NBC News – by Andy Eckardt, Dec.17.2016
MAINZ, Germany — Do you wish you knew a Jew? If so, you can now rent one.
That is the attention-grabbing idea behind a project that aims to promote cultural understanding and dialogue by offering face-to-face encounters with Jews living in Germany.
“We wanted to loosen things up a bit and remove reservations right from the start,” said 32-year old Alexander Rasumny, one of the initiative’s organizers.
Amid the rise of far-right political parties and anti-Semitism across Europe, organizers believe the seminars provide an important chance to overcome prejudice and could serve “as a long-term prevention project.”
The “rented” Jews are not professional speakers but volunteers of different ages and backgrounds who visit schools, universities and churches free of charge.
“With the direct encounters between Jews and non-Jewish citizens in Germany, far beyond the clichés and stereotypes, we are allowing people to speak with each other rather than about each other,” Rasumny said.
Germany is home to more than 200,000 Jews but most people in the country “have never met a Jew,” Rasumny said.
While the Holocaust and anti-Semitism are “important discussion points,” they are not at the center of the the project, Rasumny told NBC News.
“We want to talk about modern Jewish life in Germany in a relaxed atmosphere,” he explained.
In Germany alone, reports of anti-Semitic crimes have risen threefold in one year.
A spokeswoman for Germany’s Justice Ministry said the department registered 2,083 cases of attacks on Jews or Jewish property and hate speech against Jews in 2015 — compared with 691 the previous year.
The number of violent offences motivated by right-wing extremism also rose significantly in 2015, with more than 1,400 registered crimes.
According to Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, BfV, this “clearly illustrates the threat posed by this spectrum.”
The “Rent-a-Jew” initiative was launched last year by a group of volunteers and now hosts sessions every two-to-three weeks across the country.
More than 50 people have signed up as contributors, most of them aged between 20 and 40.
“We have had nothing but positive feedback from our sessions,” Rasumny added.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/germany-s-rent-jew-project-aims-fight-anti-semitism-n695306
Speaking from past experience knowing a “jew”, I can tell you that if you speak the truth around them you will regularly hear them say, “What you say is true but you shouldn’t say it.” They will never expound on that statement and then immediately change the subject afterward.
LMAO!!!!
Why rent a Jew? Can’t you tell your own lies?????
Only if the rental agreement indemnifies me in the event of an holocaust.
(Spell check has holocaust with localhost. Coinky dink?)
How much does it cost to make sure they stay the hell away from me? Can’t I rent one to be somewhere else?
I’ve visited Mainz a lot for work and it’s a beautiful city just over 2,000yrs old. Built around a Roman citadel. Out of the many purges of joos worldwide, Mainz has the honor of expelling this vermin three times. There’s a pillar in the altstadt out in front of the Mainz Dom(catholic church) to apologize for it. If they grew a pair, they’d shoot for number four, but decades of shame regarding their once proud heritage and nation has left them sadly weakened.
How much does it cost to make sure they stay the hell away from me?
Always, ALWAYS opt for the additional accident insurance when renting your joo. I’ve some bad luck when I rent them and they’re always returned badly damaged if at all!
Just turn on the talmudvision if you want to hear what a joo has to say, but man, they’ll clearly do ANYTHING to make a shekel while peddling their lies.
Don’t forget the liability and defamation add-on insurance too!
I read a comment recently and it went like this,
“Hans, get the gas”
Hey Hans!! Where did you guys store the zyklon??
Rent 9 and the tenth rental is full price.
Anything for money!
Does it have to be returned in working condition?