Giant Swastika found in South San Francisco

A giant Swastika, created out of snap together tiles was discovered on the El Camino High School Football field, shortly after graduation.

From SF Gate:

“When I saw a giant swastika on the field, I was really pissed off," said Brisbane resident Robin Belinsky, who was driving by the school and stopped to document the crime by snapping pictures and taking video.

"The Peninsula has been a very accepting community, but these types of incidents need to be brought to the public's attention," she said. "Hate still happens."

Belinsky, who is Jewish, grew up in Pacifica and recalled dealing with incidents of anti-Semitism while in school. The stay-at-home mom wants to make sure her 2-year-old son doesn't have to deal with similar situations.

"More than likely it was stupid kids, but it's just not acceptable," she said.

Anyone with information involving the matter is asked to call the South San Francisco Police Department at (650) 877-8900.

Tammi Rossman-Benjamin: University of California must fight back against anti-Semitic acts

Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, a faculty member at the University of California, Santa Cruz is the founder of AMCHA Initiative, a non-profit organization that combats anti-Semitism on college campuses. Nominated as a Jewish Community hero, Ms. Rossman has a well earned reputation are a fierce and tireless protector of civil rights of Jewish students, on California campuses and throughout the country

Documenting anti-Semitic incidents in the UC System, she writes in the San Jose Mercury News:

It's not hard to connect the dots. On campuses where anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaigns have been promoted, anti-Semitism has increased and Jewish students report feeling emotionally and physically harassed, threatened, unsafe, and targeted for anti-Jewish bigotry.

The University of California is no exception. Just in the past few months:

At UC Berkeley, in the wake of a contentious BDS campaign, the message "Zionists should be sent to the gas chamber" was found scrawled on a bathroom wall. This past month, a Jewish student leader reported, "We still find anti-Semitic slogans written on bathrooms. A lot of students find swastikas and come to me," and he added that many Jewish students are frightened.

At UC Davis, in the days leading up to an anti-Israel divestment vote, the university's Hillel House was defaced with "grout out the Jews." Less than two days following the vote, large swastikas were spray-painted on a UC Davis Jewish fraternity. Several Jewish students reported feeling unsafe, one writing: "I no longer feel as though UC Davis is a completely safe environment for Jewish students or a place where I can feel free to express my support for Israel."

At UCLA, shortly after the student government approved an anti-Israel divestment resolution, four student senators who sponsored that resolution brazenly argued that a candidate for the student judicial board was not eligible simply because she was a Jew. According to one Jewish student leader, "People say that being anti-Israel is not the same as being anti-Semitic. The problem is the anti-Israel culture in which we are singling out only the Jewish state creates an environment where it is OK to single out Jewish students."

At UC Santa Barbara, after three years of divisive anti-Israel divestment campaigns, large flyers blaming Jews for 9/11 were posted on campus. At a student senate meeting this past month, a Jewish student shared: "For the first time in my life, I felt that my identity, an unchangeable part of who I am, was under attack and my entire existence as a Jew was being questioned. No one in this room can look at this past year's incidents and tell me that anti-Semitism doesn't exist. ... I'm scared for my safety."

In response to this alarming increase in anti-Semitism, student leaders at UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara have approved resolutions condemning anti-Semitism.  It’s a start, but its not enough.

Read Tammi Benjamin-Rossmans' recommendations here

Summer of hate in San Francisco

Its shaping up to be the Summer of hate in San Francisco. On social media, repulsive images of antisemitism and child abuse have surfaced from the anti-Israel rallies of the past few weeks.

From Twitter from the account of @CuzImEman, who shows a photo of her daughters getting ready to attend the July 26 anti-Israel protest and proudly proclaims

"My Youth at the protest today #youth4palestine #FreePalestine"

Can you imagine any parent sitting down with her girls to create an art project- taking out the glitter glue, and the paints, and construction paper- and then using it to create a swastika?  Can you imagine anyone in America or in the world proudly having their  children exhibit a swastika?  If this woman is so proud of her girls' public expression of intolerance and hate, can you imagine what they must be taught in private?

Its a sobering thought to say the least.

At least this repugnant art project is held by an adult.

Yes, thats an open display of support for the terror group Hamas, in arguably the most liberal city in America.


Anywhere there are public displays of antisemitism and intolerance, can Jewish Voice for Peace be far behind?

Marching proudly along the anti-Semites,  and the Hamas supporters were none other than  their JVP enablers.

Sorry, Alison Weir. Americans Know. You can't fool them.

The attack on the USS Liberty was a tragic accident that unfolded during the 6 day war.   Ten United States investigations and three Israeli inquiries conclusively established the attack was a mistake. According to the Jewish Virtual library

Israel ultimately paid nearly $13 million in humanitarian reparations to the United States and to the families of the victims in amounts established by the U.S. State Department. The matter was officially closed between the two governments by an exchange of diplomatic notes on December 17, 1987.

The USA and Israel have closed the matter, but flotidiot and anti-Israel activist Joe Meadors and his handlers at If Americans Knew are determined to keep  the incident alive.

To  Joe Meadors and Alison Weir. Americans Know, and that's why no one showed up to your little stunt.

Joe Meadors writes about a memorial service for the men killed and wounded in the attack on the USS  Liberty, and asks " What if you gave a memorial service and nobody came?"

On June 8th of every year — the anniversary of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty — USS Liberty survivors and our families gather to hold a memorial service in Washington DC. This year it was held in the Navy Memorial.
Members of Congress were invited to send an official representative to honor our fallen shipmates as were the Department of Defense and Navy Department, The American Legion, the Navy League and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
These are all organizations who never miss an opportunity to honor the American military especially those who have been Killed in Action during an attack by an enemy of the United States.
Well, almost never.
The Department of Defense was a no-show.
The Navy Department was a no-show.
The American Legion was a no-show.
The Navy League was a no-show.
Congress was a no-show.

The reasons were obvious, to all but Joe.  No one wants to risk the taint of an association with him or with his play group..


Joe Meadors identifies himself as the "Director of Operations" of the USS Liberty Veterans Association,  but his close alliances with doctrinaire haters Alison Weir and Paul Larudee have been well documented.

Joe- both you and Alison are whack job conspiracy theorists. The ADL diplomatically states  "Alison Weir’s criticism of Israel has, at times, crossed the line into distortions customarily found in the literature of anti-Semites."  Alison has written that Judaism “a ruthless and supremacist faith”. There's a word for people like her. I think you can guess it.

No one showed up to the memorial service, not out of disrespect for those who gave their lives in this unfortunate accident, but because of your involvement. When your organization carries the endorsement of the KKK, maybe its time to turn your gaze inward.

Here. Let me help you.

Americans Know, Joe.
Americans Know, Alison.

And that's precisely why Americans avoid you both.

ADL's first Global survey on anti-Semitic attitudes

The Anti-Defamation league has released the results of its first-ever global survey on anti-Semitic attitudes. 53,100 adults in over 100 countries and territories were surveyed. Respondents were asked 11 questions based on stereotypes about Jews, including about Jewish power, loyalty, money and behavior.


Jews talk too much about what happened to them during the Holocaust;
Jews are more loyal to Israel than to the countries they live in;
Jews think they are better than other people;
Jews have too much power in international financial markets;
Jews have too much power in the business world;
Jews have too much control over global affairs;
People hate Jews because of the way Jews behave;
Jews have too much control over the U.S. government;
Jews have too much control over global media;
Jews are responsible for most of the world’s wars;
Jews don’t care about what happens to anyone but their own kind.

Those who responded affirmatively to six or more negative statements about Jews were considered to hold anti-Semitic attitudes.

The highest concentration of respondents holding anti-Semitic attitudes was found in the Middle East and North Africa, at 74 percent. 93% of those surveyed in the West Bank and Gaza held anti-Semitic beliefs.

Other results were as troublesome. 26% of those surveyed held deeply anti-Semitic attitudes.  Only 54% of respondents had heard of the Holocaust. Two out of three surveyed either had not heard of, or did not believe in, the Holocaust. 74% percent of respondents indicated that they never met a Jewish person and yet, of those 25% harbored anti-Semitic attitudes.

 ADL National Director Abraham Foxman remarked about the survey  “The data clearly indicates that classic anti-Semitic canards defy national, cultural, religious and economic boundaries.”