MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Occupy Wall Street Jews to 'Occupy Judaism'
By Donal on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 6:28pm |
“We chose to erect and occupy our sukkah here at Zuccotti Park,” a statement from Occupy Judaism read regarding the New York succah at the protests. “There is no better place to celebrate the festival of Succot this year than right here at Occupy Wall Street. We stand in solidarity with all those who are challenging the inequitable distribution of resources in our country, who dare to dream of a more just and compassionate society.”
“There are a lot of Jews who have been really affected by the economy,” Rabbi Alana Suskin, a participant in Occupy DC, said. “There may be one synagogue in the country where no one has lost their jobs. Jews also have their poor. It’s the unspoken elephant in the room. Not everybody’s well off. Probably most Jews are part of the 99 percent.”
Allegations have been made by some, including New York Times columnist David Brooks, that the Occupy movements are anti-Semitic. Suskin said such concerns were effectively defused by the reaction she and other organizers had to their efforts to erect a succah for the holiday in the Occupy protests in the nation’s capital.
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