Amber Tamblyn won’t be "silenced or bullied" by people accusing her of anti-Semitism.
The 34-year-old actress attracted widespread criticism after she claimed that an Hasidic Jewish man had tried to run her and her 12-month-old daughter Marlow over on the streets of New York City.
Her original message on the micro-blogging platform read: "If anyone in Brooklyn near the intersection of Washington Ave and Atlantic Ave just saw a Hasidic man in a grey van try to hit a woman and her baby in a stroller as she crossed a crosswalk, honking and touching the stroller with the car’s bumper, please DM me. That woman was me (sic)"
Subsequently, Amber – who is married to stand-up comedian David Cross – said: "Thank you everyone for your kind words of support today. We are fine. But this is not the first time a man from the Hasidic community in NYC has attempted to harm me or other women I know. Any woman riding a bike through South Williamsburg can attest. I hope this guy is caught. (sic)"
Amber’s tweets were considered to be a generalization of the Jewish community by her critics, with some people accusing her of being anti-Semitic.
But Amber has rubbished those suggestions, explaining that she described the man as "Hasidic" in a bid to identify him.
Clarifying her initial tweet, Amber – whose husband was raised Jewish before becoming an atheist – said: "I’ll say this once. To anyone suggesting I’m anti-Semitic for identifying a man as Hasidic who hit my daughter’s stroller in a crosswalk with a car then rolled his window down, wagged his finger and told me ‘Watch where you’re going’: I will not be bullied or intimidated by you. [sic]"
Amber Tamblyn won’t be silenced by accusations of anti-Semitism
