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Behind the Aegis

(56,296 posts) Mon Jun 15, 2026, 12:15 AM Monday

After dozens of Jewish girls get lost in NY creek tunnel, antisemitic comments follow online [View all]

When dozens of Jewish girls emerged from a storm drain in Nyack, New York, Wednesday after becoming lost on a school trip, local officials described the episode as a fortunate ending to a potentially dangerous situation.

On social media, however, the incident quickly drew a slew of antisemitic comments.

“They can’t help it. Roaches and rats love the sewers,” wrote one Facebook user on a post by the Rockland Daily.

“Those tunnels were promised to them 3,000 years ago,” another user wrote, referencing the common online antisemitic phrase ridiculing the Jewish connection to Israel.

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After dozens of Jewish girls get lost in NY creek tunnel, antisemitic comments follow online [View all] Behind the Aegis Monday OP

I think those Anti-Semitic Cha Monday #1

I am sorry.,BtA. sheshe2 Monday #2

I don't get it. Who wouldn't be happy to know children were safe? . . . Journeyman Monday #3

It's Jewphobia, basically a flaw of the far right gulliver Monday #4

There are very few, if any, on the left that are... Shipwack Monday #5

There are many on the left sarisataka Monday #8

Do you have any examples? Shipwack Monday #13

The first thing that comes to mind sarisataka Monday #17

We must read different forums. Shipwack Monday #19

Your link talks about Europe, not the US Democratic Party. Shipwack Monday #21

Their celebration on October 8th was in the news sarisataka Monday #26

there is some honest & legit criticism that isnt antisemitic, but mopinko Monday #9

Who on the left is being racist? Shipwack Monday #14

that's a much longer post than i have time for. mopinko Monday #22

making aipac the great satan while mopinko Monday #24

Someone on the Right is an "Islamic nationalist"? Not in THIS.... ColoringFool Monday #11

That is deeply disturbing Easterncedar Monday #6

Social media is overwhelmingly full of bots. littlemissmartypants Monday #7

jews r being attacked and killed all over the world rn. mopinko Monday #10

I think many, many stories deserve our attention Torchlight Monday #15

Go for it. I prefer to screen my calls. ... littlemissmartypants Monday #18

Okay. Torchlight Monday #23

Comments are not okay or acceptable Bettie Monday #12

Facebook was a mistake. Oneironaut Monday #16

I suspect a lot of these 'comments' are bots GenThePerservering Monday #20

It's an ugly reality I often have to force myself to realize. Torchlight Monday #25

Apparently antisemitism is not a thing sarisataka Monday #27

Mustn't waste our beautiful minds on anti-Semitism. Behind the Aegis Monday #29

There's no excuse for this MustLoveBeagles Monday #28