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Why is it that all across the world these protests are in diaspora neighborhoods instead of at Israeli embassies?

Dragging a big ass cross through your Iocal Jewish neighborhood on Shabbos during Passover yelling about killing babies and shit is not protesting Israel it's protesting your local Jews. And with some very very old anti-Jewish symbolism.

"#Essex Police are facing fierce criticism over alleged “two-tier policing” after anti-#Israel #protesters marched through a #Jewish area of Westcliff-on-Sea on #Shabbat during #Passover.

Chanting “Stop killing children” and “#Intifada,” dozens of #demonstrators paraded through the residential streets as Jewish families were returning home from #synagogue.

Footage shared online shows the marchers – some at the front dressed in #religious garments associated with #Christianity and carrying a large #cross – making their way through Westcliff, a suburb of Southend. Some held bloodied fabric representing dead children."

thejc.com/news/uk/two-tier-pol

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The Jewish Chronicle · ‘Two-tier’ policing row after Gaza protest in Jewish area on PassoverBy Jane Prinsley
Entrance of the synagogue of Ulm, Germany, 2023.

On March 2nd I posted a picture of the synagoge of Ulm designed by KSG architects (second photograph). Apart from being a synagoge the building also houses a Jewish community centre within its beautiful and extremely well proportioned modernist cubical structure.

A Mezuzah (Hebrew: מְזוּזָה "doorpost"; plural: מְזוּזוֹת‎ mezuzot) is a piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah, which Jewish followers of Rabbinical Judaism affix to the doorposts of their homes. In mainstream Rabbinic Judaism, a mezuzah must generally be placed at the entrance and in every doorway in the home, with some exceptions such as bathrooms (which are not a living space) and small closets.

In the Bible, the word mezuzah only refers to the two 'doorposts' or 'doorjambs' of a door, the upright posts on either side of it which support the lintel, and appears in various contexts unrelated to any religious commandment or parchment. The word later acquired the modern meaning of piece of parchment in post-Biblical Hebrew due to the Deuteronomy commandment requiring to write verses on doorposts.

#streetphotography #synagogue #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #abstract #modernism #entrance #minimalism #modernarchitecture #arcitecture #newphotography #jewish #symmetry #corner #tempel #religion #temple #salomon #colorphotography #colourphotogrphy #doorway #corner #lightanddark #doorpost #starofdavid #windows #stars

🇬🇧 UK
🔴 UK Grants Police New Powers to Protect Worship Sites

🔸 Police can now restrict protests near religious sites if intimidation is likely.
🔸 Measures follow anti-Semitic & anti-Muslim incidents near mosques, synagogues.
🔸 Hate crimes: +113% anti-Jewish, +13% anti-Muslim in past year.
🔸 £50M pledged to protect faith communities in 2025.

Le #rabbin d’#Orléans violemment agressé, sous les yeux de son fils, en sortant de la #synagogue.

Le #rabbin venait de célébrer la prière du #sabbat à la #synagogue, située à quelques encablures. Il rentrait chez lui avec son fils de 9 ans quand un individu lui a foncé dessus.

L’agresseur, qui a visé la tête et l’a mordu, est activement recherché.

france3-regions.francetvinfo.f

France 3 Centre-Val de Loire · INFO FRANCE 3. Le rabbin d'Orléans frappé à la tête et mordu en rentrant de la synagogue, une enquête ouverteBy Perrine Roguet

"As one of the few #women #ordained as #orthodox #rabbis, and one of even fewer who run a #shul, I’m always on the lookout for news of attitudes in the orthodox community towards women’s roles in the #synagogue.

An #Israeli colleague recently shared a new survey, whose context is the dati leumi religious nationalist community in #Israel, but nevertheless bears parallels with our #UK context."

jewishnews.co.uk/opinion-wins-

Jewish News · OPINION: Wins and frustrations for women in Orthodox spaces - Jewish NewsA new survey shows comparatively fast progress has been made in the past few decades