Three days ago I received an email from a coleague wit an attachment , which is a news release(statement) from the 'Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine' regarding vandalism at a Jewish cemetery . Further reading into the attachment made me sick, because it is about a spraying of the 'Swastika signed on the tombstone of Jewish graves. My first reaction was , 'Oh my God , who in their right sense will go to the final resting place of someone they don't know, or have not even heard of before and commit such act of vandalism' I know the answer, I know the kind of people who will do that , we encounter them everyday in different part of the world.The grave is the final resting place for all who chose to be buried in that manner. Desecration of graves is the ultimate act of cowardice, desecration of a Jewish grave with the Swastika is violation of their, basic dignity with something that symbolizes hate, intolerance and bigotry. This is a continuation of many incidents that have been commited by cowards to a community that this cowards seem to HATE. There was a similar incident at a Jewish synagogue last year, and a couple of years ago someone violated the sanctity of a prayer place by throwing a pig head through the window of a mosque.
Why don't this cowards come out in the open? We have what I believed to be a 'Beloved Community' yes it may not be a very perfect one, yet we respect ,tolerate and accept each other. But this few incidents have giving me a reason to believe that we need to work more especially with our young once and hopefully some day we will have that dream 'Beloved Community' that we all wish. And I wish the Police luck in finding who this cowards are, so the can face trial.
Pious,
ReplyDeleteI found your blog through Facebook this evening. It's great that you're putting your voice out there on issues that you care about. I hope you'll continue posting. I'll be reading!
Nikki
I agree with you that we are an imperfect community. Thank you for voicing your outrage. May the cowards be found while we learn not to hate.
ReplyDeleteThese people like you said Pious are cowards they do not understand the sprit of our communities, as you know so many times these people disrespected the Muslims in Lewiston, what we need to keep in mind is that all Americans are not like that and the good hearted Americans are more than the view bad ones that are doing these visious acts, i will say to our Jewish friends keep your heads up and you are better than these cowards.
ReplyDeletesalaam Mr. ALi,
ReplyDeleteI've read this and it trigered a memory that you mentioned on this of about the man who threw the pigs head in a mosque. Fortunatly he was caught and was sent to court, but the people who are doing these kinds of things to the Jewish community especially ones that are resting in the grave dont deserve a trial, they deserve an 8x10 cell in the county jail. Please keep posting up more things, I and others will be reading it. Thank you
Abdishakur B. Mohamed
Thomas College
one can hope it is only teenagers having an identity crisis of some kind and not the product of an organized movement with hate as a mission statement. I am amazed at the effort people put into staying ignorant.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for standing in solidarity. Sometimes in the face of violence, the beloved community comes together and is strengthened by outpourings of respect, love, and mutual care. Thank you for taking the first step in transforming this act of hatred into an opportunity to create a stronger, healthier community.
ReplyDeletedear pious.
ReplyDeletewhen i hear about acts of antisemitism like the one you mentioned my stomach hearts. badly. i feel alone between the nations.
your wonderful words wormed and heals my heart/
i thought i knew you when i met you in maine s.o.p 2009/ but now i found new virtus in you and i appriciate it a lot/
with such woords and comments we can have real hope for peace and understanding.
good job buddy
drora
israel
Thank You for sharing this information. It's true that the culprits are cowards. Pious you speak the Truth. Lies are Black & White but the Truth knows no color!
ReplyDeleteHi Pious,
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have know this without you.You know?It only ungodly person and a coward will do this.keep en lighting on what going on,ok?