Tomorrow morning, as on every Shabbat morning, Jews around the world will go to synagogue to pray, chat, eat and feel part of their community - except at Melbourne's Adass Yisroel Synagogue, which was gutted by fire overnight in a shocking arson attack.
I live in Neutral Bay, the first suburb you get to after you come off the Harbour Bridge on the North side, there are 3 houses of worship on my block
Only one of them is behind a 6 foot brick wall with a security gate and cameras and only one of them has a series of bollards on the footpath, it’s the same one. Would you be surprised to discover it’s not the Catholic Church across the street from my house that fits this description nor the Anglican Church around the corner? Would you be amazed if i told you it was the Synagogue (and that the only reason I know a Synagogue is behind that wall is the bollards made me curious so I took a closer look at what was behind the wall)
It’s shameful they feel this is necessary but they’re probably right to think it, hell even the school and pre-school on the same block only have wire fences (and they’re more to keep the kids in than people out)
It’s truly horrifying, and in the end, worldwide it will rebound on Arabs/muslims who become identified, however innocent, with Hamas and Hezbolah, murderous thugs but relatively few in number and dangerous only to Israel and the populations they are embedded in
I hope those in London will march against antisemitism on Sunday. Never again is now!
This war didn’t create antisemitism. It did however irritate it where it already exists
I live in Neutral Bay, the first suburb you get to after you come off the Harbour Bridge on the North side, there are 3 houses of worship on my block
Only one of them is behind a 6 foot brick wall with a security gate and cameras and only one of them has a series of bollards on the footpath, it’s the same one. Would you be surprised to discover it’s not the Catholic Church across the street from my house that fits this description nor the Anglican Church around the corner? Would you be amazed if i told you it was the Synagogue (and that the only reason I know a Synagogue is behind that wall is the bollards made me curious so I took a closer look at what was behind the wall)
It’s shameful they feel this is necessary but they’re probably right to think it, hell even the school and pre-school on the same block only have wire fences (and they’re more to keep the kids in than people out)
https://substack.com/@thinktorah/note/c-80345799
It’s truly horrifying, and in the end, worldwide it will rebound on Arabs/muslims who become identified, however innocent, with Hamas and Hezbolah, murderous thugs but relatively few in number and dangerous only to Israel and the populations they are embedded in