Jacobean Cildania (5321 - 5369)

[Wu Han]

13 March 5328
Yeudi leaders "cautiously support" efforts in Council to address antiyeudish trends
Bills to condemn antiyeudish violence, mandate proactive policing, and join international treaties recognizing racial equality are "good first steps"

Qart Qildar: Rabbi Ġakobb Hosegħa has been a particularly busy man in the period since the Order of Saint Sebastian (OtSB) won 51 seats in the Council of Deputies. Alongside maintaining his duties as rabbi
of a large synagogue in Qart Qildar, the Rav has more and more played a role in the national spotlight as a leading advocate for the protection of Cildanian Yeudis from a rise in antiyeudish violence since the OtSB shock.

Il-Ġurnal spoke with the Rav in the garden of the temple Shaarei Shomayim, where he told us he had just completed a day of counseling sessions and was preparing to travel to the Council of Deputies tomorrow where he will join other Yeudi leaders in lobbying for the passage of several bills in debate in the Council.

"There is some small hope that the situation will improve quite quickly," he told us. "There is commitment at least from some in the Council to formally recognize racial equality, as well as to better police antiyeudish violence. These are good first steps. There is also an effort, even from those who have historically been questionable allies for Cildanian Yeudis, to condemn antiyeudish violence." Asked if by this he meant Bandiera Waħda (BW), whose history with the Yeudi community is very fraught, the Rav only smiled.

Rav Hosegħa's demurring response to the question, however, was not necessarily representative of other views in the Yeudi community. Rabbi Danjel Pisani of Torah V’Avodah, a large Orthodox synagogue in western Qart Qildar, harbors doubts about the apparent BW about-face.

"You'll forgive me if I am reluctant to place my hopes in the hands of those who claim we must engage in 'understanding and dialogue' with antiyeudish criminals. It is not enough, and our people will bleed in the name of the right to OtSB 'free speech."

Il-Ġurnal is a broadsheet daily newspaper in Cildania, owned by the Magro Family. The newspaper has a 'moderate' editorial bent.

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Originally posted by Zanz on 07 Jul 2023.