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And yet, Rowan Osman, a self-described \u201crecovering antisemite\u201d did just that on Thursday, Dec. 25, during a screening of the film \u201cTragic Awakening: A New Look at the World\u2019s Oldest Hatred\u201d at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem.","meta":null,"description":"Osman, the narrator of the documentary, is the daughter of Lebanese and Syrian parents. She has leveraged her significant following on social media to build bridges and challenge misconceptions between Arab countries and Israel to fearlessly share her insights through multiple platforms that reach Middle Eastern and international audiences alike. Her worldview changed seemingly overnight when she met Jews for the very first time in Europe in 2011 and realized that Jews are not the enemy \u2013 as she has been told \u2013 but are actually just like anybody else.\r\n\r\n\u201cIf we're going to cure a disease, we must have the correct diagnosis,\u201d she explained. \u201cI happened to land in my mid-20s in the Jewish quarter near one of the biggest synagogues in the world, in France, Strasbourg. And the first time I saw Jews, the first day, I had a panic attack. And I went on a journey to understand why the Jew was my enemy. Here I am today, a recovered antisemite.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe film, which analyzes the phenomenon of antisemitism from a post-October 7 lens, argues that Jew-hatred can actually be harnessed as a source of strength for not only Jews but the Western world in general. The film argues that as long as Jews are a beacon of light and espouse the need for justice and Tikkun Olam \u2013 the very values given to Moses on Mount Sinai \u2013 nefarious powers will always have the Jewish people in their crosshairs.\r\n\r\nRabbi Schwartz said, \u201c\u201cThe Gemara says that Sinai and \u201csina\u201d [the Hebrew word for \u2018hate\u2019] have the same root identity. Sina Gedolah\u2014\u2019the Great Hatred\u2019\u2014derives from Sinai. Our Sinai mandate is to perfect the world, to become a light unto the nations, so that mission is what antisemitism is a response to.\u201d\r\n\r\nSome 400 people attended the sold-out event which included a panel discussion by Osman alongside the film\u2019s producers Rabbi Shalom Schwartz and Rabbi Raphael Shore and its director, Wayne Kopping. Afterwards, the Museum held a special reception where attendees took part in a book signing for Rabbi Shore\u2019s new book, \u201cWho\u2019s Afraid of the Big Bad Jew: Learning to Love the Lessons of Jew-Hatred.\u201d\r\n\r\nShore said, \u201cThis is a film about the Jewish people in the guise of a film about antisemitism. And really that\u2019s the point. 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