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Airy LOCAL for Community Transformation 12 speakers or musical performers. and the greater Mt. Airy Jewish “Here I am: a Black, lesbian, SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF community (though not ali- Jew-by-choice, and my life ated with the GJC itself), was a matters,” she said. THE GERMANTOWN means of standing in solidarity To Purnell, the phrase “Jewish Jewish Centre hosted a vigil with Black Jewish community Lives Matter” is similar to “All on June 10 in response to the members, and Black community Lives Matter:” a statement she vandalization of a “Black Lives members more broadly. believes, but one that detracts Matter” sign on its campus, “We want to say very clearly from what the movement is visible from Lincoln Drive. that Black lives matter, and that trying to articulate. GJC co-organizer Rabbi we will not allow that to be a “I do believe that all life Adam Ze said that on May 28, statement that is diluted in any matters. It’s just that some a community member noticed way,” said Linda Holtzman, life is more endangered than that the “Black” in the “Black one of the event’s organizers others; that’s the dierence,” Lives Matter” sign had been and speakers. she said. “You don’t have to crossed out, and “Jewish” was For Andrea Jacobs, a say this life matters, so this instead written in its place. member of both the GJC and life doesn’t. is life matters e GJC mailbox and a lamp the CTC, countering racism and because this one does, because post were gratied with spray supporting Jewish communities we are all one.” paint to read “Jewish Lives are not mutually exclusive. Ze was unsure about the Matter.” “We stand in solidarity, identity of the perpetrator or “It was somebody trying to because we’re really clear as motive behind the vandalism. Rabbi Adam Ze of Germantown Jewish Centre speaks at the vigil. make a statement that being white Jews, and as Jews were The vandalism followed Photo by Sasha Rogelberg Jewish means being anti-Black,” broadly, that our liberation and an increase in antisemitic said Jared Jackson, founder and confronting the machinery of incidents nationwide, including ‘we commit to engage in the members to learn about race executive director of Jews in All antisemitism is 100% in align- the vandalism of the Horwitz- work’ ... of eradicating racism in and racism. Hues, an advocacy organiza- ment with and contingent upon Wasserman Holocaust Memorial our hearts, eradicating racism in While Ze hopes to elimi- tion for Jews of color. “It’s also confronting and dismantling Plaza in May. our community and eradicating nate racism in his community, erasure of Jews like myself, who the machinery of anti-Black “So many Jews are scared racism in the world,” Ze said. he believes that right now, are Black and Jewish.” racism.” right now,” Greeneld said. Jacob said that in addition to the GJC’s focus should be on ough there had been other e rally, which took place “And I know that this is not forming the CTC a few years ago handling discrimination when incidents in Mt. Airy of “Black at the GJC’s “Black Lives isolated from that.” as a response to an anti-Black it inevitably occurs. Lives Matter” signs being Matter” sign, had more than 50 Moving forward, the incident within the synagogue, “What we need to do is not vandalized and discarded in attendees, many holding their GJC wants to continue to the GJC has hired and contracted hope that they don’t [happen], people’s yards, the large sign own “Black Lives Matter” signs.