– Tables turn in Philadelphia as counterprotesters disrupt Kristallnacht hate rally
– Reggie Jackson delivers a powerful warning against hate
– Michigan Jewish leaders prepare to work with El-Sayed despite serious concerns
Anti-Israel protesters sought to discourage customers from visiting six Jewish-owned restaurants in Philadelphia on the eve of the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Instead, crowds gathered, lines stretched around city blocks and at least one restaurant feared it would run out of food. An effort to drive diners away appeared to have the opposite effect.
Pro-Palestinian protesters ride alongside bicyclists during a boycott event in Philadelphia. (WTXF)
Jewish Student Union leaders, educators and student activists are giving high school students the tools to confront antisemitism, defend their identities and remain proudly Jewish on campus.
Baseball legend Reggie Jackson compared the hostility to the brutal Jim Crow racism he experienced in the segregated South during the 1960s, when separate eateries and bomb threats marked his minor league career. The Hall of Famer criticized Philadelphia politicians for remaining silent and called for immediate action: “We have to speak up!”
Michigan’s Jewish community is sharply divided following progressive firebrand Abdul El-Sayed’s historic Senate victory. While the CEO of Detroit’s Jewish Federation says he is prepared to work across party lines, angry Democratic strategists are warning Jewish voters to leave a party they believe tolerates hate, citing El-Sayed’s forceful anti-Israel rhetoric.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Michigan, attends an election-night event with Michigan Democrats in Detroit. Photographer: Sarah Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Sarah Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
History is being revisited in the heart of Dubai, where Emirati collector Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori broke regional taboos by opening a Holocaust museum. Inspired by the Abraham Accords, Arabs, Jews and Christians came together to create the gallery, honoring the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust as well as Muslim rescuers who bravely defied Nazi terror.
Tessa Veksler, a former UC Santa Barbara student body president and spokesperson for the Jewish Student Union, is urging young Jews to remain engaged after Election Day. Drawing on her own experiences on campus, she says students must build vibrant communities rooted in Jewish joy, step forward as leaders and remain active regardless of who holds office.
“It takes me back to the racism I experienced in the 1960s: signs throughout the South declaring that Black people could be refused service, along with separate ‘white’ and ‘colored’ signs on bathrooms and drinking fountains, ‘no n—s.’ I remember what that hatred looked and felt like. We cannot accept it in any form, directed at any people.” – MLB immortal Reggie Jackson, discussing the rise in antisemitism in Philadelphia.
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