A menorah was vandalized in Santa Fe. How many does that make now?
A local rabbi says anti-Semitism is behind the vandalism of a large Hanukkah menorah on Santa Fe’s Plaza.
Branches on the menorah were twisted and bent Tuesday night, the glass tops on the candelabrum were thrown to the ground, and electrical wires were yanked out, said Rabbi Berel Levertov of Chabad Jewish Center.
[…] The $1,000 menorah — which measures about 6 1 /2 feet wide and 8 feet tall — could not be lighted Wednesday, though Levertov said he planned to repair and light it today. Hanukkah runs through Monday night.
A menorah has stood on the Plaza for the last six Hanukkahs with no problem, Levertov said. He believes the vandalism was an anti-Semitic act, he said, because the perpetrators could have chosen to rip down other holiday decorations in the area.
Gee, ya think?
A menorah flag was burned in Bristol, Virginia.
BRISTOL, Va. – Bob Land was waiting for guests to arrive for a holiday party Thursday night when he saw a dark station wagon pull up in front of his house.
Seconds later, a flag bearing an image of a menorah – a Jewish symbol – had been pulled down from a pole on the front lawn and lay burning on the grass.
Proving that the general public can’t tell that “messianic Jews” aren’t really Jews, they also defaced a church group’s posters.
Posters advertising a congregational meeting of Messianic Jews who meet at the Manna Bagel Shop on State Street were vandalized the night of Dec. 17.
Vandals wrote “Lies” on the storefront’s glass after the word “Jewish” on each of three posters, which were posted on the inside of the window. They wrote the phrase “Doom & Gloom” atop one of the posters as well.
Proving that the police in the town of Bristol are morons is this quote by the police captain:
Police said they have no reason to believe the incidents were connected or that they rise to the level of bias crimes, said police Capt. Tim Eads.
“We’ve had nothing that points in that direction,” he said.
Sure. People go around burning flags at people’s houses every day of the week. No biggie.
A menorah was vandalized in Latvia. I’m sure there were many more vandalized menorahs around the world, but they haven’t hit the news yet.
You may be asking yourself why the rash of Jew-hatred all of a sudden. It isn’t all of a sudden, and it’s because this is the time of year when Jewish symbols are the most visible, and the most vulnerable. Since the average Jew-hater is a cowardly little rat, an attack on an inanimate object in the middle of the night, or a drive-by burning when no one is watching, is the preferred method of attack.
Because they’re afraid of Jews like this:
I think I’ll be thinking of the IDF when I light my menorah tonight–modern-day Maccabees, every one.
Some people just don’t get it. The natural tendency of any minority group is to assimilate. By segregating and oppressing such groups you are preventing them from assimilating. You want to get rid of Jews etc., you let them assimilate.
And don’t worry about the genetics of it all, it’s a mish-mash anyway.
Marry Jews, invite Jews to your 4H clud, adopt Jewish holidays. Before you know it your town will be observing Yom Kippur without a Jew in sight.
(The Japanese-American population in the US. is falling because Japanese-Americans are assimilating themselves out of existance. If it can work for Japanese-Americans, why not Jewish-Americans? :) )
Almost all the menorahs vandalized have been Chabad public menorahs. I hate to think how few menorahs we would see in public places, were it not for these indomitable rabbis all over the
countryworld. Without them, it would be even more deeply bleak than the vandalism is disturbing.Kol hakavod to Meryl for keeping track and to Chabad for keeping those menorahs coming. Chag Sameach, everyone.
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Gee. Putting the word “lies” after the phrase “Messianic Jews.” I think that could be interpreted as something other than traditional antisemitism. Is there any reason to think this was directed specifically at the Messianics [who, by my lights, lie about their own Jewish nature!]