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Security guard at Ohio Jewish school arrested after threatening school on social media - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Thomas Develin worked as a security guard at Columbus Torah Academy, a Modern Orthodox day school for students from kindergarten through hig

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

This is terrifying

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“I’m at a Jewish school and I’m about to make it everyone’s problem,” read the caption of one picture of Develin holding a gun posted to his social media account on March 11. Another photo posted on that day was captioned: “The playground is about to turn into a self defense situation,” according to the Columbus Dispatch.]

The world is silent when Jewish lives are threatened and Jewish blood is spilled. We know they think our lives are a joke and are dispensable, but this is fucking disgusting.

My younger siblings go to Jewish day schools. It’s terrifying enough knowing the danger they’re in due to being at a Jewish school, but now I have to be afraid that their security guards will turn against them???

We are trembling with fear inside our synagogues.

We are trembling with fear inside our schools.

And the world’s silence speaks volumes.

Jewish schools need security guards because white supremacists and people who hate Jews actively want to harm and kill us. This is not an “American school thing,” in fact in Europe synagogues are armed to the teeth. Jewish institutions need security because people will not stop trying to kill us. Using a potential antisemitic hate crime to dunk on Americans is hideously ugly and just shows how out of touch you are about antisemitism in your own country.