Orthodox Jews vs the coronavirus
Radio-Canada has a thoughtful piece on the multiple reasons Orthodox Jewish communities are extra hard hit by COVID-19. Members of the community are concerned about being regarded as scapegoats, since it doesn’t take some people long to start blaming Jews for things.
dwgs 09:55 on 2020-04-04 Permalink
Not that it’s the best barometer but the comment section in the Gazoo ‘s piece on Perez the other day very quickly became a cesspool. Chilling remarks about “chosen people” and how they deserve what’s coming.
Ian 19:18 on 2020-04-05 Permalink
In all the comments sections, in both languages. It’s rather horrifying how blatant anti-semitism is still such a thing, and lurks so near the surface. It takes very little to trigger it, but when there’s a real crisis it’s like we’re back in the 30s with all the same bigoted language.
Kevin 23:13 on 2020-04-05 Permalink
Those bigoted blowhards love the internet because they think they’re anonymous and nobody calls them out on their nonsense.
Responsible companies block them.