Isn't it eerie, the possibility that combatants on both LA campuses could be distant descendants of Jews who created Hollywood on the one hand (Mayer, Laemmle, 1920's), the Shah-adjacent escapee hillbillies from the 70's, the Clampitts of Bel Air, on the other?
I live here, happily steeped in colorful local lore, and am therefore allowed to speculate this wildly.
Seems like only yesterday, Iranian emigres brought their signature lack of decorum to the west side, painting pubic hair on lawn statues and exploiting diplomatic immunity by roaring up and down surface streets in their Ferraris. The chances that a few generations later, relatives of these rebels, radicalized local Palestinian sympathizers, could encamp and engage as they did, blows me away.
Dodgers hats off to Bess for making us think and laugh and remember when, even in the most trying of times.
What’s eerie is that you’re blown away by Jewish students holding their leaders and institutions accountable for their complicity in the unconscionable slaughter of tens of thousands of human beings, rather than the slaughter itself. Statues can be fixed, but the families, native environment, and infrastructure that has been razed to the ground—they’re lost forever.
With you all the way. Especially on the camping.
Are there toilets at the camp site and electricity?
Honey, you wanna argue about this, you're gonna need another Jew.
Isn't it eerie, the possibility that combatants on both LA campuses could be distant descendants of Jews who created Hollywood on the one hand (Mayer, Laemmle, 1920's), the Shah-adjacent escapee hillbillies from the 70's, the Clampitts of Bel Air, on the other?
I live here, happily steeped in colorful local lore, and am therefore allowed to speculate this wildly.
Seems like only yesterday, Iranian emigres brought their signature lack of decorum to the west side, painting pubic hair on lawn statues and exploiting diplomatic immunity by roaring up and down surface streets in their Ferraris. The chances that a few generations later, relatives of these rebels, radicalized local Palestinian sympathizers, could encamp and engage as they did, blows me away.
Dodgers hats off to Bess for making us think and laugh and remember when, even in the most trying of times.
What’s eerie is that you’re blown away by Jewish students holding their leaders and institutions accountable for their complicity in the unconscionable slaughter of tens of thousands of human beings, rather than the slaughter itself. Statues can be fixed, but the families, native environment, and infrastructure that has been razed to the ground—they’re lost forever.
Wish I could subscribe more than once!
Thanks for clearing things up. However- asking me to go camping is a Mahiya …so perhaps this list doesn’t apply West of the Mississippi!
It's simple. It's based on truth. ❤️