In the wake of two major attacks on Jews in the past two weeks—the first in Washington, D.C., when two Israeli embassy staffers were gunned down by a man yelling to “Free Palestine,” and the second in Boulder, Colo., when an Egyptian man screamed “Death to all Zionists” and threw Molotov cocktails into a crowd of people walking in support of the hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza—I have seen appeals from the Jewish community calling on their non-Jewish neighbors to stand up and declare their outrage and solidarity.
I understand the sentiment, but I believe that a more effective tactic at this point is not to urge people to stand up for my safety and well-being, but rather, to rise up for their own.
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