Posted on 03/27/2023 8:55:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the words of New York City Jewish leader Eric Dinowitz, “hate is on the rise—and the high-profile cases on the news are often the endpoint of hate.” He continued, “We see the assaults in Hell’s Kitchen and Times Square. We see mass murders at synagogues and supermarkets. And what this report card shows us are those seeds of hate are the precursors to physical violence.”
Dinowitz was responding to a new report from the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Digital Terrorism and Hate. And he was speaking in particular about hatred and violence against Jewish people.
According to JNS, “The report warns of increased antisemitic, racist, anti-LGBTQ messaging and calls for violence against black, immigrant and Jewish residents.”
What motivates such attitudes and actions? Why is it that, “Among all racial and religious groups, Jews remain the greatest hate crime target”? And why is it that Jews are targeted by both White Supremacists and Black Supremacists? (I began documenting this more than 30 years ago. It is even worse today.)
One group that received attention in the report was the Black Hebrew Israelites (or, just Hebrew Israelites as they call themselves today), whose views have been popularized by high-profile figures like Kanye West and Kyrie Irving.
Not only do they claim to be the true Israelites, even supplying a chart that purports to connect the 12 Tribes of Israel to various people groups in North and South America (seriously!). But they also deny that the Jewish people (which would include me) are true Jews.
In their eyes, we are the “synagogue of Satan” (based on a misinterpretation of Revelation 2:9 and 3:9) and “white Edomite devils.” (Yes, according to this cult, Jacob’s son Esau, also called Edom, was white, and White Jews today are actually his devilish descendants.)
On a regular basis, we receive comments like this on our YouTube channel: “Hitler is an Idumean [= Edomite] devil like yourself Dr. Brown. The holocaust never happened. So stop lying to the world.” And it was posted by – get this – “The Tribe of Levi”!
If that’s not enough, consider that, according to the Hebrew Israelite chart used by the Sicarii, which is the most militant sect among them, the people of Haiti today are the tribe of Levi. I bet you didn’t know that before!
I recently debated the leader of the Sicarii on the subject of “Who Are the Legitimate Children of Israel? Ashkenazi Jews or the 12 Tribe Chart?” (You can watch the debate here.)
And while we have interacted cordially since the debate, I did challenge him on his rhetoric, including lines like this from February 2022: “That's how this movie ends man all right. That's the future of this world. Black and Latino people ruling the world.
“[Jesus Christ] is a big angry black man, a black man who the whites of his eyes are red and he's ready to come and kill. He wants to stomp people’s brains out of their cranium. He wants to step on you people’s heads until your brains come out.
“Remember when 50 Cent [said], ‘and his brain come out the top like jack-in-the-box’? Remember? That’s one of my favorite lines, right? That's what Christ is coming back to do.”
You can be assured that “you people” includes those of us who are not people of color, especially White Jews.
Yet my quotation of these words at the end of the debate only brought a smile to his face, along with lots of affirmation from his followers in the large chat. (There were as many as 4,500 people watching at once on the host’s channel. And moments ago, when I went to the channel while writing this article, they were playing a clip from my recent YouTube video discussing the debate. A comment posted on the screen read: “Who is this pink devil?” So, I graduated from white to pink!)
In reality, though, this is nothing to joke about. It was reported one year ago that, “Antisemitic hate crimes were up 400% last month, according to new data released by the New York Police Department.”
Specifically, “Many of these incidents targeted Orthodox people dressed in distinctive clothing, like the Jewish man who was punched in Bed-Stuy on Feb. 7 while walking on Shabbat.”
And what is a typical, Hebrew Israelite response to such things, “This edomite [meaning me, when I referenced such crimes during the debate] showed himself to be a devil. He said *fake*Jews are being attacked by African Americans.”
The reality is that words have consequences, and attitudes of hatred will lead to acts of hatred. But the question still remains: Why? Why the Jews?
When I debunk the nonsense of the 12 Tribes Chart, I feel no animosity towards any of the peoples on the chart, including Mexicans (who are supposed to be the lost tribe of Issachar!) or the Seminole Indians (who are supposed to be the lost tribe of Reuben!) or African Americans (who are supposed to be the tribe of Judah!). And, based on the comments I see when I address these things, no one who agrees with me feels animosity as a result of these people being fake Israelites. (To be clear, there are Black and Hispanic Jews. No one is questioning that. What is being utterly rejected is the information on the chart.)
Yet when the Hebrew Israelites call Ashkenazi Jews (and other Jews) “fake Jews,” it triggers visceral hatred and anger towards us. Why?
I can only offer two suggestions. First, these Black Americans, who have historically suffered so greatly at the hands of White Americans in the past, have fastened their resentment and anger on White Americans today, in particular White Jews.
Second, antisemitism is demonic and needs no rational explanation. As Sigmund Freud commented in 1927, “With regard to anti-Semitism, I don’t really want to search for explanations; I feel a strong inclination to surrender my affects in this matter and find myself confirmed in my wholly nonscientific belief that mankind on the average and taken by and large are a wretched lot.”
What we can say with assurance is that we must confront these hateful attitudes and ideologies wherever we find them, since they will not go away on their own. And we must determine to overcome hatred with love and lies with truth. It’s a long battle, but it’s a winning strategy.
Dr. Michael Brown(www.askdrbrown.org) is the host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program. His latest book is Revival Or We Die: A Great Awakening Is Our Only Hope.
Willing to bet that most folks cannot identify a Jewish person in their mi9dst any better than identifying a stamp collector. I’m in my 70’s and can truthfully say in my time in 3 countries, 8 states, 3 years in the military that I cannot think of even one person I came across that is Jewish. I must live a charmed life looking at all the online hoopla on how terrible the Jewish community is.
Uberman: "I have X-Ray Vision.....He's a Jew!"
Jimmy Olstein: "No...no...my parents were just advanced in hygiene, that's all."
Is anyone else more than weary of this constant attacking of certain demographics that tends IMHO to be politically driven? White Christians are very often victims that never get much attention. The constant focus on demographics and identity by the left drives the hate and resentment. We must quit giving select and special treatment and special cover to some and not equal treatment to all.
There was just a shooting at a K-6 Christian school in Nashville. Treatment by media will likely not be equal even though they drive this. That select coverage is often what breeds resentment.
Probably because of Michael Brown.
RE: Probably because of Michael Brown.
What’s wrong with him?
Michael Brown is a messyonic. That's what's wrong with him. He is a professional spreader of lies.
God’s Chosen.
Hate God, hate His Chosen.
So... White people are to blame even though they did not have anything to do with it because.... reasons.
This is typical soother Michael Brown assuring you that YOU are actually the problem. You may not have actually done anything wrong but someone who looked like you in the distant past might have done something, not to the person who is committing the crime but to someone who might have been remotely related to the person who is committing the awful act. So it is all your fault.
This is not any sort of new thing for him. This is his way of casting blame on the innocent while deftly finding the most ridiculous excuses for the guilty. And if you carefully read his articles you find it in every one.
RE: So... White people are to blame even though they did not have anything to do with it because.... reasons.
I think you are READING into Brown’s statement what isn’t there.
There is a huge leap from “Black Americans, who have historically suffered greatly uner white Americans in the past” TO SAYING “White people are to blame even though they did not have anything to do with it”
I don’t think Brown makes that insinuation at all.
What he’s doing is DECRIBING how many people today ( especially blaks ) think. A description is not an endorsement.
RE: He is a professional spreader of lies.
Can you cite a few examples.
I am reading what is actually there.
You can try to excuse his accuser status but I have been reading his stuff for years and it is always there.
It is always the innocent's fault.
If it waddles on two legs, has feathers and quacks, it is not a lamb.
RE: I am reading what is actually there.
Again, where is it?
RE: You can try to excuse his accuser status but I have been reading his stuff for years and it is always there.
OK, can you cite his other stuff that tells us that he blames today’s white people for what happened to blacks in the past? I’m all ears. Some links will be useful.
Try anti Christian.
A little conjugation gives us Antichristian. Shortened it’s Antichrist, the best way to describe the pool of hate practitioners.
loxodromic = pertaining to a map projection in which rhumb lines are straight.
loxos (Gk) = slanting or crosswise.
Perhaps it is a reference to lox = cured salmon?
I’ve had my share of antisemitic incidents in my life. Mostly catcalling or crude comments. Some people who shunned me or whatnot.
The only violent incidents have: (1) been in large Democrat cities and (2) were committed by blacks or persons of Middle Eastern extraction (Arab/Persian,North African).
It’s thousands of years old. No matter what the rationale or the circumstances, that’s the default. Jooos! are too numerous and strong. Let us deal “wisely” with them. Jooos! are pathetic cowards who can’t fight. Let us vent our anger on them so we don’t beat our wives when we get home. Jooos! beat us by fighting dirty. Let us give back to them. Jooos! are conspiring with the communists. Jooos! are conspiring with the capitalists. Jooos! killed Jesus. Jooos! rejected Mohammed. They want to take over the world unless we stop them. It makes no difference why, and there is no point in ringing hands and deploring it. It’s just a fact of life. Self pity is annoying and useless.
I don’t ‘hate’ the Catholic Church. I just consider them a false religion. They are bringing about the one world religion. They teach unbiblical rituals.
I doubt Jews are being attacked more than anyone else these days. They just have a better PR machine working for them.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.