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demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 05:41 PM Oct 2018

Please join me in giving a collective hug to DU's Jewish members and their loved ones.

The attacks on the Jewish community have soared since Trump took office: bomb threats/vandalism of Jewish community centers, desecration of Jewish graves, chants of "Jews will not replace us", hateful signs and symbols becoming more and more visible on the daily... murder.

I know this is just an internet message board, but I hope you know that there is true feeling behind this small gesture...


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Please join me in giving a collective hug to DU's Jewish members and their loved ones. (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2018 OP
... The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #1
nice Kali Oct 2018 #2
Thank you. SCRUBDASHRUB Oct 2018 #3
... ChazII Oct 2018 #4
Hugs to all of you nt lostnfound Oct 2018 #5
❤️ underpants Oct 2018 #6
yes... definitely hlthe2b Oct 2018 #7
.... handmade34 Oct 2018 #8
+1 grantcart Oct 2018 #9
.... LiberalLoner Oct 2018 #10
Definitely. octoberlib Oct 2018 #11
Hugs from Pittsburgh FakeNoose Oct 2018 #12
... bmbmd Oct 2018 #13
Hug, huge. My Jewish husband appreciates this. Hortensis Oct 2018 #14
It's the old myth of "Liberal media". LeftInTX Oct 2018 #35
That was his excuse leftynyc Oct 2018 #178
Those other groups are too big. They might hurt him. Hortensis Oct 2018 #180
much love...always CurtEastPoint Oct 2018 #15
... Nonhlanhla Oct 2018 #16
+1000 mercuryblues Oct 2018 #17
... wendyb-NC Oct 2018 #18
... Solly Mack Oct 2018 #19
14... RHMerriman Oct 2018 #20
Yes malaise Oct 2018 #21
Hugs. badhair77 Oct 2018 #22
Love 💕 MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #23
Hugs SallyHemmings Oct 2018 #24
... Docreed2003 Oct 2018 #25
. DonCoquixote Oct 2018 #26
+1000 bronxiteforever Oct 2018 #27
Many hugs catrose Oct 2018 #28
++++++1 Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #29
Hugs. Hate is not welcome here! LeftInTX Oct 2018 #30
. yeah irisblue Oct 2018 #31
. applegrove Oct 2018 #32
{{{ big hug }}} lamp_shade Oct 2018 #33
Much appreciated oberliner Oct 2018 #34
Hugs Plus! dlk Oct 2018 #36
I am heartsick and I send you love and wishes for peace. Shalom. DesertRat Oct 2018 #37
From my heart . . . WhiskeyWulf Oct 2018 #38
Hugs and tears. allgood33 Oct 2018 #39
... SouthernIrish Oct 2018 #40
Big hug, my heart is breaking. monmouth4 Oct 2018 #41
. denbot Oct 2018 #42
Thank you so very much. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2018 #43
so tragic Nevermypresident Oct 2018 #44
... BHDem53 Oct 2018 #45
Hug. sinkingfeeling Oct 2018 #46
Hug LoisB Oct 2018 #47
Hug... n/t billh58 Oct 2018 #48
. pruple Oct 2018 #49
hugs crazytown Oct 2018 #50
Yes CaptainTruth Oct 2018 #51
Post removed Post removed Oct 2018 #52
Of course I did, but there is a vast difference: demmiblue Oct 2018 #60
... mcar Oct 2018 #53
K&R n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #54
My hugs added. babylonsister Oct 2018 #55
L'chaim. charlyvi Oct 2018 #56
.... Granny M Oct 2018 #57
With Deepest Sympathy.. CherokeeDem Oct 2018 #58
Yes! KT2000 Oct 2018 #59
That was Mr. Rodgers neighborhood. Botany Oct 2018 #61
Hugs! pnwmom Oct 2018 #62
Biggest of hugs BadMachines Oct 2018 #63
I hope I didn't mislead people... demmiblue Oct 2018 #78
You didn't mislead at all BadMachines Oct 2018 #80
. demmiblue Oct 2018 #82
Hugs and support! pazzyanne Oct 2018 #64
Our hearts go out'in sympathy Pepsidog Oct 2018 #65
most certainly Kurt V. Oct 2018 #66
Big HUGS to all of my jewish friends, as well as the jewish community of which we have a ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #67
oh, absolutely. mopinko Oct 2018 #68
My heart aches for you tavernier Oct 2018 #69
Hugs and peace. pwb Oct 2018 #70
Peace and Love Digger Oct 2018 #71
Hopes for your peace. mfcorey1 Oct 2018 #72
Hugs! mecherosegarden Oct 2018 #73
* NBachers Oct 2018 #74
Hugs from Portland OR Daddyleg Oct 2018 #75
We stand with you NastyRiffraff Oct 2018 #76
.. iluvtennis Oct 2018 #77
+1 Glamrock Oct 2018 #79
.... sarge43 Oct 2018 #81
We don't need anti-Semitism in this country - we're better than that as a people PatrickforO Oct 2018 #83
Hugs recovering_democrat Oct 2018 #84
................... gopiscrap Oct 2018 #85
Thank you PCIntern Oct 2018 #86
Definitely. We're all in this together. benfranklin1776 Oct 2018 #87
Hugs and complete support, always! nightwing1240 Oct 2018 #88
Collective hug coming up apkhgp Oct 2018 #89
I am crushed today. TomSlick Oct 2018 #90
Thank you! usrbs Oct 2018 #91
We support you njhoneybadger Oct 2018 #92
.............. steve2470 Oct 2018 #93
Much love and respect to your/our community. nocoincidences Oct 2018 #94
Hugs to all... Tikki Oct 2018 #95
Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2018 #96
Thoughts & Prayers from someone who actually MEANS IT. amb123 Oct 2018 #97
Hugs all around. littlemissmartypants Oct 2018 #98
I join DU in a group hug in remembrace riverbendviewgal Oct 2018 #99
Hugs from WV Maggiemayhem Oct 2018 #100
... mia Oct 2018 #101
Arms wide open WhiteTara Oct 2018 #102
. backtoblue Oct 2018 #103
Love from New Castle... Harker Oct 2018 #104
!!! defacto7 Oct 2018 #105
☮︎ spanone Oct 2018 #106
Yep! Thanks! relayerbob Oct 2018 #107
Hugs, love, and total respect for our Jewish friends. Doreen Oct 2018 #108
🕯 sprinkleeninow Oct 2018 #109
... The_REAL_Ecumenist Oct 2018 #110
Hug. You are not alone! bitterross Oct 2018 #111
... JohnnyLib2 Oct 2018 #112
... Stuart G Oct 2018 #113
..... marmar Oct 2018 #114
+1000 smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #115
. . . tomg Oct 2018 #116
Big Big Hug colsohlibgal Oct 2018 #117
hugs from the western burbs of chicago orleans Oct 2018 #118
My heart aches for our Jewish community. And having been born and raised... Guilded Lilly Oct 2018 #119
Big hugs to all. Lunabell Oct 2018 #120
Sending love democrank Oct 2018 #121
Love and hugs to all highplainsdem Oct 2018 #122
... ck4829 Oct 2018 #123
For our Jewish DU friends: Ilsa Oct 2018 #124
Indeed! peggysue2 Oct 2018 #125
Hug too James48 Oct 2018 #126
My sincerest condolences majdrfrtim Oct 2018 #127
Sending love from Illinois MustLoveBeagles Oct 2018 #128
Our hearts are broken randr Oct 2018 #129
... Raine Oct 2018 #130
💗 💗💕💫☀️✨💞🇮🇱 MLAA Oct 2018 #131
... MontanaMama Oct 2018 #132
I send my love and hugs mnhtnbb Oct 2018 #133
... LAS14 Oct 2018 #134
Agreed. a la izquierda Oct 2018 #135
A thousand of these. byronius Oct 2018 #136
May the Master of comfort... Mazeltov Cocktail Oct 2018 #137
... dewsgirl Oct 2018 #138
I can't express my sorrow and rage at these attacks. Glorfindel Oct 2018 #139
Kiss trocar Oct 2018 #140
You know as good as me Miss Daisy, it always be the same ones Woodycall Oct 2018 #141
Hugs From Chicago... Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #142
A big hug to all our Jewish DUers! Nt LostOne4Ever Oct 2018 #143
senseless bdamomma Oct 2018 #144
From the Great Pacific Northwestern state of Washington Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #145
. icymist Oct 2018 #146
Hugs! Texasgal Oct 2018 #147
DURec leftstreet Oct 2018 #148
Hugs seta1950 Oct 2018 #149
*hugs* Chemisse Oct 2018 #150
... GP6971 Oct 2018 #151
K&R ZeroSomeBrains Oct 2018 #152
To my fellow Pittsburghers qanda Oct 2018 #153
Thank you demmiblue ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #154
We are family! raging moderate Oct 2018 #155
Shared Sadness Generic Other Oct 2018 #156
... lunamagica Oct 2018 #157
(*) csziggy Oct 2018 #158
.. Demonaut Oct 2018 #159
:candle: Vadem Oct 2018 #160
... Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #161
Hugs from Kentucky denvine Oct 2018 #162
I am pleased and honoured to. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2018 #163
Love to you all Silver Gaia Oct 2018 #164
Of course! forgotmylogin Oct 2018 #165
Hugs from Chicago.. whathehell Oct 2018 #166
To my friends... nolabear Oct 2018 #167
..... Lugnut Oct 2018 #168
Hugs! True_Blue Oct 2018 #169
Love from my heart, which is breaking. erinlough Oct 2018 #170
I am so sorry. area51 Oct 2018 #171
Very nice of you. Behind the Aegis Oct 2018 #172
Hugs... es466 Oct 2018 #173
I am in on this one!!! GetRidOfThem Oct 2018 #174
All decent Americans are appalled by the attacks on our Jewish brothers and sisters. NNadir Oct 2018 #175
... calimary Oct 2018 #176
Nice idea - especially today! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #177
Thank you for this leftynyc Oct 2018 #179
Giddeyup! Bigredhunk Oct 2018 #181
With you roscoeroscoe Oct 2018 #182
... BlueJac Oct 2018 #183
... N_E_1 for Tennis Oct 2018 #184
..... bluecollar2 Oct 2018 #185
((((((((((( L O V E )))))))))))))) VOX Oct 2018 #186
Group Hug BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #187
K&R The Wizard Oct 2018 #188
My thoughts are very much with you all' polmaven Oct 2018 #189
Hugs TuxedoKat Oct 2018 #190
. yardwork Oct 2018 #191
Hugs and love gademocrat7 Oct 2018 #192
Thank you, you're doing a Mitzvah-- BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2018 #193
... hwmnbn Oct 2018 #194
Hugs & hugs Enoki33 Oct 2018 #195
No words RobertDevereaux Oct 2018 #196
love El Shaman Oct 2018 #197
Peace lillypaddle Oct 2018 #198
Peace and comfort to all Loge23 Oct 2018 #199
Big hug krakfiend Oct 2018 #200
K&R suffragette Oct 2018 #201
Thank you, DU. We may stumble here, but we do not fall. Hekate Oct 2018 #202
... RelativelyJones Oct 2018 #203
Love and peace to all suffering northoftheborder Oct 2018 #204
... malthaussen Oct 2018 #205
I am so sorry this is still happening in our time AllyCat Oct 2018 #206
Thanks for starting this. WinstonSmith4740 Oct 2018 #207
((hugs)) Starry Messenger Oct 2018 #208
Ditto all of the above! Doitnow Oct 2018 #209
Hugs here..... Heartstrings Oct 2018 #210
... frogmarch Oct 2018 #211
Hugs... IthinkThereforeIAM Oct 2018 #212
Thank you, means the world! Happyhippychick Oct 2018 #213
. TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #214
Yes indeed hermetic Oct 2018 #215
Hugs healthnut7 Oct 2018 #216
Love cp Oct 2018 #217

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. Hug, huge. My Jewish husband appreciates this.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 05:48 PM
Oct 2018

How strangely quickly antisemitism pops up when they're such a tiny part of the population. Of course, that makes them seem a safe victim for those red in tooth and nail.

LeftInTX

(25,371 posts)
35. It's the old myth of "Liberal media".
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 06:09 PM
Oct 2018

Although this guy's motive was the caravan. (Kinda weird)

Surprised he didn't go after Catholics, Mennonites, Methodists or Unitarians.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
178. That was his excuse
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 05:52 AM
Oct 2018

His motivation was hatred for Jews. THAT'S why he didn't go after those other groups.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
180. Those other groups are too big. They might hurt him.
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 06:11 AM
Oct 2018

There are reasons this kind goes after Jews at 2% of the population (and now Muslims, less than 1%), but top among their being chosen over most others is that their numbers make them a safe target.

Notice how they're now grabbing the opportunity when we can't stop them to persecute undocumented immigrants, too weak to protect themselves, much less fight back. Of course they want them gone, but the people they really want to go after are the Hispanics who are beyond their reach -- U.S. citizens they'd "cleanse" the nation of if they could. But non-white Hispanics are 18% of the population, and adding in white Hispanics doubles that, so they're far too powerful to take on.

Poor dears. So frustrating.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
43. Thank you so very much.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 06:26 PM
Oct 2018

There are holes in my family tree that say this kind of hatred is very real. It helps more than you know to have supportive friends here.

Response to demmiblue (Original post)

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
58. With Deepest Sympathy..
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 06:42 PM
Oct 2018

Hugs to all of our Jewish friends and to all of us who want these senseless acts to end. We are better than this...

We will be sitting Shiva with you.

Botany

(70,516 posts)
61. That was Mr. Rodgers neighborhood.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 06:54 PM
Oct 2018



Years ago I visited a friend in Squirrel Hill and I saw Fred's house. I feel like crap right now even I am in Chicago and eating good Italian food.

Btw fuck the NRA.

BadMachines

(26 posts)
63. Biggest of hugs
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 07:00 PM
Oct 2018


You will forever and always have my love and support. I think everyone here would say the same.

demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
78. I hope I didn't mislead people...
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 07:20 PM
Oct 2018

I am not Jewish... my last sentence was conveying my feelings toward our Jewish DU members.

Welcome to DU, BadMachines.

SWBTATTReg

(22,133 posts)
67. Big HUGS to all of my jewish friends, as well as the jewish community of which we have a ...
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 07:03 PM
Oct 2018

thriving community here in STLMO, and who a lot of my former bosses and old friends are members of (all wonderful human beings).

Thanks demmiblue...it is of course sad that we have to do things such as this, in this country, seemingly too much.

PatrickforO

(14,576 posts)
83. We don't need anti-Semitism in this country - we're better than that as a people
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 07:26 PM
Oct 2018

We don't need hatred and divisiveness in this country. There should be no room in our hearts for that.

nightwing1240

(1,996 posts)
88. Hugs and complete support, always!
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 07:33 PM
Oct 2018

My deepest sympathies to the victims and the families of this horrific crime.

relayerbob

(6,544 posts)
107. Yep! Thanks!
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 08:13 PM
Oct 2018

The country has turned into a complete disaster. WE can at least try to spread some love among ourselves

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
119. My heart aches for our Jewish community. And having been born and raised...
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 08:27 PM
Oct 2018

In Pittsburgh, my heart is particularly saddened.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
124. For our Jewish DU friends:
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 08:33 PM
Oct 2018


We Remember Them by Sylvan Kamens & Rabbi Jack Riemer

At the rising sun and at its going down; We remember them. 
At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter; We remember them. 
At the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of spring; We remember them. 
At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer; We remember them. 
At the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of the autumn; We remember them. 
At the beginning of the year and when it ends; We remember them. 
As long as we live, they too will live, for they are now a part of us as We remember them.

When we are weary and in need of strength; We remember them. 
When we are lost and sick at heart; We remember them. 
When we have decisions that are difficult to make; We remember them. 
When we have joy we crave to share; We remember them. 
When we have achievements that are based on theirs; We remember them. 
For as long as we live, they too will live, for they are now a part of us as, We remember them.

majdrfrtim

(318 posts)
127. My sincerest condolences
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 08:41 PM
Oct 2018

to all who mourn. Grief is not a mental illness, but it can certainly feel like one — perhaps because every new grief brings up every old grief. Lord knows, this week has occasioned monstrous griefs for our Nation. Or at least for those of us who have not yet lost our souls and/or our decency.

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
133. I send my love and hugs
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 08:51 PM
Oct 2018

to all DU'ers and their loved ones who could so easily have been targets of hate today by virtue of their ancestry or chosen religion.

Mazeltov Cocktail

(569 posts)
137. May the Master of comfort...
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:11 PM
Oct 2018

Comfort you...
Blessed are those
who comfort the mourners...


Jewish Blessing of the Mourners

Woodycall

(259 posts)
141. You know as good as me Miss Daisy, it always be the same ones
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:33 PM
Oct 2018

One scene in the story shows the pair stuck in traffic on the way to synagogue. Hoke questions a police officer about the delay and then returns to the car to tell Daisy that her temple has been bombed.

"Who would do such a thing?" she asks in disbelief.

"You know as good as me Miss Daisy, it always be the same ones," Hoke replies.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
145. From the Great Pacific Northwestern state of Washington
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:43 PM
Oct 2018

Hugs, love, peace and blessings.

We must unite. The right is trying their damdest to divide us and drive a wedge between all of us. We cannot allow this to happen. We are strongest when we stand together.

Pittsburgh, I stand with you tonight.

Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)
172. Very nice of you.
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 03:39 AM
Oct 2018

I have seen others reach out too. It has been nice to see. I hope those expressing their concern will keep their eyes open to anti-Semitism.

GetRidOfThem

(869 posts)
174. I am in on this one!!!
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 04:06 AM
Oct 2018

Guys (and women), I am really sorry this happened to your community. I am German, and whenever I see something like this it raises fear and an awful angst in me as to how we as human beings treat each other. I don't want anyone to sink into the abyss we Gernans fell into, when we betrayed and perscuted an entire Strata of our own culture and Germaness. So a big hug to your community and best wishes, and hope that this may not repeat itself...

NNadir

(33,525 posts)
175. All decent Americans are appalled by the attacks on our Jewish brothers and sisters.
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 04:44 AM
Oct 2018

We will rise to protect you as we love you.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
179. Thank you for this
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 05:58 AM
Oct 2018

And thank you to all posting their support. May their memories be a blessing and the wounded heal quickly.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
186. ((((((((((( L O V E ))))))))))))))
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 08:07 AM
Oct 2018

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I’ll stand with you— forever. For now, I wish you some P E A C E in this uneasy time. .

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
193. Thank you, you're doing a Mitzvah--
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 10:54 AM
Oct 2018

It is a blessing to give comfort.

Blessings back to everyone. 🙏🏾

Loge23

(3,922 posts)
199. Peace and comfort to all
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 12:39 PM
Oct 2018

We all must know that attacks to any individual group is an attack on all of us.
Remember...."first they came for...."

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
202. Thank you, DU. We may stumble here, but we do not fall.
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 01:18 PM
Oct 2018

I would not hang around any place that tolerated anti-Semitism.

DU gets it. The Admins got it from Day One. The TOS reflects it.

We may stumble here, but we do not fall into that ancient evil.

AllyCat

(16,189 posts)
206. I am so sorry this is still happening in our time
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 01:41 PM
Oct 2018

I cannot imagine the pain and worry that you may be feeling.

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