r/JewsOfConscience 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/Shot-Personality-894 Oct 28 '24

I'm a multiracial antizionist jew living in a large US city with a significant jewish population. Over the last couple of weeks I've noticed a serious uptick in the number of swastika tags around my neighborhood (in addition to a lot more gang related tags in general). It freaks me the fuck out and I feel like I don't have people to find comfort in because I don't want to seem like I'm conflating antisemitism with zionism or make this about me when I'm not a practicing jew.

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u/Shot-Personality-894 Oct 28 '24

Also some people I am close to have said some deeply questionable things about judaism/jewish people that starts to fringe towards antisemitism... I don't really know what to do other than to just deflect and try to move on but it's really starting to weigh on me.