I can’t breathe.
I am heartbroken and outraged.
My friend, and colleague Rabbi Eli Schlanger of Chabad of Bondi was brutally murdered today simply for being Jewish, celebrating Judaism and leading his community during a Chanukah celebration.
Together with him, ten other precious souls, men, women, and children from his community were murdered in cold blood. Dozens are injured.
Rabbi Eli was one of the most joyful, creative and passionate young Jewish leaders in Australia. I deeply mourn for his family and the entire community.
This is an attack on every Jew and decent citizen in the world. We can not allow darkness and evil to prevail. We can not allow “Globalize the Intifada” to spread to cities across the globe.
Attend a Public Menorah lighting tonight wherever you are in the world and light a Menorah and place it in your window.
DM me if you need a Menorah
Here is a video that Rabbi Eli Schlanger posted lasted year on Chanukah in response to combating Jew hatred.
After years of anti-Israel protests in Australia, at least 11 Jews were just gunned down at a Hanukkah event.
Tree of Life to 10/07 to Bondi Beach: antisemitism is a rising and deadly global scourge.
I stand and grieve with Israel and the Jewish global community. 🇮🇱
hello everyone, I am okay and thank you for all of the kind messages, sorry I cannot respond to them all 🩷
Yesterday, the man who assaulted me was allowed to cross multiple barriers at twitchcon and even in front of another creators meet and greet to grab me and my face and try to kiss me. Fortunately he wasn't able to, but a lot of people have pointed out it could have been a lot worse!
I'm obviously shaken up by what happened and it's not the first time I've dealt with something like this, but to tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact.
Like I said, I don't understand how he was allowed to make it to me in the first place. The security in the clip who reacts is my own security (it's true my favorite and usual security guard was banned for holding a stalkers arm to bring him to police, at a past Twitchcon)
However, there were at least 3 or 4 other Twitchcon security staff in the area who did not react and let the guy walk away, as you can see in the clip since they don't even appear in the frame LOL
The woman who is walking me away is my own personal manager, and behind the booth, the only two people who were checking on me and comforting me were her and my friend. None of the Twitchcon staff came to ask what happened or if I was okay.
My friend who was present told me Twitch security were also behind the booth afterwards joking about how they didn't even see what happened and immediately laughing and moving on to talking about something else.
So if no one was checking if I was okay or if I needed anything and they let the guy run away initially, I have no idea what anyone hired to keep the event safe was doing LOL
In Twitch's statement they said that the guy was immediately caught and detained, I'm sorry but that is a blatant lie. He was allowed to walk away from my meet and greet and I didn't hear he was caught until hours after he attacked me, and it felt like this only happened because of my manager pressing for it, not because Twitchcon staff present thought it was a big deal.
I have a lot more I want to say but I will say it on stream later today instead of writing a book on here.
Thank you guys again, sorry you all had to see that. This is definitely my last Twitchcon, and it saddens me to say as a 10 year off and on attendee of Twitchcon, I think other creators should seriously consider not attending in the future. I did not feel cared for or protected, even bringing my own security and staff. I can't imagine how creators without those options would feel.
Stay safe y'all, everything is going to be okay
@CounterStrike Yeah I’m not playing the game till the updates are deleted, most unsatisfying garbage ive seen in my life, clearly not setup for all viewmodels, blocks crosshair, and looks like a mobile game. Nice.