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That paper is an interesting citation. Study funded by Edelson Family Foundation and co-author is an "israeli"...
"No conflict of interest" and its written by an "israeli" and funded by non-profit that only supports "Jewish causes" ๐ซ
Brandeis University, its primary recipient of funds:
Broken clocks, just because the source is a scumbag doesn't necessarily mean it's not true
There is a shared history, but not a shared present. There is no systemic government repression against Jews like there is against Muslims. And in the media landscape it's painfully obvious that a few ambulances in a Jewish neighborhood are more important than literal Nazis shooting up a mosque. Yes there are right wingers which discriminate against both, but this doesn't manifest at the institutional level repression for Jews in the present.
In the pinned article in the community there is actually another very interesting article linked at the bottom, written by a black man in 1967. At the risk of sounding out of context, here are some relevant quotes from the article (reading it whole is better):
I don't think you want to be using a source which starts their "about us" section with "The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation provides grants to nonprofits in the United States and Israel" 23% in poverty sounds horrible. So let's look at the actual numbers and compare them to other demographics shall we
Jews are the Most Privileged Demographic on Earth
This is the first in a long time someone has conceded an internet debate to me. A lot of emotions are flowing through me right now.