Dear Friends, Our letter to Governor Newsom asking him to veto the High School Ethnic Studies requirement (AB 331) was sent this morning via email, fax, and snail mail: Thank you so much for your participation in this effort! We will soon be sending our supporters the following action alert asking them to echo the message of our 80 organizations: Contact Governor Newsom via phone, (916) 445-2841 or online email form to reiterate: I...
Author - Michael Rosen
Originally Posted on August 17, 2018 via Current in Carmel. The recent defacement of Carmel’s Congregation Shaarey Tefilla with swastikas and iron crosses has galvanized supporters of a proposed statewide hate crimes law who argue that it will reduce the likelihood of future anti-Semitic hate crimes. Unfortunately, it is unlikely that such a law will address a key related issue—that there exists politically acceptable and unacceptable...
Original Post 4/16/16: Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column Sometimes the task of defending Israel’s image in the world seems hopeless. Our traditional enemies, the Arabs, are in disarray, but the international Left, Europe, and the US administration continue to batter Israel in the information war. Every other day it seems that a new organization, publication or website pops up whose objective is to blacken Israel’s name. Almost unlimited...