The End Jew Hatred Movement announced that it will be holding a protest on Thursday in objection to the continued “singling out of the Jewish community” by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in relation to the spread of the coronavirus, a press release by the movement stated.
Planned to be held at the New York City Public Library, the protest will address recent remarks, accusations and decisions made by New York officials, specifically by Cuomo and de Blasio on different occasions.
“Every community is affected by COVID-19 and every community has rule breakers who fail to adhere to safety precautions,” the movement noted, emphasizing that blaming the Jewish community for the spread of coronavirus is not only wrong, but discriminatory and encourages racism.
On October 5 Cuomo, threatened to close down religious institutions in New York, claiming that ultra-Orthodox Jews were responsible for the outbreak in several infected areas of the state. In order to illustrate his claim about the risks of the spread of the virus, he used the image of mass gatherings in ultra-Orthodox communities.
The following week, Cuomo spoke to reporters regarding New York’s struggle to contain the spread of coronavirus in parts of Brooklyn and Queens and cited Hebrew quotes to urge Orthodox Jews to refrain from gatherings.
.@NYGovCuomo you are making it really difficult for me to defend your actions and rhetoric as being about the health concerns of Covid19. https://t.co/d9Ze7uoRC9
CC:@JakeAAdler @Yair_Rosenberg @AgudahNews https://t.co/rPiHTZTImT
— Noah Erlich (@NoahErlich) October 14, 2020
Earlier, in April, de Blasio was called out for several tweets he made that were perceived by many as a direct threat against the ultra-Orthodox community as a whole. “My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: The time for warnings has passed,” de Blasio tweeted, in reference to the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Mertz that drew hundreds of Orthodox Jews to the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The mayor was mostly criticized for his generalizations of the Jewish community, over the actions of few – comments that hurt many law abiding citizens who carefully keep regulations. But he was also criticized for his apparent double standards, considering the fact that hours before the funeral, thousands of New Yorkers gathered across the city to watch a US Navy and Air Force flyover.
And while many, including Hasidic leaders, chose to defend both Cuomo and de Blasio and called on the Jewish community to maintain social distancing, the End Jew Hatred Movement views these examples of generalizations as serious acts that can’t be tolerated.
“To single out one minority community for blame in the ongoing pandemic is unacceptable and may be in violation of anti-discrimination laws,” it said.
I don’t feel this is the way of Yidden.
Yes,…… the government is wrong.
However,….. we brought this on ourselves through Chillul Hashem.
And,….. what will you accomplish?
Can you really force the goyim to love us?
We require that they uphold our constitutional rights to fair and equal treatment under the law. Love doesn’t enter into the picture at all.
The Rebbe was against protests. Even peaceful ones. He labeled them as counter-productive in achieving goals. Instead the Rebbe encouraged negotiations with officials, meetings,, and back door connections as more effective. It also went against the Rebbe’s positive approach. He felt gatherings should be for holy, celebratory Jewish causes, like kids’ rallies, Lag BOmer parades, Simchas Beis HaShoeva…
You have no clue what you are talking about. The rebe apposed protests Against the russian government, not American. Get your facts straight.
I was. Members of my family and colleagues consulted the Rebbe on many community and controversial issues. The answer regarding protests was NO.
That is why I couldn’t understand how some lubavitchers decided to join with the blm protestors…don’t they realize the Rebbe would have been opposed to this?
that was only when it came to russia as the protests interfered with the underground effort to bring jews out.not necessarily would that apply here
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IcWwkkQ7Dro
How can they be impeached?
B”H
The way of he Rebbe like Mordechai was to gather the children together for Torah, tefillah and tzedakah.. Can Tzivos Hashem make online daily children rallies? It will accomplish more than protests.
Do they look at BLM on how to deal with problems or look to the Rebbe or whichever rabbi they follow? We want Moshiach now!
You idiot.
Are they burning, looting, destroying, and attacking people like BLM did?
It’s completely fine to have a normal peaceful protest.
VOTE THEM OUT
Right or wrong. Priority is keeping our kids in school. Play the game and don’t vote for them again. This whole thing is a hillul Hashem