{I wrote this as a personal note to the guy, but he did not respond. I guess that he has my number. What I really miss, tho, are the purple sweatshirts with "San Francisco" written in Hebrew, but I can get that kind of stuff elsewhere. What I really want is for Jewish guys in this kind of position to stand the hell up, y'know?}
Be strong. Fight back.
Dear Ollie,between the kid with the dreads and GUPS yelling and screaming at Jerusalem mayor Barkat, I do not envy you, nor Professor Astren, one little bit.
The truth, of course, as you know, is that Jewish kids on campuses across the country are getting defamed, or even physically attacked, if they stand up for rights of Jewish sovereignty and self-defense within the Jewish homeland, which is the State of Israel.
I am a PhD from Penn State who earned a Masters degree in American History from SFSU in 2000 and who has taught at Penn State, SFSU, and City College of SF.
I saw the hatred and contempt for the Jewish people and the Jewish state when I was there as a student.
I will never forget walking by the Malcolm X Student Plaza and seeing a bunch of students from an African-American student organization standing on a platform with a big American flag behind them with Stars of David replacing the normal five-pointed stars in the American flag.
It was surreal.
I suggest that you encourage the students of Hillel to take up a martial art.
Krav Maga would make good sense.
Jewish college students need to learn self-defense, both physically and in terms of the history of the Jewish State of Israel.
They need to know that the Jews are not the aggressors in this conflict.
Peace to you, please.
Michael Lumish, PhD
Editor, Israel Thrives
{By the way, I met my wife at SFSU.}
