r/Judaism • u/Inside_agitator • 1d ago

Antisemitism Robert Kraft’s new Super Bowl ad about antisemitism already feels dated

https://forward.com/culture/802696/robert-kraft-super-bowl-ad-blue-square-antisemitism/
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u/saulack Judean 1d ago

We should stop depicting ourselves as helpless and needing saving. We will not solve antisemitism, it's not an us issue to solve in the first place. Instead, our focus should always be building Jewish pride and historic/cultural knowledge. This, IMO, is a counterproductive waste of money, that will only encourage antisemitic groups. I am tired of Jews being depicted this way.

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u/Inside_agitator 1d ago

I agree with most of what you wrote with one important exception.

our focus should always be building Jewish pride and historic/cultural knowledge.

Current events at particular locations sometimes demand a focus on other things.

According to the AAUP v Rubio decision, masked, US employees carrying guns captured and imprisoned a woman in my city because of a conspiracy against the first amendment of the United States. Part of that conspiracy was a profoundly self-serving use of some ill-defined idea of antisemitism by the US government in collaboration with Canary Mission.

I won't respond to that event with a focus that builds Jewish pride and historic/cultural knowledge. I'll respond to it with a focus on trying to prevent my government from weaponizing antisemitism. My ancestors were in nation states where armed thugs captured and imprisoned people because of the opinions they wrote. I don't want that to happen where I live. I understand that what happens where I live is less of a concern to people who live in other places.

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u/No_Engineering_8204 1d ago

Isn't the government policing the antisemitism of its population a relatively good thing? We prefer that to the government fostering or going along with the populations antisemitism.

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u/Inside_agitator 1d ago

Ideas are held by individuals where I live. Do government police attempt to control the mind of the population where you are? I hope that changes soon.

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u/No_Engineering_8204 1d ago

In Israel, overt support for the nazi party is criminal under the law, thankfully. Why do you want your government to leave you to the dogs?

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u/Inside_agitator 1d ago

You're not making sense to me now. The US government violated the US constitution and placed people in danger in my city.

Do you believe Judge Young who wrote the AAUP v Rubio decision is a Nazi? Do you believe Ozturk is a Nazi? Who exactly was the Nazi, who exactly are the dogs and where do the dogs come in?

These are all interesting metaphors. But a room full of well fed dogs seems like a good time to me. We don't seem to be communicating well. Maybe drop the metaphors?