year in america, jews are the number one target of antireligious hate crimes. that is a scandal. what has that got to do with four texas americans in a texas synagog? why take them hostage? whether it's the brown muslim far right, or white christian far right, attributing super powers to jews claiming they're responsible for all the world's ills both insane and deeply dangerous so we all have to fight against these tropes. in the wake of the pittsburgh massacre, the rabbi held hostage last night wrote a facebook post in which he says, too many times in jewish history, we faced tragedy without love or support.