Jeremy Lacks

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee @BlakeIFox Have you ever considered that Jews aren’t “weaponizing” antisemitism, and that instead what’s actually happening is that Jew-haters are redefining antisemitism in a way that excludes the modern day version of Jew-hatred? There is some historical precedent for this…

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee @BlakeIFox This was the tweet. You were not “explicit” in mentioning Israel. You didn’t mention it at all. That was after the glib “synagogues need to figure it out” comment and before the “the Zios are misconstruing what I said” comment.

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee @BlakeIFox Found some historical precedent for your “weaponization of antisemitism fuels antisemitism” argument - feel free to use

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee I suppose you would not consider this “actionable crime” that contributes to increased violence against Jews since it’s the half of Jews who you think deserve it?

https://t.co/EbodTzJ0EV

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee @BlakeIFox Clear as mud

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee @BlakeIFox Oh and also that antisemitism doesn’t manifest as “actionable crimes”

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee @BlakeIFox Great, but earlier you said “antisemitism is not systemic in America” and that the “weaponization of antisemitism” is responsible for perpetuating antisemitism today, so maybe that’s why people misunderstood your crystal clear point.

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee So your point is that, because antisemitic violence has been happening for centuries & isn’t “on the rise”, it is something that Jews should just have to accept and not something that public officials (or anyone else) should bother addressing. Do I have that right?

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee Ok, now do Bondi Beach & Temple Israel.

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee Not misunderstanding you. You just made a dumb point. Also I thought this was a basketball account, not a “murder and arson are good, actually” account.

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee Hand-waving / justifying indiscriminate attacks on Jews based on the political views of some Jews makes you a bad person!

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee Also you are making a galaxy brain leap to say that if an indiscriminate attack on Jews/Jewish institutions is merely “anti-Zionist,” it’s not also anti-Semitic (and also justified/excusable?). That is ignorant at best, malicious at worst.

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee I can assure you that people who attend such institutions don’t find any meaning in the distinction that you’re attempting to draw in service of an academic/rhetorical argument

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee You don’t believe there has a rise in synagogue arsons attacks since 2023?

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee Or this:

https://t.co/ePkk5PPNnG

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee I don’t know how you define an “actionable crime” fueled by antisemitism, but how do you characterize this?

https://t.co/vxDtTmMQo7

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee Or this:

https://t.co/c78yFE0g3N

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee Or this:

https://t.co/9fvgEFeyMg

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

@EmbiidAmputee Or this:

https://t.co/6spRlc1XNl

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Here's a list of synagogues that have been set on fire, or targeted with arson, since October 7:

- Oct 17: El Hamma, Tunisia
- Oct 18: Berlin, Germany
- Nov 8: Montreal, Canada
- Nov 18: Yerevan, Armenia
- Nov 19: Lakewood, USA
- Feb 28: Sfax, Tunisia
- April 5: Oldenburg, Germany
- April 10: Moscow, Russia
- May 1: Warsaw, Poland
- May 17: Rouen, France
- May 30: Vancouver, Canada
- July 11: Obninsk, Russia
- Aug 24: La Grande-Motte, France
- Dec 6: Melbourne, Australia
- Dec 18: Montreal, Canada
- Dec 30: Mykolaiv, Ukraine
- Jan 11: Sydney, Australia
- July 4: Melbourne, Australia
- Aug 13: Obninsk, Russia
- ⁠Nov 27: Chernivtsi, Ukraine
- ⁠Jan 10: Mississippi, USA
- ⁠Jan 14: Giessen, Germany

Every time a synagogue is set on fire, I have to update this list. And it never gets easier.

[Jeremy Lacks @jlacks31]

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