This Blogfinger article from December 2018 was about the efforts of two OG organizations to make a fuss about alleged anti-Semitism in the Grove. But that was beaten back by commenters in Blogfinger. The HOA wanted to bring the Anti-Defamation League into town, but apparently they backed down.
So today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and where are those organizations today speaking out on this topic?
In remembrance, here is a YouTube video that tells the story of real anti-Semitism.
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- Ocean Grove United demonstrating in the Grove. Mary Walton photograph. 2012
Editorial by Paul Goldfinger, Blogfinger.net
This past Mischief Night, some individuals “vandalized cars with swastikas and racial slurs in Ocean Grove.” (APP 11/7/18) The Neptune Police Department said that they were not viewing the incident as a bias crime or anything “politically motivated.”
Deputy Mayor Carol Rizzo (a Grover) said (APP), “The community should view this as simply ‘something that happened during Mischief Night. I don’t think we should give it anymore credence than that. ‘”
The descriptions of the event in the news did not include any anti-Semitic language, and swastikas are not necessarily anti-Semitic symbols. Some kids, like punk rockers, may draw a swastika without thinking of Jews. The “N word” was also found, according to the APP.
A representative, Joshua Cohen, of the NJ Regional Office of ADL said, “The swastika has become a ubiquitous symbol…
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