Jews Refuse to Be Your Scapegoats: A Historical Manifesto

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Jews Refuse to Be Your Scapegoats: A Historical Manifesto

A powerful examination of antisemitism, history, and resistance.

The Good Men Project

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By Warren Blumenfeld

Since the attacks by members of Hamas on a Peace Festival in Israel on October 6, 2023, and the subsequent Israel-Hamas war resulting in the deaths of a reported over seventy thousand Palestinians and over two thousand Israelis, and many more injuries on all sides, antisemitic incidents have spiked worldwide.

The latest and most visible violent and deadly attack occurred on Bondi Beach in Australia as Jews and other celebrants were attending a First Night of Hanukkah festival on December 14, 2025, as two men shot and killed at least 15 people while injuring another 40.

Anti-Jewish hatred, while a mainstay of political, religious, and social discourse across the planet appears to be on the rise.

“Jews will not replace us! Jews will not replace us!”

The estimated 1500 neo-Nazi white supremacists blared out this disgusting chant as they marched with their Tiki Torches in hand through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, August 11–12, 2017, in their “Unite the Right” protest rally over the scheduled removal of a statue commemorating Civil War General Robert E. Lee. This march was reminiscent…