From Jews in Minneapolis: This is Not About Us
While the Jewish community grieves and stands in solidarity with the families of Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, we find ourselves in an uncomfortable position. We empathize because of our own experience and trauma. But this horrific crime is not about us. It is perhaps why some members of the Jewish community have expressed confusion, and even disappointment, that many institutional Jewish responses have not directly mentioned what is coming to light about the perpetrator’s antisemitic screeds and motives. Our colleague and Deputy Executive Director of JCRC Minnesota and the Dakotas, Ethan Roberts, co-authored a poignant editorial about the Jewish community’s response and being present for and offering empathy to our Catholic friends and neighbors in their moment of unspeakable pain, and remaining focused on them and not leading with the “Jewish angle” of this tragedy.
“As Jewish community leaders, we write to ask our partners and colleagues to consider the impact of headlines and social media posts that center the gunman’s antisemitism. These narratives, even if well-intentioned, risk overshadowing the grief and trauma most directly impacting our Catholic neighbors.” You can read the editorial here.
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