Dodged a Jew-hating bullet

Time for a new tag.

ChiTribe, which started last year and whose happy hour lisekatevans and I went to back during Chanukah, has been hosting game nights on Zoom as we're all stuck inside our homes. I was thinking about going but in the end, my discovery yesterday that my guest bathroom tub can fit me won out so I did that instead.

Well, maybe it was for the best for my mental health, because it turns out that Zoom isn't secure. I'd seen some people talk about their minyans or other events being disrupted, and yesterday, that's what happened to the Chitribe game night:

This Monday evening, ChiTribe hosted our weekly virtual game night via Zoom with an open room code for the third week in a row. Tonight, immediately after opening the room with our community members, an unknown participant joined the call. This participant invited others and took control of the screen virtually in an antisemitic attempt to disarm and offend the members of ChiTribe game night. Profane images were posted and the unknown participants shouted offensive and antisemitic profanities.

More at the link.

I really hope that the people at Mishkan know about this--to be honest, I should bring it to their attention. It's only a matter of time until something similar happens there if we don't take precautions.

I'm glad they kept the game night going, though, and I'm sure if something similar happens at Mishkan we'll keep things running too. עם ישראל חי