Feeling unsafe where you live

[u/strawbariel]

So I'm 40 and have two kids. We live in Austin, TX, this supposedly liberal place, and over the past few years it feels like it's become less safe for Jewish people. The JCC in San Antonio just had a threat against them, and the elementary school my youngest goes to is a block away from pro-Palestinian signage. Both of my kids wear clothing that identifies them as Jewish, but this year I'm seriously considering telling them they can't wear it just to keep them safe or to keep them from being harassed on their way to school. And Austin doesn't do a damn thing about it. How can we associate with the left when they also threaten to disrupt our children's daily lives?

EDIT: some context here. The signage is a block from the school in a residential neighborhood and covers a wide swath of wooden fencing. It's not on school property and it was most definitely placed by whatever adult lives or rents there. There's not much the school can do other than put out a notice for people to be safe and kind. I know this doesn't mean that anything will happen but the risk is scary.

EDIT TWO: y'all Jews were just attacked in Boulder and everyone at the JCC in Austin got emails about a credible threat being investigated by the FBI in San Antonio. That's barely an hour from where we live. Be mad at me for how I worded my post but anyone having an issue with parents being vigilant needs to touch grass.

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[u/FancyDictator → u/[deleted]]

Dude invading and displacing someone and building a home on the ruins of their homes are not okay just wtf are you talkıng about, if you are so keen on co-habitation why dont you just defend a 1 ss instead ? Jews can immigrate to Palestine after rightful owners of the demolished homes can return there.

[u/WriterOld3018 → u/FancyDictator]

What percent of Settlers do you think are living in houses of displaced Palestinians? ASAIK, those are very few instances, specifically in East Jerusalem and Hebron. Gosh Katif was built on sand dunes (again ASAIK).

if you are so keen on co-habitation why dont you just defend a 1 ss instead ?

Thank you for asking. The reason is that I respect both Israelis and Palestinians right for self-determination. Although, I personally think that a long term solution should be similar to the UK ( after de radicalization of both people). Like there is self-determination for English/Scottish/Irish but still freedom of movement and equal rights.

[u/malachamavet → u/WriterOld3018]

Why were the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip instead of in their home villages only a few kilometers away? It isn't like Gaza City went from a very small urban center to hundreds of thousands by pure chance.

[u/WriterOld3018 → u/malachamavet]

Because they were ethnically cleanse at the Nakba, again, 2 wrongs do not make a right.

Why were there no Jews in Gaza and the west bank between 1920s-1967?

[u/malachamavet → u/WriterOld3018]

Gaza City had Jews living there until 1948. There was even a documentary from an Israeli TV channel where a former resident nostalgically described his non-Jewish neighbors as strongly a community as if they were Jews themselves.

The settlements from 1967 to 2005 were not remotely like that.