handwritten manuscripts, called antisemitism "the longest hatred." The man who committed this despicable crime in Pittsburgh just wanted to kill Jews. That was his aim. That was what he shouted as he rampaged through the synagogue, shooting. He shouted "All Jews must die." Do you know that one of the victims was a 97-year-old lady who was a Holocaust survivor? Isn't that disgusting?! There are no words. I think I had better stop here, before I get too emotional and before I let my fingers run away with themselves on the keyboard. It's been a long time since I wrote here. But I come and "visit" and look every single day. I still love this place, and all the people on it. Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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