Many of you have heard or read about the horrible display of antisemitic graffiti in Bethesda this past Monday. Using swastikas, hangmen and the words “no mercy to Jews” on a large wall by the new Trolley Trail in red paint was another shocking reminder of the rise in hatred toward Jews and of a general rise in hate crimes and acts of violence throughout America.
Read MoreThis past Sunday, I joined Rabbi Arik Ascherman of Torat Tzedek, Torah of Justice, the human rights organization that he founded a few years ago in Israel on an eye opening visit to the Shetachim, the Palestinian Territories. Picking me up at 5:30am, we drove from Jerusalem to the southern Bik’ah Jordan valley on the the beautiful Allon Road through the Judean Hills. A most youthful 83 year old activist and writer, Batia Makover, also joined us.
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