The ‘ Never Again ’ Failure By Delphie Jones
A young woman ’ s account of the relapse of antisemitism , both terrifying and toxic
It is becoming increasingly apparent , particularly to Generation Z whose news intake is typically through social media , that anti-Jewish racism is once again , on the rise . Despite the lurking concern that mainstream media is persistently deaf – and voiceless – to our discrimination , it is first-hand experiences with hate crime , microaggressions and blatant antisemitism which also define young Jews ’ existences . With personal accounts and global statistics displaying the festering nature of institutionalised antisemitism , it is from both a pessimistic and realist account that I believe we have failed . Society has failed . Failed in the education against racism . And it is terrifying . And if we have not failed , if society has been educated , it is an even more troubling threat that we are being ignored , again . This notion that we have failed is hard to hear , for novel Jewish activists to three thousand years ’ worth of ancestral hardship ; fighting for equality can often feel exhausting and futile after so long being the tenacious scapegoats of suffering .
Ben Freeman ’ s ‘ Jewish Pride ’ affirmed the pervasiveness of antisemitism is not a Jewish problem , but a non-Jewish problem , which impacts Jewish people . This resonated with me , scratching an irking itch I ’ d felt since witnessing the scarcity of support from non-Jews on January ’ s