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Charles Jacobs and Ben Poser<\/a> – October 20, 2020<\/p>\n In an outrage to the Jewish community, it has apparently become acceptable for people to picket synagogue services, and accuse the Jews inside of murder, imperialism, and the very acts of genocide visited upon them by the Nazis.<\/p>\n The members of Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan,\u00a0endure<\/a>\u00a0the vile taunts of protesters holding signs reading \u201cResist Jewish Power,\u201d \u201cJewish Power Corrupts,\u201d \u201cNo More Holocaust Movies,\u201d \u201cBoycott Israel,\u201d \u201cStop U.S. Aid to Israel,\u201d and \u201cEnd the Palestinian Holocaust\u201d every Shabbat. What\u2019s more, this unconscionable behavior has not just been the weekly norm recently, but every single Shabbat (Saturday) since\u00a02003<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThey portray themselves as kindly types who bring their detractors tea and wish them a nice day, while they espouse Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic global conspiracy theories\u2026 And their hate fails to alarm some progressive leaders who would be rightfully shouting from the rooftops if this were a mosque,\u201d Beth Israel\u2019s rabbi, Nadav Caine,\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0Ryan Stanton of\u00a0Michigan Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n The local protest group in question, Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends, is led by Henry Hirskovitz: \u201cWe\u2019re not there because they\u2019re Jews. We\u2019re there because they\u2019re Jewish Zionists,\u201d he told the same reporter. Hirskovitz, apparently a former congregant who fell out with the temple due to political differences, leads an organization whose website proudly\u00a0features<\/a>\u00a0a picture of a woman holding a sign saying, \u201cZionists Picnic While Palestinians Starve. The World is Watching.\u201d This is Jewish anti-Semitism at its purest.<\/p>\n After 16 years of suffering such venomous harassment, in 2019, long-time Beth Israel congregant Marvin Gerber had had enough and filed a lawsuit against Hirskovitz and his deluded, hate-filled protestors. The suit cited how their actions were insulting to the congregation, impeded their ability to walk to the temple and pray in peace, and exposed young children to vicious anti-Jewish propaganda. Miriam Brysk, a Holocaust survivor and member of a smaller synagogue located on Beth Israel\u2019s grounds, joined as a second plaintiff.<\/p>\n On August 19, 2020, in her official\u00a0opinion<\/a>, District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan Victoria Roberts stated that Hirskovitz and his group\u2019s actions constituted lawful speech and peaceable assembly protected under the First Amendment.<\/p>\n Gerber\u00a0plans<\/a>\u00a0to appeal the decision. But in the meantime, the rabbi and his congregation can and should take the initiative against these brainwashed defamers of Israel.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Charles Jacobs and Ben Poser – October 20, 2020 In an outrage to the Jewish community, it has apparently become acceptable for people to picket synagogue services, and accuse the Jews inside of murder, imperialism, and the very acts of genocide visited upon them by the Nazis. 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