#synagogue shooting

[h4ganah]

Jews should not have to live like this

[freegazafromhamas]

Heart breaking for Manchester. Holiest day of the year.

[girlactionfigure]

antisemitism

On this day in 2019, a white supremacist carried out a deadly shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in California, United States. The gunman entered the synagogue’s foyer and fatally shot 60-year-old Lori Gilbert-Kaye. According to witnesses, she had heroically tried to shield Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the congregation’s founder, who was also wounded in the attack. The assailant then turned to a side room, where he shot and injured a man in the leg and also wounded his eight-year-old niece. He was understood to have fled before calling the police himself to confess that he had committed a shooting at a synagogue because he believed that Jews were trying to “destroy all white people,” and was subsequently apprehended approximately two miles from the synagogue. He was later convicted and sentenced in federal court to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus an additional thirty years.

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

Jerusalem terrorist may have posted about his intention to die as a martyr 18 months ago in a poem

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

On the Facebook page of Jerusalem terrorist Alqam Khairi, there is a photo of a gun that resembles the one he used to murder 7 Jews outside a synagogue tonight. The text accompanying the photo is a poem, which clearly doesn't translate well with Google tools, but it appears to be showing anger at an absent father who doesn't notice that his son is turning more and more violent in an effort to gain attention: You are not a father..When your son makes all the car windows black and you don't ask why? You are not a father.When your son starts to bully and run wild and talk only about power and you don't ask why? It means you are not a father.When your son starts wearing a black cap and puts a knife and stick in the car, and you don't notice. Excuse me, you are not a father.When your son comes back in the middle of the night and can't explain to you exactly where he is (if you asked him at all), you can't be a father.When your son puts a picture of an individual on his Facebook, and is pictured with a weapon, and maybe a weapon is tattooed on his body, you are not a father at all.And when your son comes back wrapped in a bag and they want to attend the funeral.. For God's sake, don't cry because you weren't a father at your age.Allow me to tell you that we are a cheap people. Can our enemy buy us money to kill my countrymen and my cousin? The story is clear. There is no outside hand hiding help from sick souls. Indeed, his Facebook shows someone, maybe him, with this tattoo:

He also has a photo of a terrorist from several years back, who may be the cousin he is referring to. He's been posting photos of weapons since he was 15. From what we know, Khairi  had no known affiliation with a terror group. If this poem is any indication, this is another case of suicide by martyrdom - of a mentally ill person who lives in a sick society  where losers can turn into heroes by trying to kill Jews. His Facebook page is filling up with congratulatory messages on even his older posts. He is getting the attention he may have always been looking for.

[archdemonsblood]

I want to send my love out to Black Jews in particular.

The Black Jewish community is dealing with *two* horrific tragedies simultaneously right now, and I can’t imagine what that must feel like and how heavy your hearts must be. Please take care of yourselves. Know that I and many other non-Black Jews stand with you in love and solidarity as you work through both of these tragedies. You belong in Jewish spaces, and you deserve to have your voices heard and your grief—all of your grief—named in Jewish spaces.

[evilwickedme]

Horrified to hear about the shooting in Pittsburgh. The only thing I have to say is that despite being less than 2% of the population, 72% of all religious hate crimes in the US are antisemitic (and that's ignoring the ethnic aspect of antisemitism). It's getting tiring to be so angry all the time.

[beyondthecomfortzone]

Because of today's shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, I want to tell all of my Jewish friends: you are valued and matter, and please know that there are many times more people who love and support you like I do than there are those who are full of hatred and bigotry like the Terrible and disgusting shooter in Pittsburgh. You have an ally and defender in me and the majority of Americans, as opposed to these deranged monsters that lurk online and take out their hate on innocent people.

[mysharona1987]