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20. Because it's now an oppressive symbol. See text::

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 06:43 PM

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I stopped wearing the Star of David because it has become a symbol of supremacy and fascism
In October 2023, I proudly wore my Star of David necklace to an emergency rally for Gaza, but a year later I could no longer wear it. Israel has made it impossible to divorce this symbol from the unfathomable devastation carried out under its banner.
By Anna Lippman November 9, 2024

Anna Lippman is a 3rd generation Ashkenzi Jewish migrant on Turtle Island. She is a PhD student in the Sociology department at York University. Anna organizes with several groups in Toronto including Showing Up for Racial Justice and Independent Jewish Voices.

""Like the swastika, there is nothing wrong with the star in and of itself; this symbol existed before Israel and will exist after Israel’s demise. Yet, this symbol which was once an integral part of how I show my identity, is now synonymous with the cruelty and evil of the Zionist regime. When Palestinians look at this symbol, which has been used to represent Jewish supremacy and Palestinian destruction, they do not feel a distinction between this symbol when it is blue and in between two stripes or if it is gold and around my neck. Both represent the destruction of the Palestinian people. ""

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Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 9 OP

We have to be reminded, don't we? Aussie105 Nov 9 #1

First- are you suggesting the Nazi atrocities should be forgotten? sarisataka Nov 9 #2

Feel better now? JoseBalow Nov 9 #5

Yes! wolfie001 Nov 9 #6

Yeah, because shitting on a Kristallnacht anniversary post is definitely "NOT antisemitism." SunSeeker Nov 9 #11

I guess they think that BN was somehow behind it? Lancero Nov 9 #14

SunSeeker is right Hieronymus Phact Nov 9 #15

I did think of that repercussion wolfie001 Nov 9 #36

Some certainly do! Behind the Aegis Nov 9 #13

This post is so fkd up JI7 Nov 9 #18

"Dachau. Why does it still stand? Why do we keep it standing?" sarisataka Nov 9 #3

always remember Skittles Nov 9 #4

Always remember. Aussie105 Nov 9 #26

did I say they did? Skittles Nov 9 #27

Ironically, "Nuremberg" opened this weekend. COL Mustard Nov 9 #7

Kristallnacht must have been the sudden realization of German Jews..... 70sEraVet Nov 9 #8

A horrible, hateful, evil, cruel, disgusting, dehumanizing event that stains human history. So what do we human do? Exp Nov 9 #9

So should Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Georgia and England remove the CROSS from their flag? SunSeeker Nov 9 #10

Exactly! So it's NOT about religion! IT IS ABOUT POLICIES! It's wrong to keep playing the victim when the victim is the Exp Nov 9 #16

If it's not about religion, why say the Star of David should go? What "policy" is that? SunSeeker Nov 9 #19

Because it's now an oppressive symbol. See text:: Exp Nov 9 #20

The Star of David is not synonymous with fascism. To argue otherwise is antisemitic. SunSeeker Nov 9 #22

Source: Exp Nov 9 #25

I don't care what "source" you found that insane quote in. Equating the Star of David with fascism is antisemitic. SunSeeker Nov 9 #29

No, Mondoweiss is not a legitimate news source. lapucelle Nov 9 #30

Antisemitism today is not sarisataka Nov 9 #12

How can we forget, we are reminded of it daily, replicated. twodogsbarking Nov 9 #17

Well, considering the rise in Anti-semitism "thanks to" drumphf, and Miller... electric_blue68 Nov 9 #21

Holy F refers to people who have no problem forgetting. Hard for me to believe. twodogsbarking Nov 9 #23

Oh! Well, then My Apologies!! I obviously didn't follow your posts correctly! electric_blue68 Nov 9 #24

I am not always clear especially when I get pissed because people refuse to believe what happened then. twodogsbarking Monday #37

I can understand that. Thank you for your very kind words. electric_blue68 Monday #38

When I was in my 20s I worked with older people who either served in WW2 or twodogsbarking Monday #39

It was such a traumatic expetience. Some soldiers never talked about it, some did. electric_blue68 Monday #40

There is a lot to unpack in the whole situation. Aussie105 Nov 9 #28

There is no "situation to unpack" on this thread. The OP is in commemoration of the 87th anniversary of Kristallnach lapucelle Nov 9 #31

What is there to unpack sarisataka Nov 9 #32

Unless, of course, you want to unpack this... lapucelle Nov 9 #33

No one is sneering at anything. Aussie105 Nov 9 #34

Ah, so the unpacking begins when someone works out why they are dismissive of Holocaust commemorations lapucelle Nov 9 #35