To treat a terror attack on Jews as a backdrop for the story of a non-Jewish hero is to repeat a long-standing pattern of marginalizing Jewish suffering. Framing the story around the rescuer rather than the victims is to suggest that Jewish lives, on their own, are not enough to command sustained attention or empathy. Antisemitism is about Jews. It is about the hatred that drove attackers to open fire at a Hanukkah celebration.
In Amsterdam, anti-Jewish protests against a Hanukkah parade escalated into violent clashes with police. In California, a Jewish home decorated for Hanukkah was riddled with bullets in what authorities are investigating as a hate crime. Still, the centrality of antisemitism is often avoided.
We must be clear in our focus.
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Article URL : https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-880430