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26A November 2021 COMMENTARY

The latest excuse

REPORT for killing Jews

By Arthur Marron (not author’s real name)
IT! hen I heard that the white white race. How are they doing that?
supremacist terrorist who
By facilitating the growth and upward
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in Europe and the United States.
Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh had post- mobility of the non-white populations
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COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE
JFEDSRQ.org/SRQSafe the chant repeated by the neo-Nazis result that is anathema to all elements
who marched with their tiki torches in
of the far right, including White Su-
Charlottesville: “Jews will not replace premacists, racists, White National-
us!” Did they think we Jews wanted ists, Neo-Nazis, fascists, etc. – we
their jobs? It made no sense. Jews have become an obvious target
Now, unfortunately, both events of these groups. (Witness the “Camp

make perfect sense. Sadly, I have Auschwitz” slogan on the t-shirts of
learned that there is a twisted conspir- some of the January 6 Capitol insur-
acy theory behind these acts – and oth- rectionists. Even worse messages have
ers – a theory that represents a serious appeared at other far-right gatherings,
threat to the Jewish community. If we e.g., “6MWE” – “6 Million Weren’t

want to be ready to effectively respond Enough.”) By the way, the fact that this
to this threat, we need to understand genocidal conspiracy charge is both
it…which is my purpose in writing this untrue and ludicrous doesn’t really
piece. matter. The cabal believes it to be true
Throughout the millennia, Jew- or says it believes it to be true. Either
haters have come up with a variety of way, this alleged genocidal conspiracy
imaginative “excuses” for their hatred, is the Jew-haters’ latest “excuse” for
persecution and murder of Jews. Some killing Jews.
were rooted in religious theology, oth- That’s why it’s no accident that the
ers emerged out of fear and ignorance, Pittsburgh murderer posted antisemitic
e.g., Jews brought the Black Plague. comments online about HIAS before
Other excuses were more sophisticat- his killing spree, the Poway Chabad WINNER!
ed, but equally spurious and outra- murderer posted online that the “Euro- 4 Years in a Row

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geous, e.g., Jews are responsible for pean race” must be protected, and the
WINNER!
4 Years in a Row
Lakehouse West
Germany’s economic and social ills; Charlottesville neo-Nazis were chant- Lakehouse West
Jews are “internationalists” who con- ing, “Jews will not replace us.”
White supremacist
Whit e supremacist trol the world, etc. However, despite in Sarasota last year by the white su- R E T IR E M E N T E S T A T
The same message was delivered
R E T IR E M E N T E S T A T E E
their differences, all these “excuses,” at
groups their core, arose from an alleged Jew- premacist who was seen in Bayfront
groups are the single
most dangerous ish conspiracy of some kind against Park carrying a large placard which
the larger population within which the
read, “Jews are committing white
domestic e xtremist Jews lived, i.e., the white, Christian genocide.” Leaflets with a similar mes-
domestic extremist
sage were placed on car windshields
majority. The latest excuse for killing
threat to the nation. Jews is no different. nearby. ank you to our staff and residents
This current threat comes from
Distressingly, similar placards
during these difficult times.
– “Homeland Threat Assessment,” groups that are all too familiar to us: were recently seen on Fifth Ave. in Our Lakehouse West Family

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OCTOBER 2020 fascists, neo-Nazis, white suprem- front of Rockefeller Center in New is stronger than ever! 2017
acists, racists, conspiracy theorists,
York City, along with photos of George
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right. What is new and different now leged leading “conspirators.” www.lakehousewest.com
is the nature of the alleged conspiracy Unfortunately, the threat from the Assisted Living Facility License #5850
that this far-right cabal has put forward far right is not our only concern. We
as its excuse for wanting to kill the are also threatened from the far left and
Jews. from Islamic extremists, which is why Why WE belong
The chant of the Charlottesville we must be “swivel-headed,” as AJC’s
neo-Nazi marchers is, in fact, a ref- David Harris recently wrote. However,
erence to the “Great Replacement the threat from the far-right cabal ap- We knew we wanted to support this project
Charlottesville, VA; August 2017
Photo by Mykal McEldowney Theory,” a racist, anti-feminine the- pears to be more violent and danger- because when it is finished, this is going
What are we doing about it? ory popularized in a 2011 book by ous. This assessment was confirmed by to be a truly amazing new campus. We are
Jeff Solomon, our Jewish Community
right-wing French philosopher Re-
proud to play a small part in
EDUCATION. naud Camus (no relation to Albert). Security Director, who recently stated, this incredible project.
According to this theory, the white
“The threat from homegrown white na-
The Robert and Esther Heller Community Relations Committee takes populations of Europe and the United tionalists and neo-Nazi groups is what Ernie and Peter Kretzmer
I am most concerned about in our re-
States are being rapidly replaced by
KRETZMER JERUSALEM GARDEN
a firm stand against antisemitism. We use community resources and influence to non-whites, through higher non-white gion.”
combat a rise in antisemitism and anti-Zionist sentiments, which often result in birthrates and heavy immigration from How do we respond to this threat?
aggressive acts and rhetoric against Jews. Through education, advocacy, and building non-white countries…leading in time For sure, we must devote much more
relationships with the greater community and law enforcement, together we can to a “replacement” of the White Race attention and resources to security pre-
combat hatred, bigotry, and harassment of Jews and other minorities. with non-whites. paredness. But, just as importantly, we
How do the Jews figure into this must also fight antisemitism and rac-
For more information, visit JFEDSRQ.ORG/hellercrc theoretical demographic scenario? Ac- ism as aggressively as we can. David
cording to the white supremacists, the Harris’ recent article, “A Jewish call to
Jews are purposely conspiring to make action: 10 ways to fight back,” which
the replacement happen. They are or- appeared in the September issue of The
jfedsrq.org chestrating this “replacement” in or- Jewish News, offers an excellent guide
der to bring about the genocide of the for that campaign.
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