Never again is happening again
I am a 23-year-old Jewish woman who is absolutely appalled with the situation in Texas with immigrants and asylum seekers being kept in concentration camps by the Trump administration. Photographs and recordings of children sobbing after being separated from their parents have been circulating in the media and I am waiting for a response by the institutional Jewish community.
To me, this is a clear instance of ‘Never Again’ happening again. It is up to us as a Jewish community to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves and intervene in a massive, institutional way. I don’t need to tell you how to do that; I am telling you that I am equally as appalled and disappointed that there hasn’t been an institutional Jewish response to this yet.
History will remember us standing silent and complicit as we let this happen. We are uniquely positioned to prevent something like this from ever happening again. Why aren’t we?
Sonia Larbi-Aissa
London, England
