Emacsen
My wife and I are in a bit of a debate on whether or not to hang a mezzuzah on the door of our new apartment in Vancouver.
She's expressed concern that doing so might draw unwanted attention/hate crimes to our home, and it looks like that's exactly what happened at nearby UBC.
https://www.ubyssey.ca/news/antisemitism-in-residence/
Most hate crimes in Canada are against Jews, BC has had the most hate crimes against Jews, and the largest increase in hate crimes against Jews.
Emacsen
It's hard to understand what racism looks like when all the people are foreign.
It's funny that you mention you don't know any Jews. I don't know how much you know about the history of the Jews in Spain, but Jews have lived in that region since around 300 ADE, and Ladino is essentially a form of proto-Spanish.
Put another way, until 1500, Jews had lived in Spain for 800-1300 years! They're basically all gone now :(
Emacsen
Yes, this is the amazing thing about Europe and the Middle East, when you are walking down the road and you see a place and it's like "Wait, this is THIS place?"
When I was a child and heard about the bible stories, it might as well have been Narnia, but then I went to Jerusalem and it was very odd. It's like "Wait, so THIS is that place? The people lived HERE?" It was very strange.
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