When they come for one of us, they come for all of us.A Jewish father walking home from synagogue on Pico Boulevard was followed, ambushed, choked, thrown to the ground, and told “Free Palestine” as he lay there terrified for his life.
This is not “just” an attack on Jews.
It is an attack on the right of every American to walk freely to worship.
It is an attack on safety in our neighborhoods.
It is an attack on the values that make this country worth defending — freedom, decency, and the refusal to let hate dictate who belongs.
Antisemitism is not a Jewish problem. It is an American problem. It is a human problem. When hatred is allowed to target one group with impunity, it eventually comes for everyone.
We will not be silent.
We will not be divided.
We will not normalize this. To every community, every leader, every citizen of goodwill:
Stand up. Speak out. Show up.
Protect your neighbors. Reject the poison of hate in all its forms. Demand justice without excuses.Hate has no home here.
Not in Los Angeles.
Not in America.
Not anywhere.
We stand together — or we fall divided.
The choice is ours.#
WhenTheyComeForOne# #
HateHasNoHome# #
StandUnited# #
NeverAgain# #
ProtectOurCommunities#
Hate crime charge filed in Pico-Robertson attack