Racist vigilante groups are a danger in our midst. Too many civilians like playing cops, whether it’s Zimmerman or the Shomrim. My guess would be that frum people who defend Zimmerman are the same types who defended Werdesheim. One case, granted, involved assault, and the other murder, but the same, underlying attitude of racism and white privilege is at play in both cases. It saddens me, since warm ties between the Jewish and African American communities is something I always valued. A tear is always brought to my eye when I look at the image of Dr. King, z”l, marching with R’ Abraham Joshua Heschel, zt”l, and R’ Maurice Eisendrath carrying a sefer torah, arm in arm. R’ Saul Berman was also marching that day; how far have we deviated. The words of Amos haNavi have been forgotten by our community; HaShem cries with all the oppressed peoples of the world: ?????? ??????? ?????????? ?????? ??? ?????? ??????????, ?????-??????: ?????? ???-??????????, ?????????? ??????? ?????????, ????????????????? ????????????, ??????? ???????.
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