Jewish life in the US under Trump. Kids evacuated in rolling cribs from JCCs because of bomb threats

[riversedge]

I really feel for the these families.





howard wolfson‏ Verified account @howiewolf 13h13 hours ago

This is Jewish life in the US under Trump. Kids evacuated in rolling cribs from JCCs because of bomb threats. 20 today - pic from Birmingham

Link to tweet

[Barack_America]

1. Appalling. This is no longer my country.

Those poor sweet babies.

[HoneyBadger]

2. Not just Jewish life, not just in the US

Remember that we just killed an 8 year old American girl in Yemen. That kind of thing tends to impact all of society.

[oberliner]

6. What a weird response to this OP

Some people seem averse to talking about Jewish suffering without bringing in "context"

[HoneyBadger]

14. Context always matters

[LanternWaste]

15. As does the insertion of personal narrative and bias...

As does the insertion of personal narrative and bias, neither adding to nor removing from the original point.

[HoneyBadger]

16. That describes your post perfectly

[oberliner]

17. Seems odd to respond to an article about Jewish life in the USA with a post about Yemen

You don't generally see that sort of thing in response to other posts about threats against minority groups in the United States.

[HoneyBadger]

19. It is also an article about threats to American children

[CreekDog]

20. HoneyBannon

[HoneyBadger]

21. Is name calling allowed or encouraged?

[CreekDog]

23. Perhaps not

Remember that guy, got banned for calling Hillary that name, "cunning...(something)"?

He called me honey a lot, fwiw. :barf:

[obamanut2012]

24. I think I may have skipped that thread when it happened

[CreekDog]

25. Which one? The one where NYC SKP called me "honey" or the one where he badgered me?

Or when he talked about Hillary using the you know..."c- stunt"?

So many memories

[femmedem]

3. And this:

Link to tweet

[riversedge]

5. Yes, so important to include all parents (who may not be Jewish) who place their kids in these

nursery schools/day cares.

On another note--I have a brother whose kids go to a nearby Muslim run pre-school. It has a good reputation and is close to home. He was born Catholic and raised but his girl is not baptized and they do not plan on it. He does does not believe in organized Religion (with a big R). He says only about half of the kids at the pre-school are Muslim, but it does a good job and has been running for many years now.

[MountCleaners]

4. When this many attacks happen

....within a short time frame, it's no coincidence.

Trump knows this, which is why he is so vile.

[classykaren]

7. What about 100 tombstones overthrown at a Jewish cemetary in Philly.?

At first I thought it was punky teenagers not now must be a group of large men>

[demmiblue]

11. Yes. Same thing happened in Missouri.

It seems as if this is some sort of coordinated attack.

[NBachers]

8. San Francisco: "bomb threat to Anti-Defamation League" Monday 2-27

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bomb-threat-closes-Market-Street-in-downtown-San-10964035.php

A block of San Francisco’s busy Market Street was shut down in both directions for more than two hours at rush hour Monday evening because of a bomb threat at the offices of the Anti-Defamation League, authorities said.

The threat was one of 28 called into Jewish community centers and schools in 17 states on Monday. A threatening phone call was reported at the Oshman Family Jewish community center in Palo Alto.

Threats against Jewish organizations and community centers have proliferated since President Trump took office in January, according to community leaders.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. Two such threats in my neck of the woods. . .

. . .the northern suburbs of NYC:

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2017/02/27/bomb-threat-tarrytown-jcc/98475264/

[demmiblue]

10. Ann Arbor, Michigan:

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/02/bomb_threats_just_a_matter_of.html

ANN ARBOR, MI - Bomb threats are becoming all too frequent at Jewish community centers and Hebrew schools across the country, says Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor Executive Director David Shtulman.

It's why he wasn't truly concerned for his safety when a threat was called in about 9:20 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27, at the Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor at 2937 Birch Hollow Drive. The Hebrew Day School and the Jewish Federation are both housed at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor on Birch Hollow.

It's the second time such an incident has happened at the center in the last year and, for Jewish institutions, "it's really just a question of when it happens," Shtulman said.

"What really goes through our heads is, 'Oh, no, not again,'" he said outside the center, after police cleared the building.

[neeksgeek]

12. This is Trumpolini's fault

And all he has is empty words - mostly spoken by a mouthpiece - about how terrible anti-Semitism is.

A few weeks ago I gave a talk about photography at the local JCC, to a group of mostly retired people. It was fun! Why anybody would call in a bomb threat on these people is something I can't fathom.

Edited to add: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article135215189.html

That's Charlotte, that's where I gave my talk.

[bdamomma]

13. to piggyback on your article

read this: this is horrible.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/israel-must-be-ready-to-accept-fleeing-us-jews/

snip of article


Israel’s opposition leader Isaac Herzog delivered a startling message to the Trump administration on Monday: Israel must prepare to accept American Jews fleeing the country amid a new wave of anti-Semitism.

The leader of the Zionist Union Party—the main challenger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud faction and far-right coalition—was reacting to a rise of anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S., including the desecration of tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia and multiple bomb threats at Jewish centers and schools across the country.

"I call on the government to urgently prepare and draw up a national emergency plan for the possibility of waves of immigration of our Jewish brothers to Israel,” Herzog said at a meeting of his party on Monday, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported .

[Blue_Tires]

18. If only someone you know, tried to warn folks

what they were really getting into if Trump won...

[spanone]

22. trump has encouraged hatred in America. Sad.