Dear friends:

I usually don’t express myself on every subject, but the attack today in San Diego is different. This time I want my Jewish brothers and sisters around the world, and especially in the USA, to know that attacks against Jewish people, or against Jewish symbols, anywhere in the world, is hurting us in Israel as is if it was here. True, we have our differences, and yes, we find ourselves many times seeing thing differently—but we are one nation, and we feel the pain of the Jewish community of San Diego today as if it was ours. Few days before the Holocaust memorial day, and we see that our fight against anti-Semitism is not over at all. My condolences to the Kaye family. Lori was a true hero, and Refuaa Shlema to all the wounded.

Hanan B. Rubin

Israel