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Rawan Osman "Recovering Antisemite"'I Had The Privilege Of Visiting Auschwitz' Now Jewish Funded & Feted Muslimah Messiah
Muslim Media Whore & Grifter With Hezbollah Family Members Gets $ Telling Jewish Audiences 'I Don't Hate You Anymore'
July 23, 2025
MIM: Which begs the question: When did 'Recovering Antisemite' Muslimah German Rawan Osman ever spoke at a mosque, Islamic communityf center or in front of a Muslim audience?
MIM: Rawan 'Gabrielle' Osman is a self described 'Recovering Antisemite' and one of many (primarily female) who live in the West and are being funded and feted by Jews and Jewish organizations and institutions who have a pathological need to be loved by virtue signaling Muslims and by doing so deny the reality that Islamic Jew hatred and genocide is the 'raison d'etre of the vast majority of Rawan's coreligionists including many of her relatives.
This virtue signaling is funded and promoted by the individuals and groups funding and sponsoring her upcoming events who appear to have a pathological need to 'be loved' by those claiming to be 'former Jew haters' and Muslim Zioni$ts and are promoting the dangerous lie that the threat Jews are facing worldwide is from 'antisemitism' instead of Global Jihad and Islamic antisemitism from their fellow Muslims and leftist allies worldwide.
This dangerous 'Jihad Denial' is having lethal consequences on a daily basis. By ignoring or playing down the role that the religion of Islam and the Koran mandates Jew hatred and the murder,subjugation and conversion of Infidels.The naive (and deadly) beliefs that Muslims and Arabs can be 'cured' of their violent natures or that their Jew hatred and aggression towards non Muslims can be excised by 'die'alogue is a suicidal delusion.
Rawan Osman's virtue signaling & 'peace activism' has no effect whatsoever on her Muslim co religionists and she only plays to Jewish and non Muslim audiences who enable her career as media whore and grifter as is evident from her peace activist pabulum regurgitated ad nauseum in this 2024 puff piece in which she relates her 'stunning and brave' decision to return to a grocery store in Strasbourg, France after recoiling in fear and fleeing when she saw the shop was run by 'JEWS'.
"Jews were the enemy. We were never to speak to them, under threat of punishment:" Lebanese ex-patriot takes a stand against Islamic terrorism"
Startled by the sudden realization of where I was, I spun around to see four bearded men in black suits, with tall hats and long sideburns. (aka Jews)
" Overwhelmed, I dropped my groceries, ran out of the store, darted across the street to my room, and locked myself in, struggling to breathe."
"Now, as an activist, I dedicate myself to spreading a message of peace and human rights worldwide. My efforts extend beyond discussing Judaism, Jews, and Israel. I actively oppose Islamist extremism and terrorism, striving to forge connections across different communities."
"My journey profoundly transformed me from harboring deep-seated anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments to embracing Judaism and seeking truth."
"October 7: a decision to publicly support Israel and travel there"
MIM: Uber narcissist Osman says that "when the conflict erupted...with Hamas escalating its campaign against Israel her decision to support Israel led to a 'complete severance from my family and friends' but doesnt want to mention that they are pro Hezbollah jihad supporters.
Self absorbed Oswan goes on to obscenely equate 'her personal losses" (relationships) to that of "Israelis who ALSO suffered profound grief". (after 10/7)
"When conflict erupted on October 7, 2024, with Hamas escalating its campaign against Israel, I felt compelled to engage more actively on social media to counteract the spreading narratives. This decision to publicly support Israel and travel there was the turning point in my relationships back home. It resulted in a complete severance from all my family and friends, irrespective of their location or even if they weren't Muslim.
In the aftermath of October 7, amidst the personal losses, I connected with Israelis who also suffered profound grief. This solidarity highlighted the complexities of the conflict and brought attention to the human aspects often overshadowed by broader geopolitical narratives.
"My journey profoundly transformed me from harboring deep-seated anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments to embracing Judaism and seeking truth. The true adversaries are those who instigate conflicts, sacrificing innocent lives, be they Israeli, Palestinian, Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Yemeni, or any others."
https://orato.world/2024/05/27/a-lebanese-expatriates-journey-from-antisemitism-to-advocacy/
MIM: Media Whore 'its always about ME' Osman appears to have confused Judaism with Christianity and recounts that after her 'confession' about her being a 'Recovering Antisemite" to an Israeli parliamentary commitee where she "condemned Hamas' rape of Israeli women gushing "I never felt prouder...I officially and publicly announced my recovery from antisemitism. That day was an act of atonement for me."
"She's a central figure in a new documentary, Tragic Awakening, about the plague of antisemitism. In May, while visiting Israel on an all-female European delegation, Osman addressed a parliament committee and condemned Hamas' rape of Israeli women during the terrorist group's invasion. "I never felt prouder," she told me. "When I spoke at the Knesset, I officially and publicly announced my recovery from antisemitism. That day was an act of atonement for me."
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/arab-advocates-israel-social-media
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MIM:Pathological Philanthropy:
Jews and Jewish organizations funding trips to bringing Muslims to Auschwitz,Yad Vashem and the October 7th killing fields in Israel to convince them why they shouldn't hate Jews.
Bringing Muslim 'media whores' to 'visit' Islamonazi and Nazi killing fields and publicizing them flattering fawning non religious Jews by telling how much they love Jews (while the cameras are rolling) is an obscene travesty.
It's a publicity schtick which is quite lucrative as well.
All the scenarios in this Muslim Misery Tour are choreographed "Let's fund trips and bring Muslim Jew haters to Auschwitz and teach them why they should love us instead.
Jewish funded photo ops with Muslims (who support (ed) and have family who are killing Jews in real time) aimed at convincing Muslims why they shouldnt kill Jews in front of the Arbeit Macht Frei gate at Auschwitz and selfies at the Nova Festival Killing Fields next to photographs of Jews murdered by their coreligionists and in some cases relatives are a misuse of Jewish donor money as are' trips' to Yad Vashem and or a Holocaust Memorial or Museum.
Write ups,interviews and photo ops with the Jewish useful idiot organizers and funders who gush about how "brave" these Muslims are, the threats they face and how the poor dears are risking their personal safety because they figured that Judeophila is a much better gig and has a longer life expectancy than jihad (celebrity status,Jewish funding and free trips).
It must also be stressed that the majority of these Islamonazi turned Judeophiles are living in The West and have discovered that the' Muslim Jew hater turned Jew lover' is a very lucrative grift.
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MIM:Writer and 'social media influencer' Hen Mazzig explained ineradicable Muslim Jew hatred in an X posting on March 15, 2025.
MIM: Hen Mazzig and manyJews misleadingly put the blame for Islamic terrorism and the Oct.7th slaughter exclusively on Hamas,as do many in the media and public. This propaganda narrative is aimed at convincing Westerners and the media that Hamas is an aberration and try to hide the fact that Hamas is an acronym for The Islamic Resistance Movement.
The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas(an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islamist[political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. (Wikipedia)
MIM:The reality is that the October 7th Massacre aka The Al Aqsa Flood may have been instigated by Hamas but many different Islamonazi groups were involved. Palestian Islamic Islamic Jihad and groups like the Mujahideen Brigades an offshoot of Fatah and the 'innocent civilians' including children and the elderly who stormed into the homes of families and butchered and looted everything in sight often stepping over the dead bodies of the Jewish owners and their families.
The Bibas family H'YD were murdered by The Mujahideen Brigades a breakaway group from Fatah and many other Muslim jihadi individuals and groups participated in the attacks including 'United Nazis'Relief And Works Agency aka UNRWA.
October 7: Hamas attacks Israel
Militant and Terrorist Groups Involved in the Attack
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Palestinian Mujahideen Movement
Those who could join the fight
https://flashpoint.io/blog/israel-hamas-war-military-and-terrorist-groups/
MIM:Saying the dangers to Israel and Jews are 'Hamas' and the amorphous catch all designation 'antisemitism' is an extremely dangerous oversimplification of the threats Jews are facing from Muslims and the global Jihad that they have declared and are waging against Jews, Israel and the West.
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Hen Mazzig a' writer and 'influencer' posted this on March 15, 2025.
Author: The Wrong Kind of Jew. Senior Fellow at
. Son of Tunisian+Iraqi Jewish refugees.
WriterTel Aviv + London
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"You will never understand this conflict without understanding that on October 4, 2023, women from Kibbutz Be'eri attended a peace conference for Israeli and Palestinian women. And on October 7, Hamas reportedly used an attendee list to hunt down these women and murder them. Shaked (sic) Haran explained this in an interview how Hamas deliberately targeted peace activists on Kibbutz Be'eri during their attack. There is no hopeful future for Israelis and Palestinians if Hamas is in it. Their terror must end."
https://x.com/HenMazzig/status /1900958178847719923
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March 13, 2025
Shoshan Haran:
On October 4, we had a very big event of Women Making Peace in the Dead Sea, together with a sister movement, Women of the Sun. It's a Palestinian movement. Both women-led movements working for peace on both sides. And I went there with my sister Lilach and with the founder of this movement, Vivian Silver, who was my neighbor in Kibbutz Be'eri.
And it was such an optimistic event, and heartwarming, we were there with thousands of women, some men also, and we were talking about the power of women to bring peace and how we should stop the bloodshed and how we should find a new way to live together in peace. That was on October 4…"
https://www.ajc.org/news/podca st/held-hostage-in-gaza-a-moth ers-fight-for-freedom-and-just ice
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"Vivian Silver, Eli Orgad, Adi Dagan, Tami Suchman, Hayim Katsman, and Chaim Peri — were murdered in the Hamas invasion, which saw some 1,200 people in southern Israel slaughtered and 251 kidnapped to the Gaza Strip. Two others, Oded and Yochved Lifshitz were among the kidnapped. Several months later Yocheved was released; 84-year-old Oded remains in captivity."
Oded Lifshitz was murdered by Muslim Islamonazis in Gaza
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MIM: The Torah tells us about Ishmael's 'animal nature' in Genesis as do our sages.
Rabbi Yechiel Weitzman provides a thorough analysis of Ishmael in "The Ishmaelite Exile" quoting from various sources. Citing Onkelos' translation of the Five Books of Moses, "wild man" can be understood as "one who kills people." Furthermore, he cites Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin in an analysis of the grammatical irregularity of having the adjective precede the noun "pere/wild" and "adam/man" and not the reverse, as is normative in Hebrew, to warn us about a spiritual truth: "wild" is not a descriptive attribute, but represents the essence of the man."
Here is Rabbi Weitzman's startling conclusion and one that gives us great insight into Ishmael's might.
"Ishmael has an inherent thirst for murder, that is supported by an attachment to divine doctrine, so that his contemptible acts come to be masqueraded as the highest form of devotion and selfless sacrifice"
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MIM: Even Israel's secular Chief Of Police Kobi Shabtai admitted in June 2023 prior to 10/7 that nothing could be done to stop the Arabs living in Israel from killing each other on a daily basis because it is 'part of their nature and mentality'.
Arutz 7 Israel National News
April 4, 2023
"Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai claimed it is part of the "nature" and "mentality" of Arabs Israelis to kill, in a phone call with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir that the latter apparently leaked to the press.
The comments were made during a conversation that the two men were having about the national guard that Ben Gvir is seeking to establish,ostensibly in part to combat record-high crime rates in Arab communities.
One murder after another. It has crossed every line. We need a strong national guard," Ben Gvir was quoted to have said in a transcript leaked to Channel 12.
"Mr. Minister, there is nothing that can be done. They kill each other. That is their nature. That is the mentality of the Arabs," Shabtai responded…"
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MIM: The Arab/Muslims in the Kibbutzim like Bee'ri interacted with Jews every day. They were helped by and they (and their families) were cared for by them.The result was that they, their families, friends and even their pets were placed on 'Kill Lists' by the 'Gazans'.
Here is a 1:38 minute survivor's testimony as proof:
"Israelis allowed thousands of Gazans to work in the kibbutzim near Gaza—on farms, in factories, in homes. And what did Gaza do with that kindness? They used that access to plan the October 7th invasion. Never forget that."
https://x.com/JewsFightBack/st atus/1906783491972604204
The October 7th Massacre is all the proof one needs to see that no amount of 'humanitarian' Jewish gestures will alter the Arab/Muslim mentality. The Torah (lahavdil) and Koran provide further indisputable proof of this.
Jews and the Jewish communities don't need Rawan Osman, or her fellow Muslim ''Recovered Antisemites' living in the safety of the West to tell us what antisemism is or what is behind it. This deflects from having to admit that the fault lies with 'Who' is behind it and coming to terms with the fact that their religion is a death cult and its the religious/Koranically mandated Islam needs to be 'combatted' not 'Anti semitism'.
'Rabbi' and 'human rights activist' Raphael Shore wants to 'combat antisemitism' by bringing a self described 'Recovered Antisemite' Muslimah to Jewish institutions to pontificate to Jews about 'her past as a 'Jew hater'. She tells about her Jewish funded jaunts to Auschwitz (for photo ops) and filmed her 'tour' of Kibbutz Be'eri for financial gain and 'celebrity' aka 'Likes' on Instagram.
Wishful thinking aka Jihad Denial culminated in the mis 'Conzeptzia'' which lead to 10/7.
If 'rabbi' Raphael Shore was really honest and sincere in his efforts to help Jews he would send the funding he is gettIng from his film "Tragic Awakening" and book royalties "Whose Afraid Of The Big Bad Jew? Learning To Love The Lessons Of Jew Hatred" to Jews in Israel who were victims of it.
(Maybe he could give them signed copies of his book as well in case they failed to 'learn to love the lessons of Jew hatred' as 'rabbi' Shore preaches.)
The Jewish Community needs Torah education Not 'Lessons Learned From Jew Hatred' and "recovering antisemites"as 'peace/human rights activists' Shore and Osman contend.
Media Whore Osman's obscene 'Recovering Antisemite World Tour' with 'rabbi' Raphael Shore to Jewish and non Muslim venues tell audiences of her love for the Jewish people, Israel and Zionism' is an insult to Jews who were murdered and maimed on 0ct. 7 and diverts desperately needed funds from them.
Why would any self respecting Jew care that 'Recovering Antisemite' Syrian born Muslimah Rawan ;Gabrielle' Osman (whose immediate family members are Hezbollah terrorists) and is being funded and feted by Jews because she proclaims that she no longer hates them? What are you hoping to achieve?
Why isn't ''rabbi and human rights activist' Raphael Shore promoting his film and hawking his new book 'Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Jew: Learning To Love The Lessons Of Jew Hatred" together with his Arabic speaking 'side kick' Rawan Osman, in mosques and Islamic Centers both in America and worldwide?
Could it have something to do with the Judeophobia he alludes to in his books' title?
If 'Recovering Antisemite' Rawan Osman was really sincere about promoting 'peace between Jews and Muslims' why hasn't she taken her Jewish funded 'peace activism' to Lebanon and begin her efforts by explaining to her own Hezbollah operative family members why they should love Jews and not kill them (as they are doing at this very moment)?
In June 2023 during one of two Jewish funded 'trips' to Auschwitz which she was 'gifted' four months BEFORE October 7 Rawan Osman proclaimed that she was 'certain Jews and Muslims could make peace 'because the Jews and Germans did' and gushed about how 'privileged' she felt to be visiting Auschwitz!
"Last year, I had the ***privilege***of visiting Poland for March of the Living — a nearly three-mile march from the Auschwitz concentration camp to the Birkenau extermination camp on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Ironically, it was there, while touring the depths of human depravity, that I saw the beauty of humanity. I didn't find it in the horrific displays of abuse and torture, but instead I witnessed it when Jewish visitors at Auschwitz were moved by the presence of our Arab delegation."
"If Germany and the Jewish community can make peace, I firmly believe that Jews and Arabs can continue to do the same." Muslim /German Rawan Osman June 6, 2023
"I prefer a powerful and proud Jewish State that is hated by the entire world than an Auschwitz that is loved by one and all"
Rabbi Meir Kahane H'YD
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MIM:Ishmael will never change. Unwillingness to accept this fact is a denial of the truth that is written in the very beginning of the Torah.
Ishmael
He shall be a wild ass of a person;
His hand against everyone,
And everyone's hand against him;
He shall dwell alongside of all his kin."
Genesis 16:12-13
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"If Germany and the Jewish community can make peace,I firmly believe Jews and Arabs can do the same"
(Full article below)
Excerpts
"My home is now in Germany — as my ties with Jews and Israelis have made it impossible for me to move back to Lebanon — and I'm concerned what kind of Europe my son will see in the years to come.
And yet, today Germany and Israel enjoy a positive relationship in which they cooperate on an array of initiatives, ranging from education to culture to security.
***If Germany and the Jewish community can make peace, I firmly believe that Jews and Arabs can continue to do the same.***
However, as a young woman whose parents were Lebanese and Syrian and who had family members belonging to Hezbollah, this is how I was conditioned to react to a Jew."***
"I was told they were scary, dangerous and not to be trusted. And after going through three wars in Lebanon where the state told me Israel was the aggressor, my feelings not only felt justified; they were encouraged."
"Last year, I had the priviledge of visiting Poland for March of the Living — a nearly three-mile march from the Auschwitz concentration camp to the Birkenau extermination camp on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Ironically, it was there, while touring the depths of human depravity, that I saw the beauty of humanity. I didn't find it in the horrific displays of abuse and torture, but instead I witnessed it when Jewish visitors at Auschwitz were moved by the presence of our Arab delegation."
This year, I again joined Sharaka's delegation of Arab influencers at the March of the Living. Last year's delegation was a breakthrough. This year was an affirmation.
I anticipate that more Muslims will visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day as the word spreads, forming a new alliance of tolerance that counters the axis of resistance to change in the Middle East.
"If Germany and the Jewish community can make peace, I firmly believe that Jews and Arabs can continue to do the same."
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Holocaust Remembrance Counters the Axis of Resistance to Change in the Middle East
In my work, I've come to understand that Jews have contributed to Arab culture in a myriad of ways, only to be excluded and marginalized.
Rawan Osman
June 6, 2023
When I first moved to the Jewish quarter in Strasbourg, I had no idea Jews lived there. It may seem naive, but I assumed that part of the city simply received its name from history and Jews — like most Jewish neighborhoods in the Middle East — and no longer had an active presence in those areas.
Imagine my surprise — and sadly, horror — when I realized that I was living in the epicenter of Jewish life in the city.
My first encounter with a Jewish individual occurred as I entered a grocery store. When I saw a Jewish man enter, I immediately had a panic attack, dropped my groceries and fled.
In hindsight, I understand that reaction was not only misguided but bigoted. However, as a young woman whose parents were Lebanese and Syrian and who had family members belonging to Hezbollah, this is how I was conditioned to react to a Jew. I was told they were scary, dangerous and not to be trusted. And after going through three wars in Lebanon where the state told me Israel was the aggressor, my feelings not only felt justified; they were encouraged.
But when I gathered up the courage to go inside, and I locked eyes with the Jewish grocer, I saw nothing but kindness.
He bagged my groceries and made no mention of my outburst.
In my work, I've come to understand that Jews have contributed to Arab culture in a myriad of ways, only to be excluded and marginalized. The very idea that Jews are part of where I came from compelled me to uncover more.
I often think of that moment as I immerse myself in Jewish and Islamic studies, examining why these two groups harbor such visceral reactions toward each other. In my work, I've come to understand that Jews have contributed to Arab culture in a myriad of ways, only to be excluded and marginalized. The very idea that Jews are part of where I came from compelled me to uncover more.
Sharaka, a nongovernmental initiative that cultivates people-to-people relationships from Arab countries that reached normalization agreements with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords, has accompanied me on this journey of cross-cultural understanding.
Last year, I had the privilege of visiting Poland for March of the Living — a nearly three-mile march from the Auschwitz concentration camp to the Birkenau extermination camp on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Ironically, it was there, while touring the depths of human depravity, that I saw the beauty of humanity. I didn't find it in the horrific displays of abuse and torture, but instead I witnessed it when Jewish visitors at Auschwitz were moved by the presence of our Arab delegation.
***At the same time, solidarity between Arabs and Jews must go beyond these touching moments.***
With the rise of immigration to their continent, far more Europeans are turning to the far right and its political leaders, who are associated with extremism, violence and antisemitism. My home is now in Germany — as my ties with Jews and Israelis have made it impossible for me to move back to Lebanon — and I'm concerned what kind of Europe my son will see in the years to come.
Some 80 years ago, Jews were considered subhuman in Germany and paid a heavy price. It's shocking to know that one of the most educated countries in the world was home to the masterminds of one of the most brutal genocides in human history. The Nazis listened to the opera as Jews burned.
If Germany and the Jewish community can make peace, I firmly believe that Jews and Arabs can continue to do the same.
And yet, today Germany and Israel enjoy a positive relationship in which they cooperate on an array of initiatives, ranging from education to culture to security. If Germany and the Jewish community can make peace, I firmly believe that Jews and Arabs can continue to do the same.
Thankfully, with the Abraham Accords, that process is already underway as governments and Arabs and Israelis on the ground have begun to forge deep and meaningful relationships.
This year, I again joined Sharaka's delegation of Arab influencers at the March of the Living. Last year's delegation was a breakthrough. This year was an affirmation. I anticipate that more Muslims will visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day as the word spreads, forming a new alliance of tolerance that counters the axis of resistance to change in the Middle East.
Rawan Osman is a Syrian-Lebanese peace activist, currently writing a book about her perception of the Jewish people and Israel before and after leaving the Middle East. Formerly with the PeaceComms Institute, Osman is studying Jewish and Islamic studies at Heidelberg University in Germany.
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MIM: Israeli American film maker Raphael Shore put made 'Recovering Antisemite" Rawan Osman the 'star' of his film "Tragic Awakening" which posits that if only Muslim Jihadis and Jew haters could be made to 'comprehend the Holocaust' by having Jews fund their visits toi death camps in Poland and the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Israel they will realize that Jews have a right to exist and see that fit is not to their advantage to go around attacking and killing them.
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Raphael Shore - "Hitler somehow figured it out, The rabbis of the Talmud and Hitler actually agreed on the root causes of antisemitism".
Osman: "So Hitler didn't want to kill the Jews because they were bad he wanted to kill them because they were good".
(2:35 mark in video until the end.)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEKtJyCdeU&t=159s&pp=2AGfAZACAQ%3D%3D
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Instagram post on TA film's Instagram page.
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Where does Jew-hatred come from, and can it be harnessed into a force for good? Tragic Awakening answers this and so many other questions with unvarnished candor.
tragicawakening.com Directed & Edited by Wayne Kopping Featuring Rawan Osman • Shalom Schwartz • Raphael Shore
Edited•10wNow, more than ever, we must inspire a profound reexamination of antisemitism, its origins, and its moral significance.
#tragicawakening screened on the first night of Hanukkah at the @museum_of_tolerance_jerusalem with nearly 400 attendees. The evening included a special menorah lighting and panel discussion featuring Syrian-Lebanese peace activist @rawanosman2024, director @waynekopping, producer @raphaelshore, and executive producer Shalom Schwartz.
The event concluded with a reception and book signing for Raphael Shore's Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Jew?, the inspiration behind the film Tragic Awakening.
A heartfelt thank you to our partners: @tnuataseret, @jns_org, OpenDor Media, @standwithus, Thank Israeli Soldiers, and MoTJ.
And a special thank you to our generous sponsors: Pamela & Aba Claman, Jerry & Sora Wolasky, Meryl L. Solomon, MD, Doug Weiser, and Shmuel Levine!
Event Planner: @ahuvaevents
Photos: מאיר אליפור
Press: @teamdjw
With thanks to: @davidcoleman9555
#jerusalem #film #morals #awakening
Beautiful lady!
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The "Tragic Awakening" film starring Raphael Shore and Rawan Osman was based on Shore's book.
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Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Jew: Learning to Love the Lessons of Jew-Hatred
Beverly House Press, Oct 7, 2024 - History - 300 pages
In a world increasingly marked by division and intolerance, Rabbi Raphael Shore offers a compelling exploration of one of the most ancient and persistent forms of hatred: antisemitism. Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Jew: Learning to Love the Lessons of Jew-Hatred delves into the roots of this pervasive prejudice, drawing on historical facts, religious insights, and contemporary analysis to provide a nuanced understanding of why antisemitism exists and how it can be confronted.
This thought-provoking book not only dissects the origins of Jew-hatred but also challenges readers to see beyond the negativity. Rabbi Shore argues that much of the animosity towards Jews stems from a deeper, often unspoken, recognition of the profound impact that Jewish values-such as morality, justice, and compassion-have had on the world. By embracing these values rather than retreating from them, Jews and non-Jews alike can find strength, purpose, and a path toward a more just society.
With clarity and conviction, Rabbi Shore urges readers to confront antisemitism head-on, not by succumbing to despair but by embracing Jewish identity and the empowering message it carries. This book is not just a response to hate; it is a call to action, a guide to understanding, and a beacon of hope for all those who seek to make the world a better place.
Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Jew? is a must-read for anyone seeking to comprehend the complexities of antisemitism, the resilience of the Jewish spirit, and the power of faith in the face of adversity. Whether you are a scholar, a student, or simply someone who cares about justice, this book will challenge your perceptions and inspire your soul.
"A wake-up call for Jews to take on their mission of being a light unto the nations."
- Bob Diener, co-founder of Hotels.com, author of Biblical Secrets to Business Success
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MIM: Shore's book perversely posits that Jew hatred can be seen as a means of bolstering Jewish identity.
"In his tome, (Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Jew?") Shore expands further on the impact of the Jewish people in history and why Hitler considered them to be a threat.
"Jewish philosophy and tradition would say that Adolf Hitler was right about the nature of man's struggle and the Jewish people's disruptive impact, but he was dead wrong morally."
Shore said that one of the common responses to his film by those who have not seen it is that it is just another depressing film about Oct. 7. Instead, he maintains, it tells a much deeper and inspiring positive story. "The purpose of the film is not just to deepen our understanding about antisemitism and the nature of antisemitism but to deepen our understanding of the nature of the Jewish people. It's a film about why the Jews [are so hated], but it's also more importantly about why be Jewish.
"We do have an obsession with antisemitism," he continued, "and it's understandable because it's such a serious problem. At the same time, we haven't told our positive story to the next generation as much as we should. So very often, and this goes back to our generation, it's been too much on the Holocaust and antisemitism.
"When your identity is based on that, it's not so positive. We've got to become better at telling our positive, inspiring story," he asserted.
https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-82912
MIM: One of Osmans many Instagram postings.
Knowing both the Lebanese and the Israelis, I know that both people could be best friends if allowed to live in peace. It breaks my heart to see how hizbol@ took over the country and brainwashed so many to route for their own country's destruction #lebanon#لبنان_بيروت_جبل_لبنان_الشمال_البقاع_عكار #اسرائيل #israel
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https://www.instagram.com/rawanosman2024/reel/C5f7RLEtc8g/
Best friends? When your government is murdering innocent people? No thanks
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MIM:Here's Osman's disingenuous 'explanation' of Jihad for Infidels on Instagram.
She also has a 'group' called "Arabs Ask"
Click on the Instagram link to view the whole booklet which is about 6 pages.
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"Jihad is often misunderstood, with its meaning and significance distorted by extremist groups like Hamas. This carousel breaks down what Jihad truly represents in Islam, and how these concepts have been manipulated by extremists.
Let's challenge the narratives that fuel violence."
غالبًا ما يُساء فهم الجهاد، حيث يتم تشويه معناه ومغزاه من قبل الجماعات المتطرفة مثل حماس. توضح هذه
غالبًا ما يُساء فهم الجهاد، حيث يتم تشويه معناه ومغزاه من قبل الجماعات المتطرفة مثل حماس. توضح هذه الحلقة الدوارة ما يمثله الجهاد حقًا في الإسلام، وكيف تم التلاعب بهذه المفاهيم من قبل المتطرفين
دعونا نتحدى الروايات التي تغذي العنف
#ArabsAsk #Jihad #Islam#Awareness #UnderstandingIslam
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MIM:Below is fawning puff piece on Rawan Osman by Marilyn Stern which was published on The Middle East Forum's website in 2024.
Rawan Osman: An Arab Woman's Journey from Antisemitism to Zionism
Antisemitic Propaganda in the Arab World Continues to Brainwash Tens of Millions of Arabs Who Believe Whatever They Are Told About Jews
November 11, 2024 Marilyn Stern
Rawan Osman, a Lebanese-Syrian/German activist and writer, is founder of Arabs Ask, an Instagram platform aimed at fostering dialogue between Arabs and Israeli Jews. Osman spoke to a November 11 Middle East Forum Podcast (video). The following summarizes her comments:
As a Syrian woman who considers herself a "recovered antisemite," Osman's move from Damascus to Europe in 2011 opened her eyes. The "official history curriculum" at the French Catholic School in Lebanon where she attended taught that "the Jews came from Eastern Europe, and they had planned to steal Palestine." Antisemitic propaganda widely available in the Arab world such as Mein Kampf and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion "continues to brainwash tens of millions of Arabs who believe whatever they are told about Jews." After freely accessing "uncensored information" in the West, Osman was angry at the extent to which she had been deceived. "I could not believe how misleading the information we were taught" about Middle East history had been.
The Jews, "according to the Bible and the Quran," originate from the region as "historical and archeological evidence" supports, yet they are "labeled as thieves."
Although Jewish history occurred in the places in Israel mentioned in the Bible, the "very notion of the Jews governing" in their indigenous land was rejected by the Arabs. Today, "the romantic idea of a Palestinian national identity is invented to counter and reject the Jewish narrative."
The world is exercised about the Israeli presence in the West Bank, "but how about we take a look at the East Bank of the Jordan River?" Jordan, a.k.a. the Hashemite kingdom, was carved out of the Mandate of Palestine and "given its independence in 1946." However, the ruling royal family originates from Saudi Arabia's Hejaz region, but the world does not object. In contrast, the Jews, "according to the Bible and the Quran," originate from the region as "historical and archeological evidence" supports, yet they are "labeled as thieves."
Arabs and Muslims who make the distinction that they are not "antisemitic, but rather anti-Zionist," ignore historical fact by speciously claiming that Jews lived "safely and peacefully under Islamic rule" in the past. Countless examples of persecution and terror, such as the Farhud against the Jews of Baghdad in 1941, the 1929 Hebron massacre against Jews who had been "living in the land [of Israel] for centuries," and the Damascus affair in 1840, give the lie to the claim. Imposition of antisemitic decrees such as the Orphans' Decree under the Zaydi Shiite imams in Yemen during the early 1900s mandated the forced conversion of Jewish orphans to Islam and enacted the humiliating Decree of the Dung-Gatherers, which forced Jewish men to clean human feces from latrines and sewers.
Muslim clerics of today should be sermonizing about the few verses in the Quran that are "pro-Zionist," but these imams are "either intimidated by extremists, or are they are secretly extremists themselves." Muslims who have never met Jews but know the Quran are familiar with the "B'nai Israel" described therein. Thus, the Quran itself offers evidence that Jews are "indigenous to the Middle East."
The massive influx of millions of mostly Muslim men into Germany under Angela Merkel's open border policy in 2015 came from a "mostly antisemitic and misogynist" culture.
In light of the atrocities committed against Israelis by Hamas on October 7, "I can explain that Arabs are brainwashed to hate" Jews, but "I fail to understand what is happening today in the West." The Obama administration's failure in 2013 to follow through with threatened repercussions against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad after using chemical weapons against his own people "let the Syrian people down." The Syrians who fled tyranny and flooded into Europe by foot were unvetted. The massive influx of millions of mostly Muslim men into Germany under Angela Merkel's open border policy in 2015 came from a "mostly antisemitic and misogynist" culture.
"People think sometimes I'm bigoted against the refugees. I am Syrian myself. My brother and mother came to Europe as Syrian refugees," but "we need strict regulations. We need serious consequences" for criminal acts "of gang rape incidents, of sexual harassments, of domestic violence." Many Muslims who accosted Jews in Europe had never seen a Jew before but acted because they were fed "controversial verses" from the Quran ordering Muslims to "chase them [Jews] because they are cursed ones, and everybody should be invited to join Islam whether they like it or not." Such religiously sanctioned incitement fuels increasingly bolder acts of violence against non-Muslims. "Antisemitism in the Arab world must be addressed, researched, and cured for the region to know peace."
Earlier this month, a pro-Hamas Muslim mob in Amsterdam erupted into a "Jew hunt" against Israeli fans after a football match. Video clips showing the Muslim rampage of Jews being beaten in the street were posted online to incite followers. The attackers "were probably born in the Netherlands." Last year, October 7 torture videos taken by Hamas had a twofold purpose: to recruit followers online and terrorize viewers. But even ISIS terrorists "did not gloat and cheer in the background" of their execution videos as Hamas did. Absent "serious consequences" from the authorities imposing "serious prison time" for the perpetrators, it may be too late to save Europe. It bears repeating that radicalized Muslims "share the same ideology" with the terrorists who committed 9/11. "If what happened in Amsterdam is tolerated, we are doomed in the West."
It bears repeating that radicalized Muslims "share the same ideology" with the terrorists who committed 9/11. "If what happened in Amsterdam is tolerated, we are doomed in the West."
The problem is not just the radicalized Muslim in the street, but global institutions such as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which should be "dismantled" for its support and participation in the October 7 invasion and massacre. "It [UNRWA] should disappear. No mercy." Other institutional bodies "should be cleaned up, not dismantled." If they are antisemitic, "we should call them out."
Radical Islam is "not only anti-Judaism" but "anti-LGBTQ, it's anti-women, anti-freedom," and fascist. The Maronites in Lebanon, the Copts in Egypt, the Kurds, the Druze, and the Yazidis are all minorities who have experienced hatred and suffered "hell" under Muslim rule. Even though Christians and Jews under Islamic rule are afforded the status of "dhimmitude" extended to "Ahl al-Kitab, the people of the book," dhimmis are second-class subjects forced to pay a tax, or "jizya," for the "privilege." If their women were raped, their money stolen, or debts were not repaid, "the authorities would often turn a blind eye" to avoid prosecuting Muslim perpetrators.
"I'm hoping the Trump administration will help the world navigate our way out of this mess. I hope they are strict enough on Iran because I don't know if people have the sense of urgency, but we are currently witnessing the final battle in a war that is 1,400 years old. It's a vendetta between Shia and [Sunni] Muslims, and we are stuck in between, and the pretext is Jerusalem that's not mentioned once in the Quran. They are fighting over who's going to dominate the Middle East region … and join a fascist camp on Russia and China's side."
https://www.meforum.org/webinars/rawan-osman-an-arab-womans-journey-from-antisemitism-to-zionism
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Rawan Osman on YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Z-IA5ZoEs&t=1s&pp=2AEBkAIB
Lebanon's education system and media present Israelis and Jews as the enemy of Lebanon. The depictions, often extreme in their hostility, shape the perceptions of many Lebanese and also Syrians. Raised in this environment, Rawan Osman accepted the message. Only on moving to Europe and gaining access to new, uncensored information did she question her own biases. In the end, she embraced Israel's cause and became an activist who championed peace and human rights across borders. What lessons does her personal odyssey offer? Can Arabic speakers emerge from their Judeophobic blight? If so, how? Rawan Osman is the founder of Arabs Ask, a platform aimed at fostering dialogue and understanding between Arabs and Israeli Jews. A dual Syrian-Lebanese citizen fluent in Arabic, English, French, and German, she has worked with the Center for Peace Communications. She writes a blog for The Times of Israel, is working on a book on Israel and Israelis, and is studying for a BA in Jewish and Islamic Studies at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
You can follow Rawan Osman on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/rawano...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Z-IA5ZoEs&t=1s&pp=2AEBkAIB
Muslim World League, American Jewish Committee Memorandum of Understanding Paves Way for Most Senior Islamic Delegation Ever to Visit Auschwitz
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Apr 30, 2019, 19:00 ET
His Excellency, Dr. Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary General of the Muslim World League, will become the most senior Islamic leader to visit the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz . The trip is a key element of a historic memorandum of understanding signed by Dr. Al-Issa and American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris today at AJC headquarters.
The MOU codifies the commitment of the two global institutions to further Muslim-Jewish understanding and cooperate against racism and extremism in all its forms. As part of the understanding, Dr. Al-Issa has accepted an invitation from Mr. Harris to join him at the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in January 2020.
🤢"I believe that by paying my respects to the victims of Auschwitz, I will encourage Muslims and non-Muslims to embrace mutual respect, understanding and diversity," said Dr. Al-Issa, a widely recognized thought-leader on moderate Islam. "I am grateful to David Harris for his thoughtful and timely invitation, and am honoured to accept."🤮
🥷"The launch of cooperative projects by AJC and MWL, and Dr. Al-Issa's visit to Auschwitz, is a direct rebuttal to the extremists who threaten us all," Harris said. "By educating people on the horrors of history, we can plant the seeds for a future where Jews, Muslims and all other groups can live free of fear."😵💫
As part of the MOU, Dr. Al-Issa also has accepted an invitation from Mr. Harris to address the AJC Global Forum in Berlin, in June 2020. Mr. Harris, in turn, has accepted an invitation from Dr. Al-Issa to lead an American Jewish Committee delegation to Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Al-Issa said: "The heinous attacks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Christchurch, New Zealand, and most recently in Sri Lanka compel us all to unite and stand up against those who want to divide us."
Harris said: "I thank Dr. Al-Issa both for his valued partnership and invitation. We shall look forward to returning to Saudi Arabia, which AJC first visited nearly 25 years ago, to learn more about current efforts to launch interfaith initiatives."
💣🥷The MWL, an organization based in the holy city of Makkah, educates Muslims on true Islam, a religion of peace and moderation. It also conducts a range of activities worldwide to promote interfaith harmony. 🗡️🕌🧎🏿
🥳In 2017, Dr. Al-Issa visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and declared Holocaust denial a crime against Islam. More than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The site stands as a memorial to all those who perished in the Nazi genocide.😭
AJC, based in New York, with offices across the United States and posts around the world, is the premier global Jewish advocacy organization. Founded in 1906, AJC combats anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred and extremism. AJC has long been a pioneer in interfaith relations. 🥸The MOU with the Muslim World League is the latest AJC Initiative advancing Muslim-Jewish understanding and cooperation. 😇
The agreement between MWL and AJC is an initiative of the Centre for Responsible Leadership and its Founder and President, Bawa Jain.
SOURCE American Jewish Committee
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MIM:Al Issa 'neglects' to mention that Haj Al-Amin Al Husseini was the first Muslim cleric to visit Auschwitz.
"The Mufti Also Visited Auschwitz And Gloated Over The Mass Murder Of The Jews"
By Emerson Vermaat
Ernst Verduin, a Dutch Jew who survived Auschwitz 3 ("Monowitz") and whose number was 150811 (tatoed by the SS in his arm), actually saw the Mufti there in the second half of 1943. He saw 50 men wearing strange clothes and golden belts, accompanied by high ranking SS officers from Stammlager (=original camp) Auschwitz. Verduin was curious and tried to take a closer look, but an SS guard stopped him. He asked the guard who these people were. The guard replied that they were "the Mufti of Jerusalen and his retinue who wanted to see how the Jews worked themselves to death, so that he could do the same things to the Jews who lived in Palestine."It was known that the Mufti had visited Auschwitz-Birkenau and Majdanek. What was not known was that he had also visited the forced labor camp of Monowitz, which was known as "Auschwitz 3" and was part of the vast Auschwitz complex.
Three companions of Kailani and one companion of the Mufti visited the concentration camp of Oranienburg in June 1942. Ribbentrops's Foreign Office had objected to this visit. The four Arabs visitors were very much interested in the fate of the Jews and favorably impressed by what they saw.
There was a significant radio broadcast to the Arabs on September 20, 1944. In this broadcast did the Mufti ask his Arab listeners if they were not able to turn away 11 million Jews. The total number of Jews at the beginning of the war was 17 million. The Mufti must have known, therefore, that 6 million Jews had died between September 1939 and September 1944.[91
The Nazis and the Mufti almost used the same term when they talked about the Holocaust. The Nazis spoke of "Endlösung" ("Final Solution"), the Mufti referred to "Endgültige Lösung" ("Definitive Solution") This cannot be coincidental. The Mufti clearly was familiar with Nazi terminology on the Holocaust.
https://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/3381
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MIM:Never let a chance to tout Muslim victimhood go to waste!
"Second, while the overwhelming number of victims of Nazi barbarity were Jews, among the murdered at Auschwitz were dozens of Muslims."
Editor's Note: Sheikh Mohammed Al-Issa is the Secretary General of the Muslim World League. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more CNN opinion here.
Opinion:" I was the most senior Islamic leader to visit Auschwitz. Here's what I know about peace"
Opinion by Dr. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Issa
Published 4:14 AM EDT, Tue July 4, 2023 CNN —
In January 2020, I led a delegation of more than 60 prominent Arab Muslims, including 25 religious leaders, on what our Jewish hosts called a "groundbreaking" visit to the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camps.
Sheikh Mohammed Al-Issa
Ours was the most senior Islamic delegation to visit the site during its sorrowful history.
Passing through the infamous gates was a visceral, emotionally-arresting experience that managed to both transport me back in time and sharpen my mind on the future. For it was here that 1.1 million people, the vast majority of them Jews, were murdered during the Holocaust. And it was here that I reaffirmed my commitment to fight intolerance and hate in all its forms.
This visit was our moral obligation and an overdue sign of solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters, with whom we must tackle the many injustices and enmities there are in the world.
Indeed, all the world's major faiths — Christian, Judaic, Hindu, Buddhist and Hindu — have at their core a commitment to peace and justice that starts with recognition of the struggles of our fellow travelers.
Now, on the cusp of the 78-year anniversary of the liberation of Majdanek (22-23 July, 1944), which was the first of the Nazi camps to be freed by the Allies, we must ask ourselves: does the truth of the Holocaust continue to set hearts and minds, once blinded by ignorance, fear and prejudice, free?
The honest answer is that while Muslim understanding of the Holocaust is important to bringing lasting peace to the Holy Lands, Holocaust ignorance and denial remains a worrisome trend that only worsens with the passage of time.
Trivializing the Holocaust, we know too well, opens pathways to denial and to antisemitism, which still persists in the world, for sure. But it is a cross-cultural, cross-ethnic, cross-national, cross-religion phenomena.
One poll, conducted earlier this year by the American Jewish Committee, found that only 53% of Americans over the age of 18 answered correctly that approximately six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, while 20% explicitly said they were not sure. In the poll, 2% said that less than one million were killed, 13% chose approximately three million, and 11% said more than 12 million.
The truth can set us free. And the truth of the Holocaust must continue to open our eyes to the horrors humankind is capable of inflicting — and help guide us to the truth of our common humanity and our shared destiny.
But we must live, practice, and teach this truth every day, to keep the shadow of lies and ignorance from again overtaking our world.
We can do this primarily through education and interfaith dialogue. There are ever more interfaith clubs and organizations sprouting across communities and college campuses, including the new Interfaith Research Lab at Columbia University, which I helped inaugurate with Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
We can also work to build bridges of peace between the diverse peoples of the world, and be a force for a new, faith-driven diplomacy that compliments the traditional efforts of governments to achieve peace.
This idea is already bearing fruit. Last year, The Muslim World League, together with Christian, Jewish, Shinto and other partners, took part in the G20 Summit of Nations in Bali, Indonesia as the "R20" (the Religion 20), an engagement group aiming to leverage the power of world religions to tackle pressing global challenges.
This idea is already bearing fruit. Last year, The Muslim World League, together with Christian, Jewish, Shinto and other partners, took part in the G20 Summit of Nations in Bali, Indonesia as the "R20" (the Religion 20), an engagement group aiming to leverage the power of world religions to tackle pressing global challenges.
Second, while the overwhelming number of victims of Nazi barbarity were Jews, among the murdered at Auschwitz were dozens of Muslims. The lessons here are clear. The clash of peoples is not inevitable. Good can defeat evil. And hate is an all-consuming pyre.
We all rise or fall together. And as we remember the liberation of Majdanek, that is the truth that shall set us free.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/04/opinions/sheikh-islamic-leader-auschwitz-peace-issa/index.html
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