44. Reflections on Pittsburgh
Nov 15, 2018•37 min
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Episode description
On Saturday morning, October 27, a gunman entered the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, killing 11 people and injuring 6 more. The shooting is being called the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. What lessons can we learn from this horrible tragedy? Does this represent a resurgence of antisemitism? Is that resurgence connected to the rise of Donald Trump? Is it fair to tie the threat of antisemitism to the Republican party? Relevant links: FBI Hate Crimes Statistics: https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2017/topic-pages/tables/table-1.xls https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/the-slaughter-in-pittsburgh/ https://twitter.com/simonerzim/status/1056504354444902400 https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/03/us/new-york-temple-antisemitic-messages/index.html https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-farrakhan-s-hate-speech-leads-to-actual-abuse-of-jews-i-experienced-it-1.6634780
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