'If every person in Palo Alto today would be nice to someone, show an act of kindness, do something good in the world. That will counterbalance the negative.'
Antisemitism is the world's oldest hatred, dating back thousands of years, yet many don't know how it functions or what it means."I feel it very personally," Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said.But no matter how hurtful the words were, police are investigating this as a hate incident and not a hate crime."A crime is when those words cross over into some kind of physical assault or property damage," Rosen said.
The American Jewish Committee says the events across the country are emotional, but silence won't solve anything because it's how some of the biggest events in the past became even worse. "It's scary that this is one of the things that is one of the things that we're dealing with now in the social media age," AJC San Francisco Associate Director Eran Hazary said."Our silence only allows for hate speech, hate incidents and any sort of hate to grow. So, we can't be quiet."So, the members of the Jewish community we spoke with encourage others to speak out. They hope this can be a learning lesson.
"Maybe teach them a little bit about Judaism or Jewish history and try to educate them about this," Rosen said."Honestly, if we find the person or people who did it, I'd invite them to my house for seder." "The way to respond to this is really for good people to add goodness and kindness," Rabbi Levin said."Do an act of kindness. If every person in Palo Alto today would be nice to someone, show an act of kindness, do something good in the world. That will counterbalance the negative."
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