"I was walking home from a #Shabbat morning service, wearing a #kippah and carrying my #tallit bag in my urbane, diverse #NewJersey town, when a pickup truck slowed down beside me. The driver rolled down his window and yelled something. I won’t repeat it here, but I can say with certainty it was not “ #ShabbatShalom.”

Why? Because of a small piece of fabric on my large, bald head.

My truck-driving antagonist was in good company. On social media, bigots will refer to #Jews as “the little hat people.”

"...During the 1968 #NewYorkCity school teachers’ strike, which aroused #antisemitism, an announcer on radio station WBAI-FM read a poem written by a school child, dedicated to #AlbertShanker, the Jewish head of the teachers’ union: “Hey, #Jew boy, with that #yarmulke on your head/You pale-faced Jew-boy, I wish you were dead.” Shanker, in fact, did not wear a yarmulke."

https://religionnews.com/2026/01/08/jews-and-hats-a-thousand-year-old-love-story/

Ok, well. I guess shit is just going to get continuously more fucked up. 👀

"A disturbing scene unfolded at a gas station in #Italy this week when a #Jewish father and his young son from #France were accosted by strangers shouting anti-#Israel slogans. The incident, captured on video and widely circulated online, has reignited concerns about rising  #antisemitism across #Europe.They were just trying to use the toilet.

The confrontation began when the child, wearing a #kippah was spotted by passersby. Within moments, the pair was bombarded with shouts of “Free #Palestine” and “murderers.” The boy appeared shaken and visibly distressed, while his father, standing firm, responded by shouting “Am Yisrael Chai” (“The people of Israel live”). In sequence, the father was pushed into the floor, beaten and had his glasses broaken by the harassers. In the meanwhile, his son was pushed aside and protected by a pedestrian who tried to shield him from the chaos."

https://www.jfeed.com/antisemitism/antisemitic-attack-italy

Ok, well. I guess shit is just going to get continuously more fucked up. 👀

"A disturbing scene unfolded at a gas station in #Italy this week when a #Jewish father and his young son from #France were accosted by strangers shouting anti-#Israel slogans. The incident, captured on video and widely circulated online, has reignited concerns about rising  #antisemitism across #Europe.They were just trying to use the toilet.

The confrontation began when the child, wearing a #kippah was spotted by passersby. Within moments, the pair was bombarded with shouts of “Free #Palestine” and “murderers.” The boy appeared shaken and visibly distressed, while his father, standing firm, responded by shouting “Am Yisrael Chai” (“The people of Israel live”). In sequence, the father was pushed into the floor, beaten and had his glasses broaken by the harassers. In the meanwhile, his son was pushed aside and protected by a pedestrian who tried to shield him from the chaos."

https://www.jfeed.com/antisemitism/antisemitic-attack-italy