Fri Aug 28, 2020, 05:46 AM

Rosenbaum, killed amid Kenosha unrest, doesn't come from practicing Jewish family

Joseph Rosenbaum doesn’t come from a practicing Jewish family, but that hasn’t stopped some hate-filled internet trolling from appearing online because of his last name.

Rosenbaum, 36, of Kenosha, was one of two people shot and killed on Tuesday during unrest after the shooting of Jacob Blake. Suspect Kyle Rittenhouse, an Illinois 17-year–old, has been placed under arrest.

Rosenbaum’s extended family is not Jewish, though there may be a mix of German and Jewish heritage in the past, said Sammy Rosenbaum, a cousin.

She said she’d lost touch with her cousin but added that “it’s sad all around that he’s gone ….”

The apparent lack of Jewish practice in the family hasn’t prevented hateful message boards from lighting up with some antisemitic statements about Joseph Rosenbaum. There are also parentheses around “Rosenbaum” in several instances, signifying a Jew.

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Rosenbaum, killed amid Kenosha unrest, doesn't come from practicing Jewish family (Original post)	Behind the Aegis	Aug 2020	OP
Haters gonna hate details are not there strong suit.	Sherman A1	Aug 2020	#1
+++	abqtommy	Aug 2020	#2
You are correct about them not being strong on details. The War on Facts!	Behind the Aegis	Aug 2020	#11
I Don't Get It	ProfessorGAC	Aug 2020	#3
I'm prejudiced, but...	Buckeye_Democrat	Aug 2020	#5
"willful decision to target Jewish people"	mitch96	Aug 2020	#6
I don't either.	Lonestarblue	Aug 2020	#8
K&R	Solly Mack	Aug 2020	#4
just proves what the RW/GOP/Trump is at it's core: White Nationalists.	radius777	Aug 2020	#7
Republican conventions have more people of color on the stage than among the delegates.	Marcuse	Aug 2020	#10
If they have hate in their hearts, they'll find someone to hate	DFW	Aug 2020	#9

Response to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 05:48 AM

Sherman A1 (33,682 posts)

1. Haters gonna hate details are not there strong suit.

Happy that Laura missed NOLA for you.

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Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 06:09 AM

abqtommy (8,995 posts)

2. +++

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Fri Aug 28, 2020, 12:42 PM

Behind the Aegis (47,496 posts)

11. You are correct about them not being strong on details. The War on Facts!

Thanks for the good wishes (and I am happy NOLA was spared), but I am back in ruby-red Oklahoma...almost 10 years now.

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Response to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 06:32 AM

ProfessorGAC (47,470 posts)

3. I Don't Get It

I never have. I don't grasp the willful decision to target Jewish people, at any point in history.
I know some of the reasons, but none of them are even a bit understandable.
How can someone's familial religious background have anything to do with how we view them?
Don't get it.

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Response to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 07:52 AM

Buckeye_Democrat (11,327 posts)

5. I'm prejudiced, but...

... mostly against willfully ignorant people. (Which describes many Trump supporters, among others.)

As a culture, and in GENERAL, Jewish people are certainly not that way. So I've valued nearly every Jewish person that I ever encountered!

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Response to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 08:13 AM

mitch96 (7,781 posts)

6. "willful decision to target Jewish people"

From my observation it is the fact that they are "the other" the "not like us"" the them vs Us mentality that is gripping this country. What gets me is the line about "rich jews" controlling the country but not about the rich whites... Thats ok...
This thinking goes back century's and I don't believe it's gonna stop. I wish it would stop.
m

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Response to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 08:44 AM

Lonestarblue (3,836 posts)

8. I don't either.

What is in a person’s mind and heart is far more important to me than their ethnicity. I read somewhere recently, maybe here, the idea that white evangelicals should think about the fact that God did not create just one type of tree, or just one type of flower, or just one type of animal—or make one more important than the other. Healthy biodiversity says they all work together. God also made many types of humans. Why do they believe that He placed their one type above all others?

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Fri Aug 28, 2020, 07:26 AM

Solly Mack (82,288 posts)

4. K&R

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Response to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 08:19 AM

radius777 (2,919 posts)

7. just proves what the RW/GOP/Trump is at it's core: White Nationalists.

See, the GOP can try to put on their fake convention, where they parade a few Uncle Tom blacks/browns/women etc around, but it aint foolin anyone because all you need to do is look online at RW hangouts and you'll see what they 'really' believe.

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Response to radius777 (Reply #7)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 08:52 AM

Marcuse (4,076 posts)

10. Republican conventions have more people of color on the stage than among the delegates.

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Response to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 08:47 AM

DFW (42,284 posts)

9. If they have hate in their hearts, they'll find someone to hate

It doesn‘t matter who, and it doesn‘t matter why. They can‘t tell you even if you ask.

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