Antisemitism Is Blasting Off—We’re Not Waiting to Land
- Limor Ben Ari
- Sep 28
- 3 min read
Israel-style bluntness: People, things have gone nuclear. Antisemitism is no longer whispering in back alleys—it’s shouting from rooftops. From Australia to Colorado, and Rome to Paris, Jewish individuals and symbols are under siege. Enough excuses. We’re sounding the alarm: it’s open season—and it must end now.
Examples of Real Hate—No Fiction Here
United States (Massachusetts): A 60-year-old man, John Reardon, got 26 months for voicemails threatening to bomb synagogues and kill Jewish children—and even saying, “time to prepare the furnaces again.” That’s not edgy—it’s genocidal hate. (Reuters)
Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2025): Two Israeli embassy workers were assassinated outside a Jewish museum in a brazen shooting. The suspect reportedly cheered “Free, free Palestine!” while in custody. Two lives taken for nothing but identity. (Wikipedia)
Boulder, Colorado (June 1, 2025): A man hurled Molotov cocktails at a Jewish gathering—injuring eight people—while chanting “Free Palestine.” Terrorist act, no sugarcoating. (The Washington Post, Wikipedia)
Italy (July 2025): A Jewish father and his six-year-old son attacked at a service station near Milan. The mob chanted “Go back to your country, murderers” and pushed him violently. Europe isn’t safe anymore. (The Guardian)
France (Today!): The olive tree honoring Ilan Halimi—murdered in an antisemitic crime—was chainsawed down. A brutal symbolic repeat. France—wake up. (AP News)
Guatemala (Today!): Vandals spray-painted “Gaza Viva” on the country’s only Holocaust museum. Hate masquerading as protest. (New York Post)
Australia (Last month): Multiple arson and vandalism attacks hit synagogues—worshippers were evacuated when someone set fire to a synagogue door during Shabbat. Jewish restaurants were vandalized the same night. (AP News, New York Post)
History’s Warning—Lessons from Pre-Nazi Germany
Our history isn’t a museum—it's a roadmap of what happens when resentment, scapegoating, and silence converge. In the Weimar era, Jews were the scapegoats for economic collapse. Hate speech normalized. Institutions stayed silent. Emboldened extremists marched. By 1933, Jewish persecution wasn’t just tolerated—it was state policy.
Lesson? If we ignore hate when it’s ugly signage, we can’t complain when it morphs into death camps. We must intervene early—no waiting for the ovens to tell us antisemitism succeeded.
What You Do—Yes, You
1. BLOW THE WHISTLE LOUDER Every assault. Every tweet. Every graffiti tag. Tag it antisemitism, call it out, escalate it. No more euphemisms like “anti-Israel sentiment.” This is Jew-hate. Call it what it is.
2. FORTIFY JEWISH SPACES Synagogues, schools, shuls, museums—invest in security, emergency plans, and community resilience. Shabbat isn't canceled—but safety must be upgraded.
3. EDUCATE WITH FIRE Every child needs Holocaust education. Germany’s solution after WWII? Mandatory. World after 2023? Still optional in most states. It’s a failure we can’t afford. We teach—so hate doesn’t repeat.
4. PROSECUTE ENSURELY Threaten synagogues? Bomb calls? Hate murders? Throw the damn book at them and make the next guy think twice. Hate isn’t a free speech exercise—it’s domestic terrorism.
5. UNITED RESPONSE Jewish and non-Jewish communities must stand shoulder to shoulder. Law enforcement, civil rights groups, faith communities—we protect each other or we fall apart.
6. HISTORY AS WEAPON Use pre-Nazi Germany as the cautionary tale. Teach it candidly. Let silence in 2025 be the echo that reminds us how it began in 1930s Germany—and how loud we can be in 2025.
Final Word: This Is Us—We Don’t Bow
This blog—fearless, blunt, kicking ass—is our demand to the world. We’re not the problem. We’re the warning alarm. Let’s use our history, our courage, our resilience to rip this hate out before it devours us.
We won’t vanish quietly. We raise our voice, mobilize, and fight antisemitism with everything we’ve got.
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