“Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst ... We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”
Jonathan Glazer brings the call for a ceasefire to
#Oscars2024
I don't need to imagine, Matt. I belong to 3 synagogues, and that's only the half of it.
The rise of antisemitism and islamophobia are issues that go hand in hand and can only be solved together. It's people like you who stand in the way.
Imagine you're a British Jew. You've just witnessed the worst atrocities against Jews since World War Two. And then a wave of anti-Semitic & pro-Hamas chants on Britain's streets. And now your national leaders fall over themselves to warn the country about "Islamophobia".
This story keeps being written as if he is some random bystander, rather than the CEO of an organisation whose purpose is to ensure Jews are terrified of being in Britain & engineed a stunt to that effect. Why has our media collectively lost its ability to research and balance?
27 Palestinian children have been killed this year alone. I wish the Jewish community's representative organisations were as irate about that as it was about a BBC newsreader.
“We are appalled by comments made by a BBC presenter during an interview with former Israeli Prime Minister
@naftalibennett
. This is a clear breach of the Corporation's own guidelines, and we will be contacting the Director General to protest in the strongest possible terms.”
I said that Jews should also care about dead children, and Rabbi Menken wrote a 400-word tweet calling me an antisemite on a par with Joseph Goebbels.
Fun fact: when Donald Trump met with the actual neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes and Kanye West, Rabbi Menken defended him.
Schonfield touts Jewish origins to mask obvious hatred for Jews, displayed in his imbecilic assertion that the "Jewish community's representative organisations" are not "irate" about the deaths of Arab children. His assertions are not merely libelous, but hateful, murderous and
We live with a deeply Christian hegemony in the UK. No one batted an eyelid when Passover, Eid, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur had to to occur with restrictions, but our govt has to leak that it wouldn't dare fuck with Christmas.
Secular society my ass.
This is an emergency collection for Afghan refugee families filling up the car park of Bushey Synagogue.
The UK is always ready to welcome refugees. Don't let our government tell you otherwise.
#RefugeesWelcome
#TogetherWithRefugees
Wiley going into hour 22 of this shit thinking he can outlast Anglo Jewry. I can sit through Rosh Hashana, I can sure as hell sit through your antisemitic tantrum.
This really irks me.
I was at this game, and saw from social media that a lot of my Jewish friends were there too.
This article tries to build a moral panic off 1 fan getting angry at a lawful, peaceful protest they disagreed with. No attempt to dig deeper or interrogate.
Denying people the human right to claim asylum. Forcibly removing people to Rwanda. Locking people up for seeking safety.
The government's
#RefugeeBanBill
does not represent us.
Every MP should stand with the majority of British voters and
#StopTheBill
#TogetherWithRefugees
Everyone watching
#BBCQT
is experiencing the pain I have at
@BoardofDeputies
meetings in slow motion. Donald Trump fuelled Charlottesville. Donald Trump fuelled the Tree of Life Massacre. He is a danger to Jews. That
@BoDPres
can equivocate on his values is an embarrassment.
Being a Jewish member of
@UKLabour
was once a source of pride for me, but as with many in my position it is now a badge of shame. The election of Peter Willsman to the NEC, with 70000+ votes, is the end for me.
🔊 Today I reminded
@BoDPres
of the heroic work of those, including my grandfather, who saved refugee lives in the Kindertransport. We are standing idly by and giving the Home Secretary a platform when the Hostile Environment leaves migrants in poverty, destitute or worse.
Last night for
#HolocaustMemorialDay
I was invited by
@BoardofDeputies
to share a few words about my grandfather, the Holocaust rescuer Rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld.
He was someone who truly sought to
#LightTheDarkness
, saving the lives of 3,000 Jewish refugees.
In 1941 my granddad was busy saving the lives of 3,000 Jewish children and adults. He brought them here to the UK, where they and their descendants have lived long and fulfilling lives.
Had he been in power,
@LeeAndersonMP_
would have had him locked up.
Why is a politician that has made coded antisemitic comments about the "North London metropolitan liberal elite" and who is overseeing a dangerous, racist, pro-trafficker refugee policy being given a phat kosher stamp by the
@BoardofDeputies
?
Join us next Tuesday for a conversation with the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon
@pritipatel
MP, as part of our BoDCast series. We hope you will join us for this opportunity to hear directly from one of the most senior members of the Government.
More info👉
Describing vulnerable migrants as "invaders" used to be a red line. It was the language of neo-Nazis & the BNP, the language of the Tree Of Life shooter.
Today it's the language of the Home Secretary and the world's richest man. It's the fault line for normalising the far right.
The leader of this supposedly antiracist organisation has remained Vice Chair of JNF UK even as its Chair made incendiary islamophobic remarks
@adilray
Even the
@BoardofDeputies
passed a vote to censure JNF UK
You know your Secret Santa gets you when you get a
@dadwroteaporno
themed card.
(L-R: Des Martin, Gisele, Tony, the youngish man, me, Belinda, the Duchess, a pan, Bella)
We saw Hersh alive just 4 months ago. We knew that 90% of hostages returned alive came through a ceasefire deal. It didn't move Israel's leaders.
This war only serves Hamas and Bibi. Anyone not shouting for a ceasefire today is aiding and abetting them alone.
The Hostages Families Forum bows its head in mourning for the murder in captivity of Ori Danino, Almog Sarusi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat, and Eden Yerushalmi, may their memory be a blessing.
These six hostages, kidnapped alive on October 7th, were later
I'm told there was a time when the
@JewishChron
was *the* reputable community outlet.
The narrowing field of acceptable debate in its pages has been a years-long process, but when a longtime Tory cabinet minister is no longer welcome, you can see how far it has fled the centre.
@JakeWSimons
@COLRICHARDKEMP
Morning Jake, I’ll ask again. Will you give me a right to reply in JC? If not, what are you frightened of? Are you a serious publication or not?
Why is an Israeli diplomat - a self proclaimed 'pioneer in digital diplomacy' - retweeting Britain's best known far-right activist? As a Brit, as an Israeli, as a Jew, I'm waiting for answers
@EladRatson
@IsraelinUK
The staggering level of islamophobic bigotry dripping off the Chairman of
@JNFuk
is made all the more galling by the fact that he said them unchallenged to a reporter. Samuel Hayek wanted people to know who he is - who the JNF is - and it is on us to decide if we tolerate that.
EXCLUSIVE
@JNFuk
chairman Samuel Hayek’s claim that Muslim immigration threatens the future of Jewish life in Britain branded ‘simplistic and reckless’ by communal leaders
The ugly face of violent white supremacy feeding off the racism being fomented here in the UK.
Sending solidarity to the British Muslim community and the worshippers of Regents Park Mosque.
The Jewish community in Rouen is small, and it is, by all rights, terrified. This community has stood for nearly 1,000 years. We need to stand with them today.
French police have fatally shot an armed individual who intended to set a synagogue ablaze in the northern city of Rouen. Local authorities said the man approached police armed with a knife and a crowbar.
This weekend, it'll be 104 years since the passing of the first law to restrict immigration in the UK. The 1905 Aliens Act aimed to prevent Jews, who were seeking refuge from pogroms in Europe, to come here.
The rhetoric and violence today is a rehash of this. We have to change.
@faizashaheen
This is someone who has devoted the last 5 years defending and enabling the worst cases of antisemitism on Labour's books. Hundreds have left the party. Naomi's kindness and patience aren't what is on the line here.
I think we all need begin realising the *Jewish Chronicle* is working to make it harder for people to call out antisemitism.
For those struggling here - "Cultural Marxism" is an antisemitic term with an antisemitic lineage. There is no definition to it that is not antisemitic.
260 young Israelis who went to a music festival haven't come home. These civilians, mostly young, were murdered.
Just awful.
For British reference, this is the equivalent of 12 Manchester Arena bombings.
The decision to use such incendiary language from
@BoDPres
when
@BoardofDeputies
can't manage to get off the fence on American fascism is... bad. Are we anti-racist or just for show?
I am yet to understand how moral equivalence is displayed by 2 groups of people arrested for 2 different crimes by the same force. Does the Met Police show moral equivalence between an arrested car jacker and an arrested fraudster?
Normal British Jews are alienated with the JC at a deeper level because reading its pages, you wouldn't know that British Jewry is varied, diverse, and thriving. In spending years pushing just a small range of stories, it becomes, and makes us feel, small-minded and reactionary.
Some ~personal news~ for your pre-Christmas scrolling...
I'm joining
@MavarUK
as Chief Executive!
It's a truly inspirational organisation that I have admired for years, and I am really excited to get to work with all the mentors and volunteers.
It should not be that Layla's moral leadership is what makes us see her family's suffering for what it is. Not every Palestinian suffering in Gaza has a cousin in political office, and this wake up call is for all of them.
I am desperately worried for my extended family in Gaza City.
They have no electricity, no water, no food, and now a sniper is inside the Church compound where they are sheltering.
My family are not collateral damage. We need an immediate bilateral ceasefire now.
Even when pretending to care about Jewish people, the right can't help to use us - at a time of surging antisemitism - as a political football for their islamophobic ends. We're not going to let the likes of
@GuidoFawkes
divide us.
The Prime Minister
The Leader of the Opposition
The Archbishop of Canterbury
The Muslim Council of Great Britain
The Mayor of London
The Metropolitan Police
Ministers & MPs
Major news outlets
They have all spoken out on the spike of antisemitism. What "deafening silence"?
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: "I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly."
The Machzor (prayer book) I used over
#RoshHashanah
was printed to be given out to WW2 soldiers, and later distributed to refugees in Europe.
Printed by grandfather with a forward from my great-grandfather, I held a reminder of how my family has worked to help those in need.
Theresa May referencing the Kindertransport following 4 years of blocking refugees at every opportunity shows what the Jewish community are to her. She instrumentalises Jews at every corner because we are nothing more than a political tool. Old school WASPy antisemitism.
The flag of the Lehava, the far-right org who have led the racist riots in Jerusalem and the Kahanist activist Harry Markham at yesterday's
#SaveSheikhJarrah
demo outside Downing St.
Markham is regularly welcomed into our communities & I am certain this pic won't change that,
This from
@BarakRavid
, one of the most respected analysts on this, is essential. This bloody war has no end in sight and is poisoning those who are not killed by it.
For the victims, the hostages, the displaced - for everyone- we need a ceasefire.
CNN Political & Foreign Policy Analyst Barak Ravid joins Anderson to analyze what went wrong when an Israeli attack in Gaza killed seven aid workers, including foreign nationals, from Chef José Andrés non-profit, World Central Kitchen.
This self-centered callousness goes both ways. If you only care about Afghanistan as long as you can make it about the Jews, then you don't really care about Afghanistan.
This paternalistic bullshit ain't it.
I've spent the past week working with 40 young refugees and asylum seekers. The common thread between them is the cruel, years-long Kafkaesque nightmare of an asylum system they all have to navigate in order to live in dignity in the UK.
I AM SPEECHLESS. Many thousands of Jewish and Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel are marching now in the Tel Aviv, demanding peace and an end to the occupation.
THE BIGGEST ANTI OCCUPATION RALLY IN YEARS. We have a peace and equality movement in Israel:
@OMDIMBEYACHAD
. WOW.
I have used
the loo rolls
that were in
the bathroom
and which
you were probably
saving
for self-isolation
Forgive me
they were quilted
so soft
and so clean
Rabbi Hillel: "That which is hateful to you do not do to another; that is the entire Torah, and the rest is its interpretation."
Rabbi Ashi: hold my goose
“I encountered something that I termed an actual plague. I saw my friends' children married or coupled with non-Jewish partners...There must be a campaign, a solution."
- Isaac Herzog.
This is a desire for racial purity. It’s extraordinary any progressive would celebrate.
This is nauseating. We can't keep pretending this is just a few bad apples. It is time to investigate and root out the deep-set poison of islamophobia that has taken hold across the community.
If this kind of shit was being said about us, we would expect no less.
The Board of Deputies is looking into claims of racism from ANOTHER one of its reps.
Peter Baum calls Desmond Tutu a 'true black coward', repeatedly brands Palestinians 'Nazis' and uses other dehumanising language
We all need to be more like
@RabbiWittenberg
, who opens his heart to those seeking refuge in our country, and uses his platform to echo their words — this Pesach, with a reminder that the most vulnerable need our compassion, not condemnation.
It has been 70 days since Abdulfatah Hamdallah drowned in the Channel trying to seek safety in the UK.
We were promised action. We were told this cannot happen again. Instead, the Home Office demonised, deported and conjured up cruel fantasies. These deaths are on them.
In
@bevismarksuk
today with my dad, sorting books that are 400+ years old.
This place was where he got married & I had my bar mitzvah. It's the oldest synagogue in Europe, and beautiful. It is also under threat. You can help stop developers destroy it.
"in 50 years, all we have become better at is killing and hating ... We have to find a different way"
Proud to be at
@Together4H
outside Downing St. Hearing from Palestinians, Israelis, Jews, Muslims, Christians, decision makers... we are damp, but uplifted.
Interesting session at
@limmud
with
@AJSchonfield
chatting with Lord Alf Dubbs regarding the status and welfare of refugees. Many of our community, the
#Jewish
community, were also once refugees who fled the Nazis, has the world learnt anything?
La Comunidad Judía en Chile me envía un tarrito de miel por el año nuevo judio, reafirmando su compromiso cn "una sociedad más inclusiva, solidaria y respetuosa". Agradezco el gesto pero podrían partir por pedirle a Israel que devuelva el territorio palestino ilegalmente ocupado.
Its becoming clear that arguably the biggest threat to the Jewish Diaspora is the hollowing out of identities, institutions, and funders to only caring about three things: Israel, antisemitism, and Holocaust remembrance.
Our traditions and communities need more to survive.
The UK had 29,500 asylum applications last year. That number would barely half-fill the Emirates Stadium (look at what that looks like 👇) .
We have so much room in our communities and in our hearts to welcome many more than we already do. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
We were promised that Britain would be "rule makers" after Brexit. Let us make those rules humane, just and smart. We need the
#RightToReunite
#RefugeesWelcome
The
@OSHyouth
2021 Summer Camp is READY! It is more important than ever for our youth movement for refugees and asylum seekers to be
#TogetherWithRefugees
(half our leadership team have lived experience). 5 jam packed days ahead!
Spend a few minutes to listen to this interview with
@AlfDubs
by
@lewis_goodall
@TheNewsAgents
.
Gives a window into his commitment to repay the humanity & good fortune he had as a refugee in the Kindertransport to support those are vilified & endangered for seeking safety today.
NEW: Weekend
@TheNewsAgents
Why after three indictments are polls showing Trump & Biden level? In what ways are they helping Trump? We explain.
And a remarkable conversation with a remkarable parliamentarian and witness to history
@AlfDubs
. Listen now.
Make no mistake, these deaths would not have happened had there been safe and legal routes for these migrants. Years of cruel and inhumane policy paying dividends.
I’m appalled by this tragic incident in Essex. I am receiving regular updates and the Home Office will work closely with Essex Police as we establish exactly what has happened. My thoughts are with all those who lost their lives & their loved ones.
A new personal milestone reached - my own dedicated
@Change
petition 🥳
The devotion shown by my personal troll is really the best positive feedback I can receive, so there's that.
Just a reminder, while this seems to be getting clicks, that for the sake of the hostages and civilians caught up in their maniacal games, we need to see Hamas & Netanyahu's nightmare realised now 👉 a ceasefire, a hostage deal, and an end to the occupation.
"Human Beings are able to put up with very difficult conditions if there is some hope at the end of the road for them. When there is no hope there is only despair and refugees, people wanting to claim asylum will do very dangerous things in order to find safety"
@AlfDubs