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MyMission

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2. What a question you ask!!!
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 11:31 PM
Nov 8

I'm giving you a thoughtful and detailed reply.
First part:
Yes tcf and a his followers do pose a threat to the Jewish community, and to many other groups.
The extent and scope is unfathomable. Jews have faced antisemitism, discrimination, segregation, death, expulsion many times throughout our history. Your question gives me an opportunity to share my darkest fears and concerns. My mind has mulled this over for days.
I wouldn't be surprised if we were asked to sign a loyalty oath, not just Jews but everyone.
Those that don't or won't sign will be fair targets for whoever's up for hunting "traitors", which is what anyone who doesn't pledge loyalty will be.
I've seen data reporting that 79% of Jews voted for Harris, only 21% for tRump. I've also seen one report of 66% Harris 31% tRump. Either way the majority of us did not support him. That makes us a target! The idea of pledging loyalty is common in fascist regimes. In Nazi Germany those who didn't join the party were brutalized and ostracized (not that Jews were allowed to join). Then things get worse from there....mass deportations of Jews and other undesirable types could certainly happen, might be the best we could hope for. I don't think we'll be the first group targeted, but we will be a target. He could arrange something with his buddy Bibi to return us to Israel.

Second question: most of the states with the largest Jewish populations are Democratic, NY and California
the top 2, combined have about 3 million. They would be the safest in my opinion. The states of Florida, Texas, Ohio, and now Pennsylvania with a Dem Jewish governor voted red, and have large Jewish populations. This will now become a Christian nation. Isn't there some Christian prophecy about the Jews returning to the holy land before Armageddon and the return of their Lord and Savior? Non democratic governors or states may not do enough to protect Jews from hate crimes and hate groups. They can easily justify that we deserve it since most of us didn't vote for their leader! Democratic states and governors will offer more protection than others.
That's all I've got to say. I live in NC and we just elected a Jewish governor, so I feel a bit safer but still think about having to move and where I might go, in the US and also abroad.

Since I looked it up, here's the top 11 states, all have over 150,000 Jews.

New York
1,785,727
California
1,234,540
Florida
672,465
New Jersey
626,220
Pennsylvania
434,165
Illinois
325,160
Massachusetts
301,880
Maryland
240,100
Texas
175,655
Ohio
151,640
Virginia
150,620

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/jewish-population-by-state

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