r/JewsOfConscience • u/fleshurinal • Oct 28 '24

Discussion Rising Antisemitism

I have witnessed so much antisemitism everytime I go online it's starting to become worrying. I see non Jewish leftists say that antisemitism isn't a real problem for Jews in America, usually being boiled down to "most Jews are white, rich, and have never experienced antisemitic violence physically". Yet antisemitism is rising and is a real problem that we should still consider in this time of jewish identity being weaponized and the jewish supremacy that is enacted in Occupied Palestine. Stating "most jews are white" seems harmful and also just false. Also Jews have always been hesitant to be apart of surveys so it's hard to find legitimate info on these things. Am I alone in this?

EDIT: I am not talking about any specific statistics or surveys. This is based on what I've personally seen scrolling on social media. I understand/agree there isn't a clear way to see that based on largely pro zionist orgs. EDIT PT 2: I am not saying that Pro Palestinian sentiment is antisemitism. I am talking about LEGITIMATE antisemitism. This is not a post talking about false accusations of antisemitism based in Zionism.

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u/BeardedDragon1917 Oct 28 '24 edited Oct 28 '24

The problem is that mainstream Jewish institutions are lumping together the vast majority of Palestine activism in with the genuine antisemitism, making statements like “antisemitism is rising” difficult to really analyze. These people insist that saying “free Palestine” or “from the river to the sea” are statements of genocidal, intent, so remember that when you hear people talking about a massive increases in anti-Semitic incidences. That kind of headline serves a purpose. Zionists use these declarations of rising antisemitism as a way of deflecting criticism from themselves and to justify their actions, and they’ve always done this. Zionism is an ethnic supremacy movement that requires its believers to feel like they are in constant threat of persecution everywhere, except for Israel.

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u/fleshurinal Oct 28 '24 edited Oct 28 '24

I totally agree with this, I'm mainly asking do other jews feel like there is more real antisemitism (also I thought I had already implied this) sorry for edit pt 2 but I am personally seeing a mass influx of comments like "Hitler was right", "this is why they are hated", etc

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u/soonerfreak Jewish Anti-Zionist Oct 28 '24

Yes, but pointing out the rising anti-Semitism on the right gets lost in the cacophony of accusations of anti-Semitism from Democrats and Zionist groups that accuse anyone supportive of a Palestine of being anti-Semitic. This conflict has really muddled the waters on being able to be critical of real anti-Semitism because of how anti-Semitism is being weaponized to defend Israel.