Anonymous wrote:There’s a lot of people who are really angry at the genocide israel is committing on mostly peaceful people right now.

There is going to be pushback. That’s what this is.

Don’t like it? Blame israel.

Uh, thanks, I think I’ll blame the people who attack Jews for attacking Jews, not the Jews. Presumably this rabbi in Silver Spring is not making military decisions for the IDF halfway across the world.

There’s a lot of people who are really angry at the genocide israel is committing on mostly peaceful people right now.

There is going to be pushback. That’s what this is.

Don’t like it? Blame israel.

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Anonymous wrote:This is my neighborhood and while the victim is a rabbi, is it definitely related to his religion vs him just being the person walking down the street when this homeless guy decided to attack someone?

There is a LOT of antisemitism in the county right now. I walked past the courthouses in Rockville this week, and passed a Black man on the corner near the courthouses in Rockville, who obviously had some significant mental health issues, yelling about how horrible Jewish people are. I was a little unnerved from his yelling. But I can't imagine what a Jewish person might feel, passing him.

I have a hard time believing that Montgomery County has a LOT of antisemitism, as a Jew who grew up there and now lives in the District. One disturbed man yelling about Jews in public is neither (a) a new thing or (b) particularly troubling. Rabbis being beaten with sticks, that seems more upsetting, though we also don't yet know whether whoever hit the rabbi knew he was a rabbi or even Jewish...

Well, we know antisemitism has increased across the US (by 360%, according to the ADL). Why should MoCo be any different? An increase that big probably feels like a lot, especially if you're Jewish. Super glad you don't feel it. I wish all of us could say the same.

https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/us-antisemitic-incidents-skyrocketed-360-aftermath-attack-israel-according

On one hand, the ADL are the last people I'm going to be taking my statistics from, because their definition of anti-Semitism is so broad that it encompasses any utterance of Palestinian humanity.

On the other hand, this particular incident was probably a hate crime. Given the neighborhood, the victim was almost certainly visibly Jewish and visibly observant. Religious minorities, especially those whose clothing or other signaling marks them out, are absolutely at greater risk for violence.

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Anonymous wrote:This is my neighborhood and while the victim is a rabbi, is it definitely related to his religion vs him just being the person walking down the street when this homeless guy decided to attack someone?

There is a LOT of antisemitism in the county right now. I walked past the courthouses in Rockville this week, and passed a Black man on the corner near the courthouses in Rockville, who obviously had some significant mental health issues, yelling about how horrible Jewish people are. I was a little unnerved from his yelling. But I can't imagine what a Jewish person might feel, passing him.

I have a hard time believing that Montgomery County has a LOT of antisemitism, as a Jew who grew up there and now lives in the District. One disturbed man yelling about Jews in public is neither (a) a new thing or (b) particularly troubling. Rabbis being beaten with sticks, that seems more upsetting, though we also don't yet know whether whoever hit the rabbi knew he was a rabbi or even Jewish...

Well, we know antisemitism has increased across the US (by 360%, according to the ADL). Why should MoCo be any different? An increase that big probably feels like a lot, especially if you're Jewish. Super glad you don't feel it. I wish all of us could say the same.

https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/us-antisemitic-incidents-skyrocketed-360-aftermath-attack-israel-according

I didn't say I don't feel any increase in antisemitism. I just don't think the PP's evidence for it is really compelling. Lone deranged people have been yelling about Jews in public for a long time.

Lone deranged people are definitely influenced by the environment, sometimes profoundly, and they can do a lot of damage.

I guess. Personally, I would be glad if the worst antisemitism we had to worry about was a bunch of lone deranged people yelling.

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Anonymous wrote:This is my neighborhood and while the victim is a rabbi, is it definitely related to his religion vs him just being the person walking down the street when this homeless guy decided to attack someone?

There is a LOT of antisemitism in the county right now. I walked past the courthouses in Rockville this week, and passed a Black man on the corner near the courthouses in Rockville, who obviously had some significant mental health issues, yelling about how horrible Jewish people are. I was a little unnerved from his yelling. But I can't imagine what a Jewish person might feel, passing him.

I have a hard time believing that Montgomery County has a LOT of antisemitism, as a Jew who grew up there and now lives in the District. One disturbed man yelling about Jews in public is neither (a) a new thing or (b) particularly troubling. Rabbis being beaten with sticks, that seems more upsetting, though we also don't yet know whether whoever hit the rabbi knew he was a rabbi or even Jewish...

Well, we know antisemitism has increased across the US (by 360%, according to the ADL). Why should MoCo be any different? An increase that big probably feels like a lot, especially if you're Jewish. Super glad you don't feel it. I wish all of us could say the same.

https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/us-antisemitic-incidents-skyrocketed-360-aftermath-attack-israel-according

I didn't say I don't feel any increase in antisemitism. I just don't think the PP's evidence for it is really compelling. Lone deranged people have been yelling about Jews in public for a long time.

Lone deranged people are definitely influenced by the environment, sometimes profoundly, and they can do a lot of damage.

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Anonymous wrote:This is my neighborhood and while the victim is a rabbi, is it definitely related to his religion vs him just being the person walking down the street when this homeless guy decided to attack someone?

There is a LOT of antisemitism in the county right now. I walked past the courthouses in Rockville this week, and passed a Black man on the corner near the courthouses in Rockville, who obviously had some significant mental health issues, yelling about how horrible Jewish people are. I was a little unnerved from his yelling. But I can't imagine what a Jewish person might feel, passing him.

I have a hard time believing that Montgomery County has a LOT of antisemitism, as a Jew who grew up there and now lives in the District. One disturbed man yelling about Jews in public is neither (a) a new thing or (b) particularly troubling. Rabbis being beaten with sticks, that seems more upsetting, though we also don't yet know whether whoever hit the rabbi knew he was a rabbi or even Jewish...

Well, we know antisemitism has increased across the US (by 360%, according to the ADL). Why should MoCo be any different? An increase that big probably feels like a lot, especially if you're Jewish. Super glad you don't feel it. I wish all of us could say the same.

https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/us-antisemitic-incidents-skyrocketed-360-aftermath-attack-israel-according

I didn't say I don't feel any increase in antisemitism. I just don't think the PP's evidence for it is really compelling. Lone deranged people have been yelling about Jews in public for a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:This is my neighborhood and while the victim is a rabbi, is it definitely related to his religion vs him just being the person walking down the street when this homeless guy decided to attack someone?

There is a LOT of antisemitism in the county right now. I walked past the courthouses in Rockville this week, and passed a Black man on the corner near the courthouses in Rockville, who obviously had some significant mental health issues, yelling about how horrible Jewish people are. I was a little unnerved from his yelling. But I can't imagine what a Jewish person might feel, passing him.

I have a hard time believing that Montgomery County has a LOT of antisemitism, as a Jew who grew up there and now lives in the District. One disturbed man yelling about Jews in public is neither (a) a new thing or (b) particularly troubling. Rabbis being beaten with sticks, that seems more upsetting, though we also don't yet know whether whoever hit the rabbi knew he was a rabbi or even Jewish...

Well, we know antisemitism has increased across the US (by 360%, according to the ADL). Why should MoCo be any different? An increase that big probably feels like a lot, especially if you're Jewish. Super glad you don't feel it. I wish all of us could say the same.

https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/us-antisemitic-incidents-skyrocketed-360-aftermath-attack-israel-according

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Anonymous wrote:This is my neighborhood and while the victim is a rabbi, is it definitely related to his religion vs him just being the person walking down the street when this homeless guy decided to attack someone?

There is a LOT of antisemitism in the county right now. I walked past the courthouses in Rockville this week, and passed a Black man on the corner near the courthouses in Rockville, who obviously had some significant mental health issues, yelling about how horrible Jewish people are. I was a little unnerved from his yelling. But I can't imagine what a Jewish person might feel, passing him.

I have a hard time believing that Montgomery County has a LOT of antisemitism, as a Jew who grew up there and now lives in the District. One disturbed man yelling about Jews in public is neither (a) a new thing or (b) particularly troubling. Rabbis being beaten with sticks, that seems more upsetting, though we also don't yet know whether whoever hit the rabbi knew he was a rabbi or even Jewish...

I’m positively overwhelmed with indifference.

Anonymous wrote:This is my neighborhood and while the victim is a rabbi, is it definitely related to his religion vs him just being the person walking down the street when this homeless guy decided to attack someone?

There is a LOT of antisemitism in the county right now. I walked past the courthouses in Rockville this week, and passed a Black man on the corner near the courthouses in Rockville, who obviously had some significant mental health issues, yelling about how horrible Jewish people are. I was a little unnerved from his yelling. But I can't imagine what a Jewish person might feel, passing him.

This is my neighborhood and while the victim is a rabbi, is it definitely related to his religion vs him just being the person walking down the street when this homeless guy decided to attack someone?

Anonymous wrote:Wooden stake is such a confusing descriptor for the crime. I was picturing a vampire-slayer-style takedown, but it sounds like he was hit with a stick? Good job to the police for getting the perpetrator off the street quickly.

I imagined something similar. I’m glad that the assailant was found. I hope the Rabbi recovers fully - both emotionally and physically— from this awful attack.

Wooden stake is such a confusing descriptor for the crime. I was picturing a vampire-slayer-style takedown, but it sounds like he was hit with a stick? Good job to the police for getting the perpetrator off the street quickly.

With a wooden stake. Raskin speaks out https://x.com/repraskin/status/1846287269587722426?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ