but the threat of violence also looms directly over the jewish community like never before in recent american history. attacks on jewish institutions, they are up 61% from 2020 according to the anti-defamation league. just yesterday, the fbi warned of what it describes as a broad threat to synagogues in new jersey. the new york times reports that as a result of a warning, the new york police department immediately announced it had stepped up its monitoring to ensure the safety of every area that encompasses our jewish citizens and synagogues. of course, we all know that none of this is happening in a having vacuum. it s bubbling through sports, culture and our politics. they re the anti-semitic outbursts on social media by kanye west. there s the refusal by kyrie irving to disavow a post he made linking to a documentary filled with conspiracy theorys about jewish people. he s been suspended for at least five games. a statement from the team reads in part kyrie irvin
down there. those people like me? even you left mississippi, mom. there are so many moments like that where you just want to jump through the screen and tell her to listen to her wisdom to go get her boy. yeah, yeah. this happens to ordinary people. this is an ordinary family. there was nothing special about them, they were just a mother and son, you know? they were thrust into extraordinary circumstances. circumstances that none of us who have children ever want to be in, ever. talk about the first excruciating thing she does for her boy when she gets him back. i mean, when the coffin comes off of that train, the sound that is a mother s anguish. that is a mother s gut wrenching knowledge of what has
i don t want him seeing himself the way those people are seen down there. those people like me? even you left mississippi, mama. there s so many moments like that that you want to just jump through the screen and tell her to listen to her wisdom to go get her boy. yeah. you know, this happens to ordinary people. this is an ordinary family. you know, there was nothing special about them. they were just a mother and son, you know, and they were thrust into extraordinary circumstances, circumstances that none of us who have children ever want to be in. ever. talk about the first excruciating thing she does for her boy when she gets him back? well, i mean, she when the coffin comes off that train that scene. the sound. that s a mother s anguish. that s a mother s gut wrenching