I am proud to have been involved with this group for over a year now, and have been afforded the opportunity to get an education and do some good work as well.  The education has been intensive, but sadly it has also been heartbreaking.  The type of hate against the Jewish people today is near overwhelming.  The vile put forth spews like a cesspool bursting under pressure throughout the internet completely unabated, until the JIDF came along.  Its creator has been on a mission, and has brought thousands with him over time.  

So many people speak of hate crimes, but because of America’s freedom of speech, it is ok to deny the Holocaust, call for the extermination of the Jewish people wherever they are, to call for the wiping Israel off the map, and to advance lies of all kinds against a people who have the equal right to live as all people.  It may be their right to expound nonsense, but where is the responsibility?  Within Facebook, the powers that be are quick to protect Islam and homosexuals from any of the slightest words of disrespect.  Where is that concern for the Jews?  Don’t bother to take the time to look it up, you won’t find it. 

As for the work I have been proud to have taken part in, the JIDF has been able to over power hate sites with numbers, being able to take over the site and eventually shutting them down.  No hacking and nothing illegal, we have been able to push Facebook to do the right thing in many cases and to just overwhelm other sites.  It is always heartwarming to stomp out ignorance.  To some, this will sound like some slippery slope for censorship.  What about the responsibility for telling the truth?  How will spreading hate ideas help anyone?  Is it right to allow ignorance to spread, and very possibly lead to hurt or even death?  Where do the rights of the individual trump, not the community, but the truth? 

Please take time to visit http://www.thejidf.org/, and be a part of celebrating Israel’s twentieth anniversary by helping to shut down the 20 most hateful, anti-Semitic groups on Facebook.