https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/nyregion/hasidic-funeral-coronavirus-de-blasio.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
In
a series of tweets, Mr. de Blasio denounced the gathering, which was
broken up by the police, and warned that any violation of the
social-distancing guidelines in place to stop the virus’s spread could
result in a summons or an arrest.
“Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite: a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic,” the mayor said in one post.
“When I heard, I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed.
And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the
Coronavirus.”
Chaim Deutsch, a City Council member who represents a section of Brooklyn with a large Orthodox Jewish population, reacted with anger and disbelief on Twitter, writing, “This has to be a joke.”
Mr.
Deutsch wrote: “Did the Mayor of NYC really just single out one
specific ethnic community (a community that has been the target of
increasing hate crimes in HIS city) as being noncompliant?? Has he been
to a park lately? (What am I saying - of course he has!)”
“But
singling out one community is ridiculous,” he added in another post.
“Every neighborhood has people who are being non-compliant. To speak to
an entire ethnic group as though we are all flagrantly violating
precautions is offensive, it’s stereotyping, and it’s inviting
antisemitism. I’m truly stunned.”
Others
pointed to the crowds that gathered across the region earlier in the
day to watch a military flyover by pilots from the Navy’s Blue Angels
and the Air Force’s Thunderbirds that was meant to honor essential
workers.
No problem rebelling against their host nation
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ReplyDeleteYes, it's not just Jews doing the wrong thing and forming crowds. But it is just Jews who hold themselves to be the holiest and most intelligent folks around.