(Jewish Group) Anti-Semitism and the 'Visible' Jews

[Behind the Aegis]

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

One evening about 30 years ago, my girlfriend, who is now my wife, came home to our small flat in London, her eyes swollen with tears and the backs of her knees and thighs covered in painful bruises.

An hour earlier, she had been walking through Kings Cross train station when a young Chasidic visitor to the city, lost in the web of the London Underground, approached her asking for directions. She duly took him to the correct platform for Heathrow Airport, picking up one of his suitcases along the way. As she dropped him off and started walking back in the direction of her train, she heard footsteps running up behind her. Before she could turn around to see properly what was happening, she felt a series of brutal kicks to her legs. An oafish voice hissed “you Jewish c—” into her ear as the kicks landed again. Then her assailant, a white male whose face she only glimpsed, ran off, leaving her terrified and dazed, while everyone else around her carried on as if nothing had happened.

I have to admit, I did a lousy job of comforting her after this ghastly episode. I was shocked and worried and angry, but I was also confused when she mentioned, with touching sweetness, her relief that the young Chasid had been safely away from her when the attack occurred.

“Wait, what do you mean?” I blurted, as she sat down on our sofa with a cup of tea. “He attacked you because he thought you were Jewish or because he saw you helping the Chasidic kid?” Exasperation flashed across her face. “What difference does it make?” she snapped.

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[akraven]

1. WTF????

A "visible" Jew? Damn, that jerk should have met my next door neighbor. The Chasidic kids ARE recognizable but I've never met one that wasn't absolutely respectful of others. And I've gotten lost in my own friggin' house!

WHY are people so stupid? Not your friend or the kid but the asshole? And frankly, I only have a shotgun to scare of marauding moose but I'd have used it.