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09-16-2024, 08:55 AM
I’ve seen many of my fellow Jewish moms in Facebook groups and beyond talk about how we’ve “lost” Ms. Rachel. The reason? Last week, she launched a fundraising campaign for Save the Children, Emergency Fund, which helps kids in war zones across the world, including Sudan, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo and, yes, Gaza.
That last one drew ire from some Jewish and Israeli moms, who lamented that Ms. Rachel did not mention or raise funds for Israeli kids — two of whom, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, are still being held captive by Hamas in Gaza, and many of whom are experiencing displacement and psychological trauma due to the war.
It was that kind of response from Gold and many others who felt that Ms. Rachel didn’t care for Israeli children that made the YouTube star cry.
“The bullying is bad, it’s so bad. It’s so bad, but I can handle this,” Griffin Accurso says in a new Instagram video filmed in a dark room, through tears. “Saying I don’t care about all kids, it just hurts so bad, but imagining for one second what a mom is going through, unable to feed her child or give her child clean water or keep her child safe… I can do this.”
“I care deeply for all children. Palestinian children, Israeli children, children in the US — Muslim, Jewish, Christian children — all children, in every country,” she wrote in the caption to her two million followers on Instagram. “Not one is excluded. think part of why people respond to the show is they feel that care – I see every child as I see my own. I love every neighbor. Any child suffering is on my heart. To do a fundraiser for children who are currently starving — who have no food or water — who are being killed — is human.” She turned off comments on that post, but on other recent posts, amid the criticisms, you can also find comments from Jewish mothers thanking her for doing the campaign.
https://www.kveller.com/some-jewish-moms-are-mad-at-ms-rachel-im-not-one-of-them/
and of course on timesofisrael:
the announcement was less popular among some Jewish and Israeli fans who saw Ms. Rachel’s advocacy for children in Gaza as taking sides in the seven-month-old Israel-Hamas war.
“When I saw her fundraiser, it really triggered me,” Moran Gold, a Jewish mother and multilingual speech therapist who teaches language and reading to young children, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
“What about Israeli children Ms Rachel,” one reads. Another says, “What about the hostages?!!!! do they matter.” A third reads, “What about children in Israel? How about the the [sic] children hostages??? You ‘care’ about the children except if they are from israel! Shame.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/toddler-video-superstar-ms-rachel-launches-gaza-fundraiser-dividing-jewish-moms/
How many jewish kids are displaced and in need of supplies?
That last one drew ire from some Jewish and Israeli moms, who lamented that Ms. Rachel did not mention or raise funds for Israeli kids — two of whom, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, are still being held captive by Hamas in Gaza, and many of whom are experiencing displacement and psychological trauma due to the war.
It was that kind of response from Gold and many others who felt that Ms. Rachel didn’t care for Israeli children that made the YouTube star cry.
“The bullying is bad, it’s so bad. It’s so bad, but I can handle this,” Griffin Accurso says in a new Instagram video filmed in a dark room, through tears. “Saying I don’t care about all kids, it just hurts so bad, but imagining for one second what a mom is going through, unable to feed her child or give her child clean water or keep her child safe… I can do this.”
“I care deeply for all children. Palestinian children, Israeli children, children in the US — Muslim, Jewish, Christian children — all children, in every country,” she wrote in the caption to her two million followers on Instagram. “Not one is excluded. think part of why people respond to the show is they feel that care – I see every child as I see my own. I love every neighbor. Any child suffering is on my heart. To do a fundraiser for children who are currently starving — who have no food or water — who are being killed — is human.” She turned off comments on that post, but on other recent posts, amid the criticisms, you can also find comments from Jewish mothers thanking her for doing the campaign.
https://www.kveller.com/some-jewish-moms-are-mad-at-ms-rachel-im-not-one-of-them/
and of course on timesofisrael:
the announcement was less popular among some Jewish and Israeli fans who saw Ms. Rachel’s advocacy for children in Gaza as taking sides in the seven-month-old Israel-Hamas war.
“When I saw her fundraiser, it really triggered me,” Moran Gold, a Jewish mother and multilingual speech therapist who teaches language and reading to young children, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
“What about Israeli children Ms Rachel,” one reads. Another says, “What about the hostages?!!!! do they matter.” A third reads, “What about children in Israel? How about the the [sic] children hostages??? You ‘care’ about the children except if they are from israel! Shame.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/toddler-video-superstar-ms-rachel-launches-gaza-fundraiser-dividing-jewish-moms/
How many jewish kids are displaced and in need of supplies?