There is a preconceived notion about the Los Angeles Jewish community being affluent, increasingly conservative and preoccupied with Israel to the exclusion of other issues.
\”I want my children to have a future of hope, a future where they can contribute positively to American society as Muslims,\” Al-Marayati said. \”I don\’t want a future of prejudice, fear and victimization.\”
Perhaps it was the civilian, Karnit Goldwasser, who said it most clearly: \”There are so many powerful and important people gathered together here. Together, we must raise up our voices.\”
Reaction to \”Dumb Jews\” cover story and other letters to the Editor
A new poll suggests no signs of a seismic partisan shift in the Jewish community. There are openings for the Republicans, but so far their candidates have been unable to take full advantage of them.
For many, party allegiance is based on gut feeling, for others, a multiplicity of issues. For now, let\’s talk about the most controversial issue RJC confronted — Israel
The decision by the L.A. County Commission on Human Relations to give its John Allen Buggs Humanitarian Award to Muslim leader Dr. Maher Hathout and the vitriolic rhetoric from a segment of the Jewish community.
It is time that we American Jewish liberals who have been left leaning about our politics regarding Israel begin to review the support we give to the organizations that have been leading us. They are proving themselves obsolete, outdated and out-of-touch.
Gary Wexler levels the charges that Americans for Peace Now (APN), along with other organizations associated with American Jewish liberals, are obsolete. He writes that
we are ignoring the \”real\” threats facing Israel such as those emanating from Syria and Iran, that we are out of touch with the mainstream for questioning the efficacy of Israel\’s current military actions in Lebanon and Gaza, that we are wrong to believe a peace partner exists on the other side and that our \”knee-jerk\” reactions and inability to recognize and react to the redefining of American Jewish support for Israel will prove to be our ultimate downfall.
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