Mazzig was later overwhelmed with the posts of people's experiences after the hashtag was hijacked to share stories of Jewish survival, saying that the hashtag is rending again "but for the right reason this time."#JewishPrivilege is when my grandparents were violently forced out of Iraq and Tunisia for being Jewish with only the clothes to their back. Along with 850,000 other MENA Jews they arrived to Israel with nothing, only spoke Arabic, and lived in a tent/tin shack for years.
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) July 12, 2020
One of the notable responses to Mazzig was British actress Tracy Ann-Oberman, who wrote that “#JewishPrivilege means my fam tortured/ murdered in concentration camps /Warsaw ghetto & frequent rapes & Cossack attacks in Belarus Jewish ghettos.”Waking up and seeing that overnight the antisemitic hashtag “#JewishPrivilege” that I flipped by encouraging other Jews to join me in telling our survival stories, is trending again - but for the right reason this time.I’m so inspired by you all and what we can achieve together https://t.co/LQs5td2l3P
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) July 13, 2020
Jewish-American comedian Sarah Silverman said that Jewish Privilege was “My dad getting the s**t kicked out of him everyday at school for being a kike to kids in NH throwing pennies at me on the bus to pastors in Florida calling for my death and telling their congregation that knocking my teeth out and killing me would be God’s work.”We can Hen! And we do . And more & more are speaking out. I’m so proud of the movement of young &old not staying silent anymore. #JewishPriviledge means my fam tortured/ murdered in concentration camps /Warsaw ghetto & frequent rapes & Cossack attacks in Belarus jewish ghettos. https://t.co/f2ZRrw3uRD
— Tracy-Ann Oberman (@TracyAnnO) July 13, 2020
She later added that “people like Jews when they’re suffering. Less comfortable with Jews if they’re thriving… [To be honest,] Jews basically feel the same.”My dad getting the shit kicked out of him everyday at school 4 being a kike to kids in NH throwing pennies at me on the bus to pastors in Florida calling for my death and telling their congregation that knocking my teeth out and killing me would be God’s work. #JewishPrivilege
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) July 12, 2020
Former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson said in response that “it’s people emailing & tweeting to me that Jews need to be quiet now & that ‘that’s not just a suggestion’ or friends who don’t realize I’m Jewish making it clear how antisemitic they are or family members afraid to wear a Star of David in their own neighborhood.”People like Jews when they’re suffering. Less comfortable with jews if they’re thriving. ... tbh Jews basically feel the same... Pooh Pooh Pooh #JewishPrivilege
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) July 12, 2020
Jewish actor Josh Gad tweeted “guess we’re at the #JewishPrivilege part of 2020 because Neo-Nazis have a social platform. Where to start? Is it the privilege of my mom never getting to meet her grandparents because they were murdered or is it her parents being robbed of their childhoods by being put in camps?”It’s people emailing & tweeting to me that Jews need to be quiet now & that “that’s not just a suggestion” or friends who don’t realize I’m Jewish making it clear how anti-Semitic they are or family members afraid to wear a Star of David in their own neighborhood.#JewishPrivilege https://t.co/pYusLEa8NP
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) July 12, 2020
TV producer David Simon wrote “My #JewishPrivilege? Garden-variety stuff. Eleven dead relatives at Auschwitz and in the Russian woods and a father who was a hostage and suffered PTSD years after the Jewish non-profit where he worked was stormed by angry dudes with guns & scimitars who threatened to behead him.”Guess we’re at the #JewishPrivilege part of 2020 because Neo-Nazis have a social platform. Where to start? Is it the privilege of my mom never getting to meet her grandparents because they were murdered or is it her parents being robbed of their childhoods by being put in camps?
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) July 12, 2020
Linda Frum, a senator from Canada's Conservative Party, wrote “my #JewishPrivilege is knowing that if my in-laws had not survived their respective death camps and death marches, the man I love as my husband would not have made it onto this earth.”My #JewishPrivilege? Garden-variety stuff. Eleven dead relatives at Auschwitz and in the Russian woods and a father who was a hostage and suffered PTSD years after the Jewish non-profit where he worked was stormed by angry dudes with guns & scimitars who threatened to behead him.
— David Simon (@AoDespair) July 13, 2020
American Jewish Committee global communications director and former Jewish Agency spokesman Avi Mayer wrote “whenever I travel, right before I get off the plane, I have to decide whether I think it's safe to identify openly as a Jew. More often than not, I remove the kippah from my head and fold it into my jeans pocket, hoping no one around me noticed.“That's my #JewishPrivilege.”My #JewishPrivilege is knowing that if my in-laws has not survived their respective death camps and death marches the man I love as my husband would not have made it onto this earth.
— Senator Linda Frum (@LindaFrum) July 13, 2020
Popular cosplay model and gaming icon Liz Katz wrote that “#JewishPrivilege is every time I post about my heritage I am met with a bombardment of antisemitic comments. Growing up it was my friends and their families trying to ‘save me’ from damnation because I wasn't Christian.”Whenever I travel, right before I get off the plane, I have to decide whether I think it's safe to identify openly as a Jew. More often than not, I remove the kippah from my head and fold it into my jeans pocket, hoping no one around me noticed.That's my #JewishPrivilege.
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) July 12, 2020
Antisemitism has been on the rise in the West, partially fueled by conspiracy theories spread regarding the coronavirus outbreak. Its presence on online platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and TikTok has been growing, and many notable public figures have been heard expressing antisemitic sentiments.#JewishPrivilege is every time I post about my heritage I am met with a bombardment of antisemitic comments. Growing up it was my friends and their families trying to "save me" from damnation because I wasn't Christian.
— Liz Katz (@LizKatzOfficial) July 12, 2020