How to support Jewish folks in Canada and US amidst alarming rise in antisemitism?
tldr:- Alarmed about the rampant rise of Anti semitism, would like to know how to help. Or let me know if I am wrong about.
Background:- I have migrated to North America a couple of years back and often shuttle between US and Canada due to nature of my job.
Since October 7, I’ve noticed a sharp rise in antisemitism. For example, I saw a pro-Palestinian protest outside a Jewish café in Downtown Toronto, a spot I was near at the time. I also heard troubling rhetoric during a pro-Palestine rally at the University of Toronto.
I’m concerned that Jewish communities are being outnumbered in these situations, and without support from multiple sensible communities, things could take a darker turn. This feels personal to me because I’ve seen eerily similar patterns in India, and it’s unsettling that religious extremism is taking fold in North America, which is precisely what I wanted to escape from in India.
Now of course law and order is significantly better in both Canada and US compared to India no comparison there lol, but I believe anti Jewish forces are quite adept at undoing existing mechanisms of safety. Their control of the mainstream narrative and a lot of politicians(especially democrats and some republicans).
If I am being over dramatic, please let me know. I am relatively new to North America. So again my understanding of how things work could be naive or wrong. They have in the past. Or maybe I am consuming content from the wrong media.
However my spidey sense is tingling, and not in a good way lol.