And that is an understatement. Big time.
Brown University. Bondi Beach massacre. Rob Reiner.
Neither of the Brown students who were killed were Jewish and the class review where it took place was for an Economics class.
But the professor of the class, who was in attendance, serves as a faculty associate of the school’s Program in Judaic Studies. The professor previously served four years on the faculty of the Department of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Maybe there is no correlation, since at the time of this writing they have no suspect or motive. But anymore, it cannot be overlooked. And should not be.
Bondi Beach - well, that was definitely a target on Jews. FFS, it was at a Hanukkah celebration.
It was a father and son who were identified as the shooters. The family that kills together..........and all, I guess? A single bystander disarmed one of the shooters. I saw a gofundme set up for him has over $1M in donations. Maybe there are ones for the victim, but I don't 'know. There was a pic of the hero in the hospital, so I'm assuming he was injured and / or shot. ....which is an injury.
No motive was known (yet) for the shooting. 15 dead. Not including the father portion of the shooters. The son is critical but alive. Allegedly.
This brings up a convo I had a little while back about safety of the Jewish community. A person expressed that it was not any more prevalent than other religions. I countered that if he hadn't ever driven past any temple (at least in the NE Ohio) to do so on any day of services. Armed security in each and every synagogue parking lot. Big or small.
You don't see that at any Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Latter Day Saints or Jehovah Witness houses of worship. Well, I do see cops at the bigger places................for traffic control at the end of services. Yes I get it, making a left hand turn out of a parking lot is so much worse than, oh, I dunno.........semi-automatic weapons.
I'll give the guy this: he had no comeback.
Rob Reiner and his wife. I don't even know what to say. When 710 first told me - before it was known that it might be their son who committed the murders - I honestly didn't flash on it being Jewish related per se. Reiner has been such a vocal critic of the current administration, that I immediately assumed some MAGA fuck-head decided it was time for payback.
Yes. That was my first thought.
Still, it is a loss to the entertainment, free speech and Jewish communities. His voice will be missed.
That was just on (or around) the first day of Hanukkah. Only seven more to go, well, at the time of this draft. Six by the time you read this!
Song by: David Broza
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