To the editor: A number of years in the past I had dinner with two Israeli pals at a restaurant by the seashore in Tel Aviv. The sound of mild waves hitting the seashore supplied a backdrop for our dialogue; as typical in Israel, the subject was politics. (“The Rising Wave of Hate Crimes Cannot be Ignored,” Chief, November 13)
They mentioned their nation was greater than a refuge for Holocaust survivors; it was a refuge for Jews everywhere in the world when issues received robust for them (their precise phrases) of their homelands.
I replied that issues would by no means change into so difficult for Jews in america to the extent that any variety of American Jews would really feel the necessity to transfer to Israel.
As we speak I am not so positive.
Martin Cooper, Encino
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To the editor: The Instances’ very disturbing editorial on the rise in hate crimes leaves nobody out. Included are Arabs, Muslims, Jews, Latinos, Blacks, Asians, LGBTQ+ individuals, indigenous peoples, and immigrants.
If these crimes proceed to escalate, who shall be left? Will it simply be former President Trump, MAGA extremists and white supremacists?
If that’s the case, how will they unfold all that toxicity in them? By attacking one another?
Sheryl Kinne, Van Nuys