is there anything non-jews can do to help jewish people, beyond raising awareness and pointing out antisemitism in daily life?

returnofthejudai:

At this point those are the two most important things you can do, especially the latter. There are very few of us and much of the damage to Jews is done in communities where there are few or none of us. I hear stories from gentiles all the time about the casual anti-semitism around them. Those are the spaces where the nastiest myths and ideas are spread and take root. Once someone becomes an anti-semite it’s VERY difficult to change their mindset, especially when the person trying to talk to them is Jewish and therefore distrusted by default.

The other thing you can do is educate yourself on anti-semitism both including and especially BEYOND the Holocaust. A lot of people have the mindset that the anti-semitism ended with the Holocaust and, as the events in France should have made plain, that was very much not the case. “A Convenient Hatred" by Phyllis Goldstein is a good place to start.

Also, PLEASE reblog our posts on the subject. I know some people have concerns about what should or shouldn’t be reblogged, but we’re usually pretty good about tagging whether something is intra-Jewish, personal or if goyim shouldn’t reblog. If you’re unsure, ask the blogger. But the silence here with regards to anti-semitism is one of the things we’ve been finding most frustrating. We’ve been shouting out our concerns about anti-semitism in France in particular and Europe in general for months. We saw what happened last week coming. The conversation around the attacks is already being talked up as solely a “France” or “Freedom of Expression” issue. Use and spread the #JeSuisJuif tag. Make sure that stays part of the story.