Saturday night "the windows were smashed at Washington, DC kosher restaurant, Char Bar."

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Crime
Saturday night “the windows were smashed at Washington, DC kosher restaurant, Char Bar.”

By Prince Of Petworth
Published November 10, 2024 at 4:35PM
Updated November 10, 2024 at 4:52PM


2142 L Street, NW via The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington

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From the GoFundMe:

“On the eve of Kristallnacht, Char Bar in DC was again vandalized. This is yet another incident that the owners have to contend with. Operating a business in downtown Washington D.C. is expensive, and constantly submitting claims to insurance for broken windows due to antisemitism is not a price that Kosher restaurants should have to pay in order to do business.

We are joining together again to show them our support and help ease the burden of these latest attacks.”

Updates if/when more info is released.

[Old Crank]

1. Just disgusting.

Trump has unleashed the violence in this country. People of whatever stripe seem emboldened to act like this. We don't know who did this but it should be unacceptable in a so called civilized society.

[AZLD4Candidate]

2. We've been targets for centuries.

The right despises us because we exist
The left despises us because Israel.

We Jews are alone and we know it.

[Old Crank]

4. I'm on the left.

I don't despise anyone based on religious affiliation or ethnicity.
The history of Europe is the history of persecuting the Jewish people, along with other groups.

[AZLD4Candidate]

5. I love how when I say something, people take it personally. Did I say "Old Crank?"

Look at how Israel is portrayed by people on the left, and how Jews in this country have been persecuted by people on college campus because of guilt by association.

I hate to break it to you, but this country hasn't really been welcoming for Jews either.

Let's look at who hates Jews in this country:

1: Pro Hamas protestors
2: "The Jews won't replace us" crowd
3: Black Hebrew Israelites
4: White Nationalists
5: Skinhead groups
6: ANSWER folks
7: Christians who view Israel as the first sign of the rapture

We have a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG history of hating Jews here. Just look up the SS St. Louis and the Rosenbergs to start (who were accused of giving nuclear secrets to the Soviets that could have been found in any graduate level physics text book at the time).

But antisemitism is the only form of bigotry that people dismiss immediately. I've been targeted by it for years, from swastikas being etched into my locker and car in HS, to being attacked by six people that wanted to finish the job Hitler started, to being attacked overseas for wearing my Star of David, to being told by the families of ex-girlfriends that they didn't want a "dirty" Jew dating their daughter, to being called a Christ Killer to my face outside of Baptist Church in Virginia when I wore my Yarmulke, to being asked questions like "it is true Jews do it through a sheet," to being told Hitler was a good man and Jews deserve to die because they do nothing but cause problems, to watching Jews here getting targeted because my Star of David is on the evil Israeli flag.

[rubbersole]

3. Parts of our society aren't civil.

These type of incidents will snowball if not condemned by all authorities. This is the goal of putin/the oligarchs. Chaos and fear. And faux news will fan the flames.

[IronLionZion]

6. Economic anxiety

The price of groceries caused this.