For my birthday today, I would like for you to donate to the African Jewish Alliance. It is an organization dedicated to ending slavery and jihadism on the African continent. At the head of the organization is a man who has committed his life to this cause for decades now; a man who I am proud to call a friend, Charles Jacobs.
AJA is an organization made up of Africans, Christians, Muslims, Israelis, Jews, and Black Americans. Charles himself is Jewish. On September 18th, 2000, he was recognized for his efforts and given an award by Coretta Scott King.
With Jew-hatred on the rise on both the left and right side of the aisle, what often gets deceitfully over-emphasized are the negative aspects of the Black and Jewish relationship, however true or not. Dishonest people tend to dig up old stories, muddy the facts, and say “see?! Jews have always hated Blacks!” Or “see?! Jews have always hated Christians.” And so forth. It’s the layers of dishonesty that irks me the most about it all.
One layer is that, if we’re going to go back into history, Christians have such an egregious record with the Jews, we really have no leg to stand on. It was Christians who sided with Hitler. Christians who went on rampages murdering the “Christ-killers,” ironically forgetting that it was us who killed Jesus. The very cornerstone of our faith is that He died because of our sins. He took our place on the cross. He was the ultimate sacrifice for us. How can we celebrate and shout ‘Hallelujah!’ for that, and at the same time spit on our Jewish brothers? Are we trying to avenge His death? Did we forget that He rose again?
Hatred makes you stupid. Jew-hatred is demonic. And anyone who engages in it will meet the same tragic end.
Apologies, I digress.
This role our friend Charles has played in abolishing slavery is a righteous one. He puts his words to action.
For my birthday, please donate to the African Jewish Alliance. The organization my family and I run, the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, is the fiscal sponsor for AJA. To donate to AJA, click this link, and under the drop down menu that says designate your gift, click ‘African Jewish Alliance.’
That’s what I want, please.
Keep fighting the good fight~
Happy Birthday! Donation made!
Done and happy birthday Joshua!!!