"I noticed something during last year’s #Pride that I could not stop thinking about afterward: silence.

Not total silence. Pride events still filled city streets in #SanFrancisco, where I live. Rainbow flags still hung from windows. But many #queer #Jews I knew had become quieter in subtle, almost imperceptible ways. Some had stopped posting online. Some had withdrawn from political conversations altogether. Others no longer mentioned being #Jewish in spaces where that identity had once felt unremarkable.

A few quietly disappeared from communities they had helped build. Invitations were declined. Group chats went unanswered. One friend told me they hesitated before wearing a #StarofDavid necklace to Pride for the first time in years.

At first, I told myself I was imagining it. Then I began hearing the same thing in private conversations[...]"

https://forward.com/opinion/830309/queer-jews-pride/

For many queer Jews, Pride has lost its joy

The fallout after the Oct. 7 attack has compromised spaces where we once felt safe

The Forward
Bowyer Bible 2593 Head-piece to Psalms. Psalm 1 + 2644 Tail-piece to Psalms. Psalm 150 vv 1, 6. Loutherbourg's drawings for vignettes engraved for the Old Testament of the Macklin Bible (c1800). These are pasted into a grangerised copy known as "The Bowyer Bible" in Bolton, with two designs (here shown as diptychs) for most of the books. For Phillip Medhurst's photo-collection see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible #loutherbourg #BibleArt #OldTestament #tanakh #kingdavid #tetragrammaton #starofdavid #lyre
Bowyer Bible 6078 Loutherbourg drawing for the Macklin Bible 2 Corinthians. Robert Bowyer (d.1834) expanded his Macklin Bible with over 6200 prints. He acquired de Loutherbourg's drawings for the Macklin vignettes and pasted them into his grangerised Bible. The Bowyer Bible is now in Bolton Museum. For a presentation see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where flip-books have been created from Phillip Medhurst's photos. #Loutherbourg #MacklinBible #drawing #BowyerBible #cauldron #starofdavid #holyspirit
Bowyer Bible 6045 Loutherbourg drawing for the Macklin Bible 1 Corinthians. Robert Bowyer (d1834) expanded his Macklin Bible with over 6200 prints. He acquired de Loutherbourg's drawings for the Macklin vignettes and pasted them into his grangerised Bible. The Bowyer Bible is now in Bolton Museum. For a presentation see https://archive.org/details/bowyer-bible
where flip-books have been created from Phillip Medhurst's photos. #Loutherbourg #MacklinBible #drawing #BowyerBible #starofdavid #cross #bloodofchrist

"A #German #Jewish woman was forced to remove her #StarofDavid necklace at a security checkpoint before being permitted to enter a courtroom in northern Germany — where ironically a man was on trial for excluding #Jews from his place of business.

The incident on Monday raised concerns over hostility toward Jews in public spaces, amid a wave of incidents in Germany and across #Europe of people being denied access to places and services for being Jewish or #Israeli.

On Monday, #KerenStopka was asked before entering the #Flensburg District Court in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein to remove her Star of David necklace so as not to “disrupt” the proceedings, in order to be allowed to observe the case.

“I had to remove my entire Star of David necklace and hand it over. I wasn’t even permitted to keep it under my shirt or in my pocket."

https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/06/02/german-jewish-woman-forced-remove-star-david-necklace-enter-courtroom-trial-excluding-jews/

German Jewish Woman Forced to Remove Star of David Necklace to Enter Courtroom — for Trial on Excluding Jews

Illustrative: Bondi shooting survivor Chaya Dadon, 14, holds a pendant, in the shape of Israel, and a partial Star of …

Algemeiner.com

"A secret #bunker, an underground #tunnel and an armband bearing the #StarofDavid are among the rare findings in a house in southern #Poland that was used by #Jews, including young members of the #resistance, to hide from the #Nazis.

“This armband is a witness, it’s like directly touching that evil which people created for other people,” Karolina Jakoweńko from the #CukermansGateFoundation, which organized the search, told The Associated Press. Seeing it felt like a “jolt," she said.

#Jakoweńko spoke inside a two‑story redbrick house in the town of #Bedzin, within the former #Jewish #ghetto during the #WorldWarII. The house served as the site of a “#kibbutz” organized by youth from #leftwing #Zionist groups — in this case, a network that relied on each other to try to ensure its members survived and resisted the Nazi occupiers.

Each piece of rubble may hide a treasure."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/nazis-jewish-polish-star-of-david-nazi-b2987070.html

A secret bunker, tunnel and a Star of David tell a story of Jewish resistance in a Polish town

A secret bunker and an underground tunnel are among rare findings in a house in southern Poland used by Jews to hide from the Nazis

The Independent

"A #Barcelona sauna at the centre of allegations that two #Jewish #women were denied entry over a #StarofDavid necklace has condemned those involved, saying it condemns #discrimination and will no longer host their events.

#SaunaThermas issued a statement on Sunday following widespread criticism over an incident at a private event held at the venue on 29 May.

The controversy erupted after footage circulated online, appearing to show two #American #Jewishwomen being questioned about #Zionism after staff noticed a Star of David necklace. The women were subsequently refused entry, prompting outrage from Jewish organisations and reports that legal action is being explored."

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/barcelona-sauna-bans-organisers-after-star-of-david-row/

This does not bode well... 😬

"A #campaign #advertisement supporting Rep. #ThomasMassie (R-#Ky.) in a #Republican primary #election against challenger #EdGallrein shows a #StarofDavid behind a #Jewish donor supporting #Gallrein.

The ad calls #GOP donor #PaulSinger a "#farleft #trans #activist #billionaire" supporting Gallrein to bring "trans madness" to #Kentucky. The ad doesn't mention #Israel and seemingly uses the Star of David to signal #Singer's Jewish background as another bad thing about him."

https://www.aol.com/articles/gop-campaign-ad-shows-jewish-173244000.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKSANrXjo-hiKhEpWL7qmlnr8kWXzduegmOxQi5cMYB6g0E3kOWRuhGLSRF48av4udRzAHKYurt228z-Bd8adhzMQnd9oHWDyouemOm4r65UKFzFxw_ZrjTWsgDnXL6Rz525uoIwp4UAl53GmQlfzS6PUtX9yy9QV5vMZbVU7JeD

GOP Campaign Ad Shows Jewish Donor With Star Of David

The antisemitic imagery featured in the latest AI-fueled ad in the most expensive House primary in U.S. history.

Yahoo