Posted on 11/21/2023 6:29:40 PM PST by Rummyfan
In some parts of the country, standing up for Israel is controversial, even dangerous.
On the campuses of places like Harvard, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania, anyone who dares to wave an Israeli flag — or, increasingly, wear a kippah in public — is at risk of being assaulted by angry mobs of people with their faces covered.
In Los Angeles, a pro-Israel protester was allegedly killed by a pro-Palestinian computer-science professor.
(Judge Ryan Wright slashed the prof’s bail from the original $1 million to just $50,000.)
Many parents of Jewish students are concerned, and rightly so, about their kids’ safety at these institutions.
Even off campus, the streets of New York and many other big blue metropolises seem kind of dangerous for Jews these days.
Things are a bit different in my neck of the woods.
I live in Knoxville, Tenn., home of the University of Tennessee, where we’ve seen none of this sort of violence.
Last week I attended a pro-Israel rally in downtown Knoxville that was peaceful, ecumenical and quite moving.
At the center of Knoxville’s booming downtown is Market Square, where the city’s Jewish Alliance set up a table with 239 place settings to commemorate the hostages Hamas terrorists took from Israel.
Each chair bore a poster with the name, bio and photo of a hostage.
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Thank you for mentioning them. They are millions.
I live in San Antonio and Israel’s biggest supporter there is The Cornerstone Church and Reverend Hagee.
God bless the USA
And
Especially
Red USA.
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