Monday, June 8, 2015

The Roots of Anti-Semitism

by: Lizzie Zakaim for FreshInkForTeens.com

Trying to understand why every Jewish generation faces an evil Pharaoh.


 “I really wanna drive around Lakewood and run over every Jew with my car.” Imagine logging onto Twitter and seeing this post. Or imagine seeing another picture on Twitter of a teenage girl dressed as Hitler, complete with a mustache and swastika, giving the “heil Hitler” salute. These anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi posts are real. They were written by New Jersey teens and “featured images of swastikas, Nazi salutes and included references to bombing and running over Jews in Lakewood [New Jersey],” according to a USA Today article.

The photographs accompanying the tweets, taken by teenagers in a nearby town, are quite startling because of the imagery and the fact that they were posted by teens who live driving distance from me. “The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office did not file charges against the teens, finding that their actions did not pose a credible threat…But [Senator Robert] Menendez wants the Justice Department to ensure that the tweets do not pose a threat to public safety or homeland security,” according to the article.

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