LAKEWOOD (JTA) – A local NAACP chapter complained that Jewish children in Lakewood, New Jersey, dressed in racist costumes during Purim.
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The chapter is seeking a meeting with leaders of the township’s large haredi Orthodox community after seeing photographs of children wearing blackface, Afro wigs and Black Lives Matter sweatshirts during Friday’s celebrations.
On Sunday, the Lakewood Vaad, or rabbinical association, issued a statement, first reported by The Lakewood Scoop, condemning the wearing of blackface and explaining the religious and evolving cultural context for the celebrations.
“Dressing as a member of another culture was once part of Purim and pictures of old show Jews innocently costumed on Purim as Romans, Greeks, Cossacks, Arabs, and as members of other groups,” the statement read in part. “Today, this is seen as offensive, and we are sensitive to the feelings of other groups. Dressing in blackface is particularly inappropriate and offensive, and should never be done.”
If I get dressed like a Chinese person on purim, do the chinese get offended?
If I dress like a cowboy, do they get offended?
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Maybe the black people need to work on their emotions??
It would have been better if they came out with such a statement BEFORE Purim.
Bad judgement on the parents part.
Come’on – think a little.
When has the NAACP ever condemn BLM for their hateful anti semtisim? When has NAACP ever defended the frum community. The VAAD is useless. They should condemn the NAACP instead
Dov Hinkind did the same foolish thing years ago and apologized
The black lives matter movement is what is offensive.
Or am I too white for them?
The black “leaders” need to be less defensive.
Coca-Cola said WORK TO BE LESS WHITE, what better way than to identify. It is culture training
If you were visiting Nissim Black or you had a black convert that you were friends with, would you think that it would be appropriate for your kids to wear such a costume?
You folks all realize that VIN has an ad right next to this article with a guy
dressed up like an Arab. Is that offensive too on purim? Is there an end to this stupidty.
Jewish kids in yeshiva don’t necessarily know black history. . They don’t know why people may find this offensive.
The NAACP is the biggest inhibitor of Blacks today because of their steadfast support for Democrats. If the NAACP really cared about blacks they would dissolve themselves.
Its time to address the racist attitudes that are tolerated by all too many.
Literally thousands of Black Americans have been lynched over the past 100 years (sometimes along with Jews) and have been targets of police brutality. Since year 2000 1600 Blacks have been killed IN CUSTODY. Jewish racism, (inherited from Europe or home grown?) is well documented and now shows its ugliness in idiotic Lakevood. Is this what the kinder loin in cheder, to HATE others? Is this Torah?
Maybe the kids wanted to compare black lives matter to the story of Purim. On Purim, Jews were celebrating being saved from Haman ands cronies. Black people feel threatened from some racist police officers. Haman wanted to kill the Jews for no reason. Blacks feel they were being targeted and killed for no reason, except hatred/
I just love it when ostensibly frum yidden, who are too stupid to see the incalculable damage to the United States that the current administration is perpetrating, find it necessary to show their TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) in any & every conversation that has zero connection to the former President.
Jews cry antisemite when non jews dress as frum jews at their holidays.
at a time when national news pokes fun at a”president” for a gaff, private details of lives are spread across tabloids , a kids costume is an issue? if he dressed like a black ups driver or michael jordan would that too be an issue
and if goyim dressed up as rabbis on halloween that’s fine
there was nothing to make a national apology for – at most its a time when people dress up like all kinds of costumes
we as a nation have miles of work BEFORE dealing with petty nuances
How about: “This offends people; let’s stop doing it”? Even if the va’ad in Lakewood didn’t say so?
Thanks Lakevood Kollel! This expression of Jewish racism and overt hate and stupidity has made GLOBAL NEWS! Did HaShem choose us to be examples of meanness and bigotry? Maybe all the Trump hate rubbed off a bit too much… Time for menschlecheit again.
Kol hakavod
Tell the NAACP too bad. We have a right to dress how we like.