Word: rosenbaum
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...incident--the murder of 47 Jews in Kishinev, Russia--which was part of a very real and very long history of anti-Semitism, particularly in Europe. In introducing the example of the Russian pogrom he attempts to link this reprehensible slaughter of Jews to the murder of Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. As a result of what he characterizes as black malice toward Jews, he calls on the American Jewish community to "reconsider its allegiance to groups and peoples [namely, blacks] who, in the most unabashed manner, do not seek to reciprocate the Jew's embrace...
...piece this past Wednesday, Justin C. Danilewitz offers a powerful condemnation of the anti-Semitic murder of Yankel Rosenbaum. Like Mr. Danilewitz, we mourn Yankel Rosenbaum's death and believe we must fight anti-Semitism wherever it arises. We also agree with Danilewitz that people should not be attacked for the actions of other individuals within their community...
...think the incident in Crown Heights should not be used to increase animosities between races and religions, but rather, should encourage us to build such a community. --Matthew Mayers '97 Adina H. Rosenbaum '98 Co-Chairs, Progressive Jewish Alliance
...Yankel Rosenbaum's murder is unlikely to cause American Jews to realign their traditionally liberal political allegiance in the way that the Dreyfus trial in France did in the 19th century. Perhaps it should. Jews, along with any group of people that prides itself upon rationality and intelligence, must reconsider its allegiance to groups and peoples who, in the most unabashed manner, do not seek to reciprocate the Jew's embrace...
...often, incidents surrounded by a mysterious cloud of latent anti-Semitic prevent the accuser from filing formal charges. In this case, while many facts may forever remain unclear, the motive behind Rosenbaum's murder is not: he was killed first and foremost because he was Jewish. This is all the more startling given the crime was perpetrated in the last decade of 20th century America and not in turn-of-the-century Europe...