Rochel Leah Goldblatt

Press Secretary @nyc_chip. Vegas to - - - to Brooklyn. Avid reader. Adventurer slash explorer. Tweets/Opinions are my own.

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

So proud of my father’s advocacy. He turned a horrible life-changing accident into action. #stoproadcrashes

[Dina Titus @repdinatitus]

Since @HalGoldblatt was nearly killed by a car on his walk home, he has made it his mission to raise awareness of the importance of road safety. #TeamTitus joined him on Pedestrian Safety Day to thank him for helping us protect non-motorists on Southern NV roadways.

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

@AReppert Thanks. I just wish it were better. I wish the world were better. And I'll continue wishing for that...

Like the Doctor said..."I am, and always will be, the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes, and the dreamer of improbable dreams."

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

I also have seen a lot of comments about how these school protests have been shut down to appease the "right," but there are plenty of liberal Zionist Jews out there and other non-right folk who are plenty scared and feel unsafe with the antisemitism seen at these protests.

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

I just wonder why so many of you at these protests struggle to do the same.

Instead of sucking up all the air, give people room to breath and feel safe.

Happy Passover to all those celebrating. Next year in Jerusalem never held so much meaning as it did this year.

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[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

I can hold a place in my heart & mind for the Palestinian people. My heart breaks daily for all the people suffering.

I can do that without demonizing Israel and Jewish people.

I can vehemently dislike Bibi and his administration without hating an entire people. 17/

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

To the AOCs, Bernie Sanders & Jamaal Bowmans out there...

And to JVP & other token Jews that say "not in my name"...

I'm saying not in my name to you. Not in my name do you get to spread virulent antisemitism and hate. Not in my name do you get to make us feel unsafe.
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[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

So let's not universalize a specific story to make it apply to everyone.

Let's not "all lives matter" this or minimize one minority's story and trauma to fit everyone.

You wouldn't do this with any other minority. Stop doing it to the 16 million Jews in the world.
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[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

But so many do not seem to get this. So many have fallen into the trap of making anything Jewish apply to everyone.

Passover is specifically a Jewish holiday. And it's message is specifically Jewish.

It's message is not for everyone else. It's our story. It's specific. 14/

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

These protests at colleges are sucking all the air out of the room...

Peaceful protest is the right of every American. I absolutely understand the pain of the Palestinians caught up in a war they did not ask for. Just as I understand the fear Israelis/Jews face every day.
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[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

Now, that's not saying others don't also deserve peace & self-determination & freedom. That isn't to say Palestinians don't 100% deserve these things too.

Because they do.

And there are plenty of activists who seem to be able to understand this w/o demonizing Israel. 13/

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

Pesach is specifically telling the story of the Jews exodus from Egypt TO Israel. The word Israel and Jerusalem are mentioned DOZENS of times throughout the Passover Hagaddah. It is about self-determination, and freedom from persecution...for the JEWISH people. 12/

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

If they were, they'd know Pesach is not a universal holiday. It's not a holiday that anyone (even anti-Zionist Jews) gets to co-opt to promote their anti-Israel, antisemitic messaging (the JVP "Haggadah" is unhinged). 11/

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

We're about halfway through Pesach (Passover) now, and I've seen all sorts of commentary from Non-Jewish people & politicians about what the holiday means, especially in context to this war (not a genocide...a war). These people are not experts in Judaism or the Middle East. 10/

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

No wonder why we don't feel safe. No wonder why the legitimate protests against a devastating war get lost in cries of hate-filled antisemitism.

No wonder why Jewish people are sounding the alarm (only to be told we're wrong, and that we don't know what antisemitism is).
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[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

We don't see those chants at these protests. Instead it's "globalize the intifada" (a period of bombings and attacks against Israeli civilians) and "from the River to the Sea" (a genocidal call for Israel's elimination) or "kill the Zionists" (aka most Jewish people). 8/

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

Where is the call for the release of the hostages? Where is the call for a two-state solution? Where are the calls for peace and safety for ALL people in the region? 7/

[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

But where are the calls at these protests for the dismantling of Hamas, which embeds in civilian populations and has shared inflated casualty numbers in a bid to demonize Israel?

Why do they not demand that alongside calls to hold Israel's government accountable?
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[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

Look, I get that some of the protesters are probably coming from a good place. And others are probably just there performatively. I get it.

Because I too feel devastated for the losses in this war, both for the Israelis and the Palestinians. It's been absolutely horrific.
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[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

So instead of tokenizing a small subset of anti-Zionist Jews, maybe listen to the rest of us (the majority), which I repeat... DO NOT FEEL SAFE.

I'm so glad I'm not on a college campus or in NYC for Passover, since the videos circulating are terrifying and heartbreaking.
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[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

A relatively small group of Jews at protests that call for the extermination of Israel, an end to Zionism (the self-determination of Jewish people to return to their homeland), and an end to Jews (I've seen this on signs and heard it in videos) does not help us feel safe.
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[Rochel Leah Goldblatt @ReporterRox]

But protests that make Jewish people feel unsafe are not okay. And Jewish people DO NOT feel safe. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE!

I've been seeing a lot of posts about how safe and peaceful the protests are. And how there are Jewish people there so it must be okay. It's not.
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