r/Jewish • u/dicklaurent97 • May 15 '25
Antisemitism Jerry Seinfeld is called a "rabid dog" by pro-Hamas protesters
It's rare to see "anti-Zionism" turn into full on anti-Semitism.
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u/MrGeek89 May 15 '25
They love to harass Jews and claim they are not antisemites.
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u/Elect_SaturnMutex Noahide interested in Judaism May 15 '25
They harass only "Zionists". Which is of course, separate from Judaism.
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u/Angustcat May 15 '25
A line said by non Jewish people who haven't got a clue what Judaism is or what Zionism actually is.
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u/republican_banana May 15 '25
A line said by non Jewish people who haven't got a clue what Judaism is or what Zionism actually is.
Not just “non-Jews”. There’s also some pretty clueless secular Jews who have given more thought to their breakfast than their culture/religion.
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u/_dust_and_ash_ Reform May 15 '25
People keep pointing out secular Jews, but don’t forget the very non-secular Neturei Karta.
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u/look2thecookie May 15 '25
Every time some moron talks about the "Orthodox Jews" that agree with their crazy pants claims, I'm like, "oh, you mean the cult that's not Orthodox?" Then they basically talk in circles like I'm dismissing legitimate beliefs. Sorry, the Westborough Baptist Church doesn't represent Chrisitianity and the Neturei Karta don't represent Judaism.
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u/RevengeOfSalmacis May 15 '25
The WBC could only arise within Christianity. Similarly, Neturei Karta could only arise within Judaism. I think the comparison is apt, to be clear, but cults don't arise from nothing. NK has gone to pretty dark places, but they did emerge from a religious anti-Zionist continuum that used to be a lot more mainstream. Enough so that it's dramatized in The Chosen, for instance
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u/look2thecookie May 15 '25
There are similarities, as you pointed out. They both go to protests and events that will get coverage and cause hate and confusion.
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u/RevengeOfSalmacis May 15 '25
yes, and they both do grow organically out of some of the tensions present in the communities they grew out of. WBC would not have existed without slick television-savvy protestant evangelical Christianity and its total preoccupation with sexual control
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u/Normal-Phone-4275 May 15 '25
They have been sucked into the "I must say this to be a good person/social justice warrior " mentality because they are young, highly subject to peer pressure, and ignorant of actual factsand history, as are.many observant young Jews. Please blaming secular Jews.
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u/Frabjous_Tardigrade9 May 15 '25
They're not all young, not at all. Unfortunately I know a lot of "grownups" in this camp, and some are seniors even
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u/Normal-Phone-4275 May 15 '25
True. I was focusing on the college kids, and forgot about the Ben and Jerry types. Same thing though; they want to think of themselves as good liberals but have lost perspective. Bernie is in that group.
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u/Normal-Phone-4275 May 15 '25
I just found a very good article called The Encampment Mindset by Malka Shaw. I found it under sapirjournal.org. It really explains why people are getting so wacked out (precise psychological term).
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u/taternun May 22 '25
I understand their ignorance and unintelligence, but I don’t understand is how they have such audacity and arrogance in thinking that they’re experts on a religion and people that they know nothing about… and arguing with people who are of that religion and ethnicity and telling them they’re wrong about their own religion and ethnicity… while simultaneously saying that people of the outgroup should never ever tell people of the in group what their beliefs are and claiming that they’re the anti-racist and are against Naz**. Like I don’t get it at all.
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u/taternun May 22 '25
Pick me Jews desperate to be seen and accepted as “good Jews” by anti semites who are pretty much the same as Germans in the 1930s
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u/Significant_Pepper_2 May 15 '25
Which is of course, separate from Judaism.
But my good Jew friends say they are!
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u/Elect_SaturnMutex Noahide interested in Judaism May 15 '25
Ah, the lads from Neturei Karta?
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u/Significant_Pepper_2 May 15 '25
Not necessarily - any Jew who's barely connected with their heritage and traditions can believe that. Even having a Jewish mother but not being raised Jewish.
They just don't know what Judaism and Zionism are and what they aren't, but consider themselves experts because they have Jewish heritage.
I'm not saying everyone should be religious (I'm not) or anything like that, just don't claim to know anything about the culture you're not a part of.
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u/badass_panda May 15 '25
Nah, also lots of 18 and 19 year old Jews who are very disconnected from the Jewish community and from their own traditions and culture. If the extent of your Jewish upbringing was making jokes about bagels, it's tough to know what you're talking about but easy to think you do.
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u/AquamannMI May 15 '25
Yup. This is why programs like Birthright are so important.
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u/badass_panda May 15 '25
It was super meaningful for me and my brother. I'm bringing my sister to Israel next year... I'm really looking forward to it.
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u/Substantial_Yak4132 May 18 '25
I envy your sister.
If I could dump all my stuff in the US and do a homecoming, I would in a New York minute.
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u/Free-Cherry-4254 May 15 '25
100%, I was a stupid kid disconnected from my heritage and then went on Birthright (Jan 2005) and it renewed my faith.
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u/jaybattiea Conservative May 15 '25
was this rhetorical because zionism is judaism. Majority of our prayers are in line with zionism. To be united with our ancestral homeland and for the messiah to come.
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u/Elect_SaturnMutex Noahide interested in Judaism May 15 '25
I know. I was being sarcastic. Because that's their argument, almost always.
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u/jaybattiea Conservative May 15 '25
Oh okah sorry. I've heard that alot so it's almost like a ptsd response.
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u/easyslide35 May 16 '25
Thank you!!! And people have turned it into a hateful, slur and conflicted with nationalism and colonization… the stupidest things I’ve ever heard
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u/jaybattiea Conservative May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25
They just want their anti-semiticism to be validated.
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u/LowTutor2184 May 15 '25
Zionism means that you believe that Jewish people are entitled to return to their ancestral homeland. Jewish people believe this so they are zionist. Others that believe this that aren't Jewish are zionist. You act as though that word is a bad word, but it's not.
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May 15 '25
Imagine saying “I only hate Catholics who take communion” and then claiming it’s not an anti-Catholic thing to think
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u/easyslide35 May 16 '25
Separate from Judaism…. Over 85% of Jews are Zionists… Zionism is simply a right to self determination and our own ancestral homeland and it’s been turned into a slur… so if you were “anti-Zionist” you are actually not just antisemitic, but you are for the destruction of the state of Israel… People have turned it into a slur …
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u/Angustcat May 15 '25
I wish I had been there to ask this person if they support the genocide of children by Hamas.
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u/republican_banana May 15 '25
I’m pretty sure they’ll say that’s either “unproven propaganda” or “justified resistance” depending on the TikTok that’s eaten their brain.
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u/Tybalt941 May 15 '25
Yep I've seen several posts saying that claims of Hamas killing babies and raping people on Oct. 7th have been proven false.
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u/RangerPower777 May 15 '25
Not sure if you’re asking this to troll or as a way to have evidence to shut people up.
I’m going to assume it’s the latter. My response is usually to ask why people are so quick to dispute Israel and do all this evidence hunting to disprove Israeli claims, yet do no digging when it comes to claims that come from Hamas, a group that most people are able to admit is a terrorist group. Not to mention Hamas live streamed their attack.
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u/Fair-Part217 May 19 '25
Yes, I’d like to be able to substantiate everything I read and purport to understand. I think there is never a bad reason to be skeptical when you haven’t seen proof of something.
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u/Fair-Part217 May 19 '25
To the mod who removed my question “Can you please provide evidence to the contrary?”: how was I not civil? I genuinely wish to have a full understanding of every picture. Isn’t proof and debate a core tenet of Jewish thought? Very disappointing response.
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u/CmdrGrayson Reform May 15 '25
“The only good Jews are the Jews that agree with my TikTok-limited worldview” — mighty close to “there’s a difference between Black people and the N-word”
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u/RangerPower777 May 15 '25
This is what kills me. All these protestors don’t realize (many do but I like to think most are stupid to not see it) how bigoted they are as they say these things. Then they will go home and tell their friends “I’m a good person who wants rights for all people”
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May 15 '25
They also say the same stuff about the Hasidim in Brooklyn as the anti Muslim far right in Europe does. It’s crazy they can’t see the parallels
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u/Proof_Associate_1913 May 15 '25
The stuff they say about Zionism is pretty much the exact same stuff Islamophobes say about Salafism. Now, yes some Salafis can be extremists but a lot of them are just really pious and mind their own business. But the Islamophobes and mainstream media don't actually know what Salafism is so they just make up definitions that make it seem like it's just pure violent fundamentalism and that's just not true.
And yes, it's absolutely bonkers that the antizionists don't see the similarities.
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u/taternun May 22 '25
But it’s actually the most similar to is, “I love Black people. Black people are great… as long as they are not the uppity Black people who think they have a right to be freed from slavery. As long as they’re not the type of Black people who defend themselves from violence. And I have a lot of black friends and I even have one black great, great great, great great great grandmother so I can speak for what actual black beliefs are and the desire not to be slaves is not inherent to being black. Black people want to be slaves”
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u/dynawesome May 15 '25
You never see literally anyone do this to Kanye West or others like him, are his open statements less problematic?
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u/dicklaurent97 May 23 '25
Kanye was literally on the Hollywood Walk of Fame having a choir sing that Hitler crap he made. Ample opportunity for someone to protest.
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u/FinalAd9844 Just Jewish May 15 '25
Guys obviously Jerry Seinfeld can call off the war
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u/nicklor May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25
And his big crime is that he smiled at them. I'm sure he get harassed daily its pretty disgusting.
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u/Qs-Sidepiece Modern Orthodox May 15 '25
That’s kinda also just his face 😅 it’s the opposite of rbf I have the same default look lol
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u/look2thecookie May 15 '25
He gets harassed constantly. They come to his shows and pull this shit too. Good for him for being able to laugh at the absurdity. Yelling at an AARP card holding Jewish comedian is doing it—it's freeing "Palestine!"
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May 15 '25
I don’t know why but the way she said “Fuck you Jerry Seinfeld” made me chuckle. Then his reaction was classic.
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u/FluffyKittiesRMetal May 15 '25
Even the heckler’s friend didn’t care. She probably does this everywhere so it’s become routine. Her response to the whole thing was “Yo, the New York Knicks is winning.”
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u/Ok_Pomegranate_2895 May 15 '25
what the actual fuck is that supposed to do. it's virtue signaling
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u/scrambledhelix May 15 '25
Correction: it's "virtuous hate" signaling — like capping a stranger to join the gang
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u/look2thecookie May 15 '25
100%. I mean, they're literally filming it and they shared it. Absolutely laughable
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u/zzleetni May 15 '25
This isn’t just Seinfeld. I’ve seen too many videos of random Jews harassed on the street, surrounded and screamed at to say “Free Palestine.” If they stay silent, they get berated in every way possible.
My blood boils. I think of Jews in Nazi Germany forced to scrub sidewalks with toothbrushes while onlookers mocked them, or Jews beaten and then ordered to apologize to their attackers.
Same sickness.
These people are far too comfortable dehumanizing us. They shouldn’t feel safe doing this to any Jew. They need to be afraid to even try.
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u/easyslide35 May 16 '25
100%!!! And they are harassed on the streets by ignorant privileged white people who have no skin in the game, have never been to the region and couldn’t point to it on a map before October 7… and those same people would be killed the moment they ever stepped into Gaza or Syria or Yemen
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u/HummusSwipper May 15 '25
Acts like a rabid dog while calling others rabid dogs. Classic derangement
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u/Dangerous_JewGirl May 15 '25
They are modern-day Nazis. "We aren't anti-semites, the things we say are true"... they don't get that when you lie about israel you are an antisemite, even if you think your lies of genocide or whatever are true.
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u/Angustcat May 15 '25
Shouting "Free Palestine" at a Jewish celebrity in New York is going to bring about a ceasefire and release the hostages. Insert roll eyes emoji.
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u/TheCrankyCrone May 15 '25
Just the way voting for Jill Stein purged the Jews from Israel and made Palestine free. ***eyeroll*** /sarcasm
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u/EditorPrize6818 May 15 '25
What a lovely privlaged bratty kid.Imangen waiting for someone who has no power to change anything and waiting to see them just to scream at them
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u/Better_Challenge5756 May 15 '25
Very dark days. We need a counter strategy.
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u/VectorPie May 15 '25
Whenever someone says “free Palestine” respond with “Am Yisrael chai”
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u/HannahCatsMeow Reform May 15 '25
Or "from Hamas"
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u/GubbenJonson Not Jewish May 19 '25
I like this one, because it really shows that these people don’t really care about the well-being of Palestinians, who have suffered terribly under Hamas.
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u/Pantoner May 15 '25
I like the “only you” response. It’s conveying that these “protesters” have no idea what they are talking about, and that they are so annoying that no one would care if they died
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u/MogenCiel May 15 '25
No, it's really not rare at all.
AntiZionism is antsemitism.
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u/perrodeblanca converso grandchild ~ came home May 15 '25
The amount of blood lible I've seen from this clip spreading has been nauseating.
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u/McAlpineFusiliers May 15 '25
Notice how Israel, the US, the UK, the EU, Jerry Seinfeld, Gal Gadot, everyone is "genocidal" except for Hamas.
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u/Cold_Pain2170 May 17 '25
There's a new trend where Leftists call every country "fake" or "stolen" except for Palestine
my god this generation is cooked
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u/taternun May 22 '25
Palestine is the only one that’s been there forever since the time of dinosaurs.… I mean there’s like zero proof of it ever existing at all, but my source is believe me, bro
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u/vegan_tunasalad Conservative May 15 '25
Jewish joy, the best revenge is living well...
His response is so perfect.
What's the deal with all of these misdirected rabid antisemites?
They hate us, they envy us, they seek to destroy us, meh, Jewish joy.
Jerry Seinfeld is a personal hero of mine, his light-hearted irreverent naches is a huge inspiration for me.
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u/LateralEntry May 15 '25
This is the best response. Just smile and laugh at these clowns while they make fools of themselves.
Side note - I always found it funny that anti-Israel activists like to call people dogs as an insult. Dogs are haram in Islam, but most people in the West like dogs.
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May 15 '25
I have a question that is probably a bit naive, but my Dad is dead and he is who I’d ask - I thought being a Zionist was just believing in the Jewish people having a homeland in Israel? So anti Zionism would be the opposite, right? Why is it so touchy to use that term now?
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u/megs1120 Just Jewish May 15 '25
I know lots of them feel that we have no right to exist, but I think most of it comes from gentiles dominating the conversation and making up their own definitions of zionism. When people shout that zionism is white supremacy, I can't help but wonder what they think zionism even means.
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u/bubbles1684 May 15 '25
You’re correct. People are falling for soviet propaganda that claims “Zionism is racism”
Fun fact: only Zionists can believe in a two state solution
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May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25
It’s rare to see anti Zionism turn into anti semitism? I’m afraid they’ve been going hand in hand. Supporting Muslim and Jewish unity and the ability to coexist on the same territory, has now turned into “go back to Europe, you’re all expelled.” Big difference. People expose themselves real quick.
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u/TheCrankyCrone May 15 '25
I'll bet not one of these nimrods can identify Palestine on a map or cite any history about that part of the world at all. And if you ask them who should lead this "free Palestine" most of them can't even tell you. The rest think Hamas is just a dandy organization.
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u/Aryeh98 May 15 '25
But they’re the rabid ones though???
They’re rabid. He’s calm. What an insane gaslighting tactic.
Every accusation is a confession.
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u/vid_icarus Space Laser Chief Operator May 15 '25
This is true. Netanyahu was only going to give Hamas a verbal warning for Oct. 7th, but Jerry Seinfeld broke into his office on all fours foaming at the mouth. He bit Bibi and caused all the problems in Gaza happening today. Fucking comedians.
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u/PeaceImpressive8334 Liberal Gentile Atheist Zionist 🇮🇱⚛🇺🇲 May 16 '25
As a non-Jewish ally, this is infuriating. It makes me sick to my stomach. I'm so sorry, y'all.
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u/Alarming-Mix3809 May 15 '25
Did they do it? Did they free Palestine?
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u/Pretty_Peach8933 Israeli Jew. I'm funnier in Hebrew May 15 '25
Any day now, every diaspora Jew harassed is one step closer!
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u/gayslav77 Ashkenazi May 15 '25
does anyone know how the "protesters" even were allowed within Seinfeld's vicinity??? im worried
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u/7thpostman May 15 '25
It always strikes me that they think just like anti-abortion weirdos. "Anyone who doesn't agree with me kills children"
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u/MathematicianLess243 May 15 '25
I fail to understand how the Pro-Pal movement thinks that heckling and harassing people will “free Palestine.” It’s pure antisemitism.
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u/Funny-Risk-1966 May 15 '25
It's really funny how they care so much about Gazan lives but I must have missed when they protest for lives of people being killed in Ethiopia, Myanmar, and Darfur, just to name a few. No complaints about the lives lost in Syria recently?
I'll take "Tell me you're a brainwashed hypocrite without telling me you're a brainwashed hypocrite" for $1,000, Alex. Oh and God Bless you, Jerry Seinfeld.
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u/swarleyknope May 15 '25
If only they spent a quarter of the energy they put into harassing Jews into actually educating themselves about Israel & Gaza.
(Love that Jerry gives zero fucks)
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u/Wistastic May 15 '25
I'm sorry, was this outside the friggin' Garden? He was at a Knicks game. What does an American comedian have to do with a war in the Middle East? They have lost the goddamn plot. There are plenty of people that want an end to the fighting and a return of the remaining hostages, but they alienate so many people by being short-sighted and deeply antisemitic.
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u/gatorgotyourgranny May 16 '25
“New York Knicks is winning, guys—“
“I know. But children in Gaza—“
Yes. You yelling at Jerry Seinfeld will stop the war. Why didn’t we think of this sooner?!
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u/Crystal_Queen_13 May 26 '25
It’s the smirk & kissy face for me 🤣 Jerry is & always will be an icon. I cannot believe how open / normal antisemitism is becoming. Scary f***ing times
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u/dicklaurent97 May 26 '25
it's because of the Hamas narrative that Isreal is a "white colonist state"
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u/tovasfabmom May 15 '25
Yea and what about the Palestine terrorist scum that kidnapped the mom and two babies…. What about the daycare they slaughtered… the family they buried alive…. They even killed the Jewish dogs…. They are pure evil
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u/Purple-Ad1628 Convert - Reform May 15 '25
ONLY YOU! lol I love him! These people are disgusting and bored!
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u/Optimal-Menu270 ♥️🔯Philosemite non-jew🔯♥️ May 15 '25
She should not be calling ppl rabid dogs if she is so Karen herself
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u/ThePickleConnoisseur May 15 '25
The only people who think Zionism isn’t apart of Judaism is people who know nothing about Judaism. We literally have a holiday where we leave Egypt for the promise land Israel.
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u/JackBuddy0 May 15 '25
God her voice is annoying, I’d support whatever she is opposed to on that alone
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u/Jewish_Secondary May 15 '25
People can call Jews rabid dogs and be secure in themselves, but I call antisemites mean names and Reddit bans me for three days… ugh, this world we live in
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u/HannahCatsMeow Reform May 15 '25
Reddit is calling him deranged for smiling but like ... What else do you do when these idiots are assaulting you over something you have 0 control or influence over ?
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u/FadingHonor Not Jewish May 15 '25
Out of all the actual controversies Jerry Seinfeld has been in, they choose to attack him for literally being Jewish, but it’s not “anti-semitism just anti-Zionism”…
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u/jenny_tallia May 15 '25
I’ve never found Jerry more funny than I do watching him interact with these protestors.
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u/stevenjklein Orthodox May 15 '25
It's rare to see "anti-Zionism" turn into full on anti-Semitism.
No, it’s not.
(Or were you being sarcastic?)
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u/pktrekgirl Just Jewish May 15 '25
Looks like Jerry is displaying a pretty thick skin in this video, thank goodness. He’s like ‘Can you believe that Jews are back to this shit again?’
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u/TopApprehensive4816 May 15 '25
Jerry Seinfeld is a jerk, however I support Israel. Those pro Hamas kids are reading and watching propaganda. Also "Jewish voices for Peace" is NOT a Jewish organization. It's a Palestinian organization
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u/DiscussionSpider May 16 '25
There are a lot of insults I could hurl at Seinfeld but "rabid dog" is probably the most absurd. That's like calling Ben Stein a howler monkey.
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u/Cold_Pain2170 May 17 '25
If Anti-Zionism isn't Antisemitism
i don't know what is...
Also it's funny how Pro-Palestine folks believe that Hamas are only after Zionists when they openly record themselves saying they want to kill Jews, Christians etc
god it's hilarious
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u/IndianGloryForum May 18 '25
Jerry: so have you ever observed something about rabid dogs... So the thing about them is..
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u/DetroitLocker May 22 '25
What will America do if Seinfeld, a national icon, is murdered by these monsters?
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u/pr1nt3rJ May 15 '25
One breath they say they don't hate Jews they just hate the only Jewish state, in the next breath they call any Jew they see a dog. Gotta love it.
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u/idankthegreat May 15 '25
They just forsaken their humanity, harassing someone who has nothing to do with a situation they know nothing about just to get likes.
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u/Just-Lobster-6051 May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25
I admit, his last few stand ups were a little meh..Buuuuut I love that guy. I hope he really truly realizes that. Even though Larry David probably is a bit of a dick in real life, I love how he clearly will never change and really is just another me but older, famous and rich. I mean I'm a lil nicer but only a little. What I mean to say is, you can put Larry anywhere in any circumstance and he is Still Larry! Which is what I love about the guy! And I hope that goes for Jerry as well, but I'm not really sure. But until proven otherwise I will assume the best and that he still Jerry the stand up guy we all know and love.
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u/Cambyses-II May 15 '25
Breaking news: Israel declares unilateral ceasefire after Jerry Seinfeld verbally harassed by protestor