#colleyville

[dikleyt]

One of the many contradictions of this incarnation of the left is the way it idolizes people who vocally called for Black gun ownership to defend against hate, and boasts multiple queer gun organizations now, but condemns Jews who suggest taking up arms to defend our communities.

Maybe synagogues should have armed security, maybe not. You know what's fucked up though? How people will treat others like they're evil for suggesting security as a response to the growing problem of antisemitic violence at synagogues. Try to understand for a moment.

It's reasonable to want to be safe at shul. It's human to want to be safe. Ideally you get that protection from your own community, not from a cop or rent-a-cop, but part of the left is vocally against Jews protecting ourselves in any way. Is there any acceptable form of Jewish self-defense? The only thing some people have said was “solidarity” which is a meaningless word unless you can get more specific about it.

[footnoteinhistory]

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker shares what happened inside Texas synagogue during hostage crisis

Texas Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker joined "CBS Mornings" on Monday to share his story of survival during this weekend's hostage crisis at a s

Interview with Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who threw a chair at the gunman to escape with his two congregants after being held hostage for 11 hours

[hihuddy]

[divinum-pacis]

Jan. 15, 2022: Imam Omar Suleiman hugs Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker after the rabbi’s release from being held hostage at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue.

Photo by Asra Khan

[anonymousdandelion]

Hating beyond description the fact that when I came back online after Shabbat and saw the news that there was an ongoing hostage situation at a synagogue in Texas, my initial reaction was horror, grief, terror, overwhelm, etc... and yet, so much more weariness than shock. This should not be.

The hostages at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville are all now free, safe, and at least physically okay. I cannot express my relief and gratitude. Baruch Hashem.

I’m still sad, and scared, and so very tired.

I know I have a handful of Jewish followers, and I know many of us are feeling very vulnerable and alone right now. Have a virtual hug, if you would like one. Shavua tov, because it is, somehow, still Motza'ei Shabbos. Take care, as best you can. מיר וועלן זיי איבערלעבן...

[stopmakingliberalslookbad]

A pre-emptive fuck you to anybody who tries to "All Lives Matter" the Beth Israel hostage situation and make it all about Islamophobia. If you're centering the terrorist instead of the Jews who were affected, you can shove a cactus up your ass. Thank you.

Not that Islamophobia isn't an issue. It is. But this act was pure antisemitism and you need to center Jews right now instead of bleating about how other groups are going to be affected by this.

[wenevergotusedtoegypt]

“We do believe that, from engaging with the subject, he was singularly focused on one issue and it was not specifically related to the Jewish community,” DeSarno said.

And yet weirdly he just ~happened~ to choose a synagogue for this hostage situation and not a church or an office or a store or some random people’s home 🤔 Just ~happened~ to have the hostage rabbi call another person who also just ~happened~ to be a rabbi too

[dadyomi]

Texas rabbi threw a chair at his captor to escape synagogue standoff with fellow hostages

I rarely comment on current events, and this is a horrible thing I wish had never happened and an example along several different axes of institutional antisemitism. But I will say that the dry, calm, INTENSE SALT coming from the congregants and Rabbi trapped inside is giving me life. From “We weren’t freed” to “not a shot fired” right down to the Rabbi letting the shooter in because he seemed in need of shelter. It’s genuine class all the way around.  

May we all have the compassion to welcome the dispossessed and the courage to throw a chair in defense of the innocent.