The following announcement was provided by the Jewish Watertown Action Network:
The Jewish Watertown Action Network invites you to attend a showing of the film Tragic Awakening on Tuesday June 24 at 7 p.m. in the Watertown Savings Bank Room at the Watertown Free Public Library.
Given the recent murder of a Jewish/Israeli couple in Washington DC and the attempted murder of several Jewish community members in Boulder, reflecting on anti-Semitism in our own community becomes more urgent. Tragic Awakening examines anti-Semitism since October 7, 2023 as well as its historical roots and how it morphs over time.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged here or via the QR code on the flyer. Questions or interested in joining our list? Email JWAN02472@gmail.com.
In light of this appalling act of hatred only YESTERDAY (during the No Kings protests), I suggest people attend this screening to learn what’s really happening:
“A Jewish grocery store in Brookline was vandalized early Sunday morning when a brick that said “Free Palestine” was thrown through the business’s window, police said.
The Butcherie, a kosher grocery store, is located on Harvard Street in a stretch of Jewish businesses near Coolidge Corner, including Kupel’s Bakery, the Kosher Wok, and Israel Book Shop. It’s about a block away from Congregation Kehillath Israel, a traditional, conservative synagogue.
Brookline Police Chief Jennifer Paster called the incident “a disturbing act of hate and anti-Semitic vandalism.”
Hate may not have a home where you live, but it’s not far away.
If your against hate then I suggest all Jewish people speak up and stand up for the Palestinian people and against the terrorist state of Israel. We must defund their war machine. Israel is a terrorist state like Russia and North Korea.
“Defund their war machine” is a dog whistle for annihilation. After Oct. 7, terrorist organizations called for Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 and Oct 10 to the end of time to repeat Hamas’s atrocities of that day. At the rate of 1,200 murdered, mutilated, and incinerated on Oct. 7, it wouldn’t take long to remove all of what Iran calls “the cancerous tumor” in the Middle East. Remove it by radiation, if you get my drift. The real terrorist state is Gaza, where Hamas could have surrendered any time in the past 600+ days. They haven’t, and no one who “stands up for the Palestinian people” demands it: I wonder why. I presume you know all this, so I presume you mean what you write.
Not true. Cuba, Syria, North Korea, and Iran are recognized and classified as States Sponsors of Terrorism pursuant to three laws: section1754(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, and section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961). Not Israel, not Russia.
Sudan is also characterized as a sponsor of terrorism, along with 68+ groups, mostly Arab Muslims. No mention of Israelis.
Your assertion is false. And misleading and uninformed.
David – The terrorist in question is actually Hamas and the Iranian Regime in power since 1979. Protecting Israelis, Palestinians, Iranians and all others to have freedom to exist is key. The Jew hatred we’re seeing in our City, state, country, world aims to wipe Israel off the map. That is not peace nor freedom.