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‘Horrifying': Mid-Michigan Jewish community reacts to Colorado attack
LANSING, (Mich.) WLNS — Jewish people across America continue to react to an in Colorado calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, which injured 12 people. This includes many in Mid-Michigan, who are concerned with what they call a pattern of antisemitic rhetoric.
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Matthew Zivian, a Jewish East Lansing resident and a recent Michigan State graduate, says attacks like this hit close to home. He described Jews across the country as 'one big connected community.'
He said he's seen antisemitic slogans and phrasing right here in East Lansing, and worries that if an attack like this can happen in Colorado, it can happen here.
Jews in Mid-Michigan want to see anti-Semitic phrases being publicly called out.
Zivian worries that if anti-Semitic hate speech goes unchecked, it will lead to violence.
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'It's a trend that we've seen all throughout history. So when it happens here, it's horrifying, and terrible, and disgusting, but it's no shock,' says Zivian. 'You need to call out antisemitism when you see it and listen to your Jewish friends who are saying, 'what I am seeing is making me uncomfortable,'' said Zivian.
Zivian said he has no choice but to stay optimistic that, in the future, these acts of violence against the Jewish community will stop.
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