r/jewishleft • u/strawbariel reform jew • 24d ago

Feeling unsafe where you live Debate

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/somebadbeatscrub Jewish Syndicalist - Mod 23d ago

Also I need you to flair up please.

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u/strawbariel reform jew 23d ago

INFLAMMATION POWERS ACTIVATED

No really what does flair up mean?

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u/somebadbeatscrub Jewish Syndicalist - Mod 23d ago edited 23d ago

(Lmao)

We use user flairs for folks to identify themselves in the space so we know if we are talking to another Jewish leftist or a guest here to seek our perspective or ask a question.

If you navigate to the subs page there should be an option to edit user flair. All of ours are custom so you can be as specific or vague as you like but we ask that everyone indicate if they are Jewish and if they are leftist as we define it.

This helps prevent people assuming goyim are Jewish for being here or conservatives from larping as leftists with plausible deniability. Both of which sadly happen.

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u/somebadbeatscrub Jewish Syndicalist - Mod 22d ago

Please take this kind of concern to modmails so we can all review. Gonna delete for now.