Re: ‘The American Genocide’

To the editor,

We, the undersigned, wish to express our distress with your current issue (11/5/2026). Your front page shows a victorious Daraliza Avila Chevalier celebrating her congressional victory in a keffiyeh. This scarf has been a symbol of violence and terror attacks against Jews and Israelis for years.  It is typically worn by Hamas terrorists. Would you publish a photo of a victorious candidate wearing a KKK hood or an outfit decorated with swastikas? We don’t think so. And yet, even though your paper enjoys a substantial Jewish readership and advertising base, you chose to highlight the local candidate favoring this powerful symbol of violence targeting Jews.

Equally repugnant is your decision to publish a letter full of defamatory, anti-Jewish/anti-Israel lies, devoid of evidence for the noxious claims.  The exceptionally bold typeface in the heading, “The American Genocide,” seems to signal your hearty backing. The historic claim of Jew-haters is reincarnated here: the dog-whistle innuendo effectively asserts that “society’s problems are all due to the Jews.”

We note that 35 people, on less than one day’s notice, wished to have their names published as signatories to this letter but were unable to be included due to time constraints affecting the validation of their signatures. We appreciate your allyship when it comes to fighting the scourge of Jew hatred.

ALISA EILENBERG AND ISAAC GELD

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