Facebook is currently engulfed in a myriad of scandals, and the social media network is creating more fires than it’s putting out.

Last week, Facebook shut down a page called “Russian American Ashkenazi Jews,” which serves as a home for “Russian speaking Jews.” The page has more than 14,000 members and is more than 10 years old, which begs the question: why were they suddenly shut down?

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The group says Facebook notified them they were shut down because the page name contains the word “Ashkenazi.” Facebook apparently believes the word “Ashkenazi” is associated with “Nazi,” and is demanding the group rename itself before it will “reconsider” unblocking the page.

As noted by JewishHistory.org, the term “Ashkenazi” means a Jewish population who coalesced as a distinct community in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium. The groups lived around Germany and France before migrating toward Poland and Russia after the Crusades (11th–13th century).

There is literally no connection or association between “Ashkenazi” and “Nazi,” but someone at Facebook has taken issue with this and is now demanding the page rename itself after 10 years–or the page will be permanently deleted.

The group also said Facebook is demanding the page change its cover image, which is a collage of U.S. and Israeli flags.

Here’s the cover image Facebook took issue with:

Facebook must apologize to Jewish members for imposing Orwellian censorship and demanding this particular page change its name. There are serious and alarming issues with what the social media site is doing to groups and pages that promote a different viewpoint from Facebook’s admitted, progressive bias.

Why can’t a Jewish group be proud of their ancestry and descendants? In what world is a collage of an American and Israeli flag inappropriate? Can Jewish Americans no longer celebrate their culture and history?

Facebook must correct its grotesquely erratic algorithms and databases or all conservative and religious groups, and their related pages, will eventually be banned.

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