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Westword recently published an article about a billboard on Lincoln Street at Tenth Avenue in Denver that reads, “If you think turbulence is scary, try wearing a Jewish star.” The billboard is part of a campaign by an organization that fights hatred directed at the Jewish community.
The billboard highlights the lived experience of Jews who want to demonstrate their religious identity, just as a Christian might wear a cross or a Muslim woman a hijab. To instill fear in someone for doing so is as much anti-Christian and Islamophobic as it is antisemitic…