The U.S. should open its doors to imperiled European Jews

The Washington Post's Post Everything Blog ^ | January 13, 2015 | Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld

[2ndDivisionVet]

As the world rightly focuses on the recent terror attacks in Paris on Charlie Hedbo and a kosher grocery store, it should be noted that the second attack is part of a larger problem: the ongoing vitriol toward the French Jewish community.

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders invited French Jews to move to Israel. That’s a nice gesture, but it’s not enough. The United States should join Israel and offer to also open up its shores as a refuge to the endangered Jews of France.

This past summer, I traveled to Paris with a colleague after the Abravanel Synagogue, a prominent synagogue in the center of Paris, was attacked by an angry mob in July. We went to stand in solidarity with the congregation and to carry prayers from their friends in the United States. What we saw deeply disturbed us. We stepped into Paris and saw a Jewish community under siege. We saw hatred of Jews expressing itself in a violent form. The police instructed us not to wear our yarmulkes on the streets of Paris, as it was considered dangerous and incendiary behavior to openly dress as Jews. At that time we were horrified to learn that some French Jews were afraid to post on social media for fear that that information could be used to track and assault them. During our stay in Paris, we experienced, ever so briefly, what a French Jew feels every day — a sense of constant danger simply for being Jewish....

[GraceG]

Better idea, for every one European Jew we import we deport 3 mooselimbs.

[AlaskaErik]

I'm sure B Hussein Obama wants to keep Jews out, much like Democrat Franklin Roosevelt did when he was in office.

[I want the USA back]

Europe’s loss is USA’s gain. Bring them in!
At the same time expel the ROP savages.

[doc1019]

Only three!!!

[2ndDivisionVet]

We could set-up a “mini Isreal” in Arizona or Southern Texas that’d keep illegals at bay.

[rcofdayton]

Sorry, but we don’t need more socialists.

[FatherofFive]

Better idea, for every one European Jew we import we deport 3 mooselimbs.

I see your 3 and raise you 97.

[Colonel_Flagg]

I'm sure B Hussein Obama wants to keep Jews out, much like Democrat Franklin Roosevelt did when he was in office.

Just say your name is Jose Goldstein. You'd be in like Flynn.

[BlackAdderess]

Sounds good to me, as long as they don’t try to make us French.

[hlmencken3]

US is only a generation behind Europe. There’s no refuge here that will last long. Hair-raising Jew-hate is on the rise here too, and not just from imported Muslims.

[hinckley buzzard]

Good luck, with our current Jew-hating moslem-loving president.

[smoothsailing]

The U.S. should open its doors to imperiled European Jews

Our doors are wide open now, maybe encouraging European Jews to come here would force Obama to finally clamp down on border security.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Yes!

[himno hero]

Today? The core of it emanates from the White House with NASA muslim outreach gifts of technology and money to fund the killing of Christians.

That is the legacy of our American constitution and heritage.

FUBO

[umgud]

The dems are not the Jew’s friends.

[The_Media_never_lie]

This past summer, I traveled to Paris with a colleague after the Abravanel Synagogue, a prominent synagogue in the center of Paris, was attacked by an angry mob in July.

Was this a muslim mob?

[TigerClaws]

Can we trade them for the Jews we already have? The ones that vote Democrat and tell us about Islamophobia, that is.

[2ndDivisionVet]

The self-loathing tribe?

[2ndDivisionVet]

“Muslim Mob.” We call that a redundancy.