>> byron: boston jewish film festival celebrates the richness of jewish experience through film, and media. covering topics from same-sex represented in the world of social media. the 2016 boston jewish film festival will explore the evolution of the jewish identify in the 21st century and how individual characters wrestle with living the past, to who they are now. and the boston jewish film festival will screen 38 films and take place at 11 theaters across town and run from november ninth until november 21, intended for audiences of wide range of films ranging from documentries to comedies. we have inviltsed the film festival's executive director jaymie e. saks and the director ariana cohen-halberstam. thank you for coming in. let me start with you, 20th annual film festival, going strong here. give me your pitch, what you use to sell the film festival to jewish culture, all different aspects and we really bring the community together, and we appeal to all different age groups and all different groups within the community and we are really proud of that. ron run a lot of variety, di

didn't allow jewish actors and the did not allow the work of jewish playwrights to be performed. she left which was not merely giving up her job. it was giving up her life pension, and she followed the fate of this man who was her lover, who was the politician who actually churchill had hoped would come to england, not a lanky tall man that nobody had heard of, but all. but he said he couldn't come. he could leave france because he was jewish and he would be accused of cowardice and assertion. so sure enough he was arrested and went from one prison camp to another. and shoe was not only visiting him in the camps and taking in food, she was looking after his orphaned daughter. but at the end she wrote him desperately poignant letter begging him to marry her, and he declined because he said he knew what his fate would be and he did want her to share. and sure enough when he was transferred from one camp to another, he was assassinated. i admire her especially special addition to all that because after the war, the call came to want to lay a wreath on his grave and she fired off suc

but the trend over time, even among jewish americans and we shouldn't be surprised because young jewish americans are manifesting as americans and as shoes and both of those characterizations are anchored in peace, justice and equality whether it's dictated by the american constitution and the young americans are the critical community we should reach out to understand, talk to and form alliances with for the well-being of all americans, particularly jewish americans because of people are worried about islam a phobia and the immigrant feeling another problems and they should remember that anti-semitism is the oldest one of these criminal deeds and it is already rearing is already rearing its head a little bit and there needs to be a strong alliance between american is and all americans of good conscience and integrity. one of the tanks, by the way that i would recommend is i think we in the palestinian american community with others, we should start holding conferences to anti-semitism is a crime and a cancer and where its ultimate fate guns as well as the jewish people and we need to r

now, you oughta be proud you're jewish. but i ain't jewish. i didn't know you was jewish. what the hell are you talking about?! you, of all people, should know that i ain't jewish. you are talking with your hands. i'm going to give you this once more, and that's all. i am not jewish. yes, sir, mr. bunker. but even if you are, it doesn't change things between you and me. i mean, i'm not going to throw away nine years of friendship over a little thing like that. so long, everybody. gloria: bye, lionel. well, i hate a smart-aleck kid, and i don't care what color he is. well, i think i'll go up and lay down and watch a little tv. but wait a minute, daddy. mom hasn't opened her gift yet. open it now, mom. go ahead, ma. oh, i just can't believe it. look, my hands are shaking. ohh. oh, my. lace hankies. look, gloria. is that all? wait a second. don't you want to know who it's from? yeah, sit down, daddy. come on. there's a card there, mom. open it. those are the most beautiful hankies. that's real lace. and flowers. i just never seen such-- oh, my glory. come on, edith. who are t

allow jewish actors and that did not allow the work of jewish playwrights to be performed.so she laughed which was not really giving up a job is getting a her life pension. she followed the fate of this man, who was her lover, george. george was the politician who actually churchill had hoped would come to england, not the lanky tall been that nobody had heard of, de gaulle. but george said he couldn't come. he couldn't leave france because he was jewish and you would be accused of cowardice and desertion. so sure enough he was arrested and went from one prison camp to another. she was not only visiting him in the camps and taking food, she was looking after his orphaned daughter. but when he was in camp at the end, she wrote him a letter begging him to marry her but he declined because he said he knew what his fate would be anti-deepwater to share sure enough when is transferred from one camp to another. in addition to all of that, because after the war, de gaulle came and wanted to lay a wreath on his grave. she fire off an angry letter saying how dare you, when you did n

from your perspective, how does jewish life theology look at the body? >> what a great question and something that's with us every day, no doubt. it essentially says that our body is a gift from god and it's on loan to us. so perhaps we are tenants just like a landlord- tenant relationship and this is our sanctuary. we need to take care of it. we need to do all of the preventive measures just as we would with taking care of a home. that includes everything from preventative health to addressing illness to mental wellbeing. that's all included in the commandments and obligations to god in taking care of our sanctuary if we want to think of it that way. >> it's interesting because it reminds me that with that relationship of a devine relationship. something question think we have ownership of actually is on loan from god, some might say from the universe. >> a greater power, yes. there's a differential in the relationship and that divinity or that sense of that this is a gift also should inspire gratitude which would be the basis for the blessings that for

this is not an attack on jewish students. the same has happened actually with these title 6 complaints i have mentioned. the department of education investigates them and has found over and over that the first amendment protects these activities. this is political speech and that's what the first amendment is for, thank god. then, i think very important that we've seen more recently smear campaigns against individuals. how many of you have heard about canary mission, for example, a website that profiles hundreds of students and academics claiming that they are anti-sem mystic and pro-terrorist, with the aim of preventing them from getting jobs. we see hundreds of students very worried about this. their careers hang on it. their future employers will google them and this is what will come up. then, we have things like the david horowitz freedom center plastering posters all over college campuses naming individual students and saying these students are terrorist supporters. if you support them, you support hamas. great. so this

circumstances of jewish communities, normalize and deal with issues of anti-sell stitch. we created intergroup and interfaith relations. we're a focus of ours, civil rights activism in we've expanded our portfolio and become global because they are vulnerable communities, jewish and others, that we're seeking to help. we're all about advancing democratic values and securing the welfare of jewish communities around the world. at the core of that is this understanding that, look, in this world we're a complicated world and what when you local conflict you see everywhere that conflicts are built around this simple concept that people don't get to co-exist. you are not pat of my religious community, you are not pat of my wrong side. we have to change that dynamic not just overseas but right here. >> anchor: and i think you hit the point right now we just talked about the election, we have divided nation. now maybe now more than ever is when organizations such as yours really need to be at the forefront of our society. >>> i think there is an urgency to this message, an urgenc

in the context of that, you see a huge shift in the jewish community so when i'm growing up in the jewish community in california, there's no choice where you are in terms of jewish identity, you grow up as a zionist, that's what there was. there was no challenge to that. the organizations were the youth affiliates of aipac and their friends. that's what we joined, that's what there was. suddenly you have in the jewish community, like every other community a left, a right, a center. you have to right wing with aipac and their friends and the money, the money is usually with the right wing, that's nothing new and different. you have a centrist position characterize by j-street, very important, you have a left position with jewish voice for peace and they are massively competing with each other for the first time. jvp has 200,000 supporters, it's extraordinary. college campus chapters all across the country. this is unheard of and it's transforming how zionism, how support for israel functions in the united states. it doesn't mean the lobby efforts have ended. they're still out there pushin

this was from 1946, 1947, the last joint palestinian jewish house. we had a very good relationship with the arabs. and then the war started in 1947. >> all the arabs were pushed out. >> they were pushed out. >> they feel guilty that you are living here? >> no, no. >> you don't feel guilty that this is a home that belongs to a palestinian family and they got pushed out, and you are the recipient, the beneficiary of the blood and sweat and tears. >> i feel that the israeli government owes them, because the israeli government is the one who made this law about people who are not here. and the question is if people are ready to take compensation instead of coming back. >> the next day david and i separated so that i could go alone into gaza. along with the west bank, gaza is one of the two areas that have been taken by israel in 1967 and has been an occupied territory ever since. >> when i was in gaza david attended an israeli right wing rally in jerusalem. a large movement of religious israelis believe that rather than returning this land, it should be

jewish people defender of israel. national president of the zio zionness organization of america is defending bannon morton klein can't support everything he has even scott site but says on the whole, bannon has been supportive of jews and of isra israel. >> you cannot in any way say that this man is an anti semite. anyone that says that lacks integrity. is reckless and really is simply lying much it's not true. >> reporter: bannon official title is chief white house strategist and senior counselor. but one jewish leader reminded us it is donald trump who will make final decisions come january until then steve rosenberg of the jewish federation of greater philadelphia says he will with hold judgment. >> we all have to come together as one. we are the united states of america, and we have to push forward and be together or we're going to be in for a very long and tumultuous four years. >> reporter: bannon's critics note his appointment has been applauded by david duke former head of the kkk and by other white national

right now a group of local jewish activists are protesting against bannon as part of national jewish resistance day of action. he was founding member of controversial breitbart news

person. >> just because you have jewish relatives or friends.n adolph hitler protected her. that doctor in vienna throughout world war ii. i would like to give it for donald trump's benefit. he's campaigning today with ted nugent who's responsible for gun control and had a bunch of guys with israeli flags on them. he's using the term america first associated with charles lindbergh, a notorious anti-semimite. he continually referred to john stewart as jon leibowitz. >> this is ridiculous to paint donald trump as antisemitic. >> he's complicit with them. >> he has children, grandchildren that are jewish. not distant relatives. they are in his family. what's interesting is 31 countries now in the u.n. don't recognize israel as a jewish state. a lot of those gave money to the clinton foundation. hillary clinton herself has accepted. hillary clinton did nothing for cries like saudi arabia to have peace. that's antisemitic now. >> the question hillary clinton versus donald trump on who will protect israel. >> it's easy on that one. >> could we not go

already, half the old jewish cemetery has been appropriated for a stadium, karmachandran complains.st is overgrown with weeds, where livestock graze. fading memories breed indifference, he says, but in a time of growing religious tensions in india, its critical to preserve the heritage here. >> to keep it up for posterity. >> reporter: for posterity? >> this is a lesson of tolerance. >> reporter: 60-year-old elias josephai was made caretaker of the synagogue in cochin. he's one of the last remaining members of a community that numbers no more than a handful today. this is where school children sat? in the space where children once studied on the shabbat, he runs a nursery and aquarium supply business. the synagogue proper served as a dusty warehouse when i first visited josephai. and the scrolls from here are? >> in israel. >> reporter: its sacred scrolls were donated years ago to a museum in israel. lacking the minyan, or quorum of ten men required for a shabbat service, there hadn't been one since 1972. >> i cry every shabbat, every holiday. i cry in my heart. >> reporter: about a

but one influential jewish leader notes it's mr. trauma hoop will make final decisions come january. until then steve rosenberg will with hold judgment. >> when you get on the plane and if you don't like what the pilot looks like, you don't route for the plane to go down. right. you're on the plane you want the plane to succeed. >> reporter: bannon's critics note his appointment has been applauded by david duke former head of the kkk and other white national lift groups. trump did he nouned support from those groups and again he will be the man making the final decisions come january. iain? >> all right, bruce, thank you. >>> one of the people allegedly involved in a series of racist posts targeting u penn students is no longer enrolled in college. that student attended the university of oklahoma and today the school's president said not any more. oklahoma university's president david bore ron released a statement saying in part "that we have zero tolerance at this university for those who would engage in racism". >> north philadelp

state but a jewish cultural realm. when he moved from, fled germany under the nazis come he fled germany and came to palestine. the first place to live was and is subdivided section, a place where edward syed was born. no sooner did he arrived in houston and come, he died. he died in jerusalem in 65. there began to be a squabble between he and gandhi to adjust that very same year written a critique of zionism which maybe some of you have heard about. maybe more of you heard about this response which was an open letter to gandhi, claiming that the zionist movement in all its different manifestations is an example of colonialism and that it has linked its cherry to british imperialism, damning the whole exercise. gandhi not far into the statement that he published in his own, the move its publication india, is remarkable people at the time could stay current with what was happening different places in the world, but not a paragraph and he says palestine belongs to the arabs. he went on to say zionism was dangerously atta

our movement, if not now, is a jewish movement working to end american jewish community support for the occupation, what we're doing is yesterday, was the start of a jewish resistance. a stand with other communities that are targeted by bannon, by trump, such as muslim and immigrants and people of color. we're saying we're going to resist and reject what we fear is going to be coming which is further targets at those populations. >> do you have any indication though that the administration would listen? >> well, we're not going to we're going to keep growing, we have protests in new york, on sunday, in boston on monday, and philadelphia on tuesday. we're going to continue to build our museum so that they actually have to listen to us. and asj ews, we know what it's like to be targeted. >> thanks so much for joining >>> many times president-elect trump is suing the district of columbia. >> bloomberg news is reporting that lawyers for an llc, owned by donald trump and his children filed the suit. they allege they overtaxed was dismissed in october. it is now being refiled in separate peti

i would very much like to see israel continue to be a jewish state and a democratic state. i believe that the policies of the government of israel are exceedingly short sited in that regard and may prove to be counterproductive in the long-term. >> next call gregory sherman oaks california, you're on booktv. >> hello, andrew and hello c-span i really love this program. a year ago in the middle of the iraq war, a proposal appeared in solar today magazine for a u.s. program that would have provided millions of sol solar panels to the cities and villages and neighborhoods of iraq which would have provided thousands of tens of thousands of jobs for

. >>> just a little while ago, members of a jewish group came out in protest of president- elect donald trump and his chief strategist steve bannon. as hillary lane tells us, they wanted to express their frustrations with the incoming administration. >> reporter: a group of jewish millennials have gathered here. they are marching a few blocks . a stand. >> we are here today to demonstrate that as a jewish community, we are resisting donald trump's hateful rhetoric and rejecting the appointment of steve bannon. >> reporter: trump as appointed bannon. he allegedly has ties to white supremacy groups. >> we reject his hate-filled targets of women and marched right inside the building where trump's transition team is believed to be meeting today. police quickly ushered the group out. they continued to sing and chant outside. those here say they are standing up for all minority groups. >> jews have seen hate and what it is like to be targeted because of our ethnicity and our religion. so, when we see this happening again, we will reject it. >> we won't stand up for hatred in the white house.

he was trying to reassure jewish leaders about the u.s. commitment to israel in a trump administration. biden spoke to the world jewish congress and vowed that american support will not waiver. >> i stand here to tell you that i have no doubt, none whatsoever that in the trump administration there will be no less support as a consequence of this transition. even if the new administration were inclined to reduce the commitment, which it is not, the congress would never let it happen. the american people would never let it happen. >> a subdued joe biden. >> absolutely. a lot of people saying maybe he regrets not running himself. biden at least last night said he was responding to concerns for jewish friends who were anxious about the change oh of power following this campaign. >> all right. donald trump's coat tails are not long enough to include the new york new hampshire who conceded to maggie hassan. it's interesting. three of the most high profile candidates who lost, they all actually split from trump. they didn't really ride his coat t

. >> i knew i was jewish. we lived in a very catholic neighborhood where somehow there were these kind of bully boys in the neighborhood and they seemed to figure it out within a week. so, all of the christmas lights on our house is not really convince anyone of anything. i mean, i think violence is the right word. there was a kind of i mean there were these masks that my father put on and they did violence to my father, ultimately, because it was a denial of who my father really was. when i started visiting my father again and i would bring up, you know, i thought it was a little information, that it was suddenly an authority on the experience of hungarian jews and would trot out these statistics and all of which my father already knew about what happened during world war ii and my father would just kind of wave it aside and did not want to get into it. said it doesn't matter. yet, at the same time there was this-- after the end of communism, which kind of put a lid on all sort of religious expression and whe

i would very much like to see israel continue to be a jewish state and a democratic state. i believe that the policies of the government of israel are exceedingly short sited in that regard and may prove to be counterproductive in the long-term. >> next call gregory sherman oaks california, you're on booktv. >> hello, andrew and hello c-span i really love this program. a year ago in the middle of the iraq war, a proposal appeared in solar today magazine for a u.s. program that would have provided millions of sol solar panels to the cities and villages and neighborhoods of iraq which would have provided thousands of tens of thousands of jobs for iraqis otherwise became combatant and would have provided something that iraqis and the region really needed. their electricity is very spotty and is, in fact, a part of the conflict turning power on and off to different neighborhoods. it could have been done for a fraction of the multitrillion dollar cost of the iraq war and with low risk to american lives and it would be a template for something that the u.s. and rich nations could

there was three jewish guys, all with the same name in the same family-- jewish name. well, what do you want me to do? look them up in the yellow pages under "jewish lawyers"? no, that would take too long. go get the shoebox where your mother keeps all that useless paper. there's a letter in there from that firm to me. i don't know, arch. i don't think you got much of a case. ah, what are you talking about? look at my hurt arm there. from the lastitude they put in them mushrooms. arch, you still can't prove that you ate pocono mushrooms. ah-hah, buddy boy, nobody can prove that i didn't. in this country, the good old usa, a man still stands poisoned till he's proved healthy. come on, get out of my chair. you're not sitting in it. your butt always changes the shape of it. get out of there! arggh! you walked into me. oh. arch, you still need evidence. what are you talking about? look at all they put me through, huh. look at the way i hurt all over. what about the sworn testiphony of your mother-in-law there? that's evidence, buddy. we got a case. and let me tell you some

i'm a jewish girl from california. what right do i have to say how many states there should be, you know? one state, two states, red state, blue state. it's not my call. so, i think in terms of what we do here for palestinians it is one of the fundamental questions, but for us here, i think that what's key is the struggle for rights, equality, whether it's in the form of one state or the form of two states. our goal is to change u.s. policy to refuse to support apartheid as they're doing now, and instead to demand equality for all, international law and human rights as the basis, whether it's in 1, 2 or 15 states. >> may i say something about that? >> so you think -- okay. last question from this side, please. [ inaudible question ] >> i just wanted to ask a question about why some academy, palestinian academy and journalists still support assad's regime, and even the syrian people had always been involved with the palestinian cause and so on, but still they support assad. and even to this moment, you know, if somebody

i'm a jewish girl from california. what right do i have to say how many states there should be, you know? one state, two states, red state, blue state. it's not my call. so, i think in terms of what we do here for palestinians it is one of the fundamental questions, but for us here, i think that what's key is the struggle for rights, equality, whether it's in the form of one state or the form of two states. our goal is to change u.s. policy to refuse to support apartheid as they're doing now, and instead to demand equality for all, international law and human rights as the basis, whether it's in 1, 2 or 15 states. >> may i say something about that? >> so you think -- okay. last question from this side, please. [ inaudible question ] >> i just wanted to ask a question about why some academy, palestinian academy and journalists still support assad's regime, and even the syrian people had always been involved with the palestinian cause and so on, but still they support assad. and even to this moment, you know, if somebody

he believed the jewish rabbis who had expounded this best. and so, if we look at this particular verse that has -- that we just discussed, verses 22, chapter 13 from the book of exodus. what they said did what he said is this, first of all he sent a cloud according to the jewish rabbis come a cloud was always seen as a token of god's presence. a cloud was something which denoted mystery but also revelation at the same time. he pointed out the fact that when god delivered the 10 commandments to moses seated so that she did so out of cloud. most important of all, he said that the pillar of cloud represented jesus christ. he says in chapter four, he says the pillar of cloud figures christ and his guidance and protection of his traveling unto his heavenly rest. now comes a point of all this is this, the pilgrims saw every three through the bible. when you read william bradford tamimi to have a bible and most all the the time, preferably with a dictionary of words and phrases because very often, entire paragraphs and sometimes pages of william bra

i'm still a brassy jewish woman. [laughter] [applause] justice sotomayor: and i wear it with pride. but a third situation had to do with being asked a series of questions during a few when i was in law school. i'm sorry. i will just keep going. bill: no doubt who is in charge. justice sotomayor: there, and interviewer -- as i sat down at a dinner table, a group of students are being hosted by the firm as perspective applicants to the firm. classmate that has spent the summer at this firm went around the table introducing us in sort of neutral terms. a puerto rican family in new york and is now at yale. if it is all the introductions around the table were over with, this man looks at me and says, did you get into the yell only because you are puerto rican and the conversation went on from there. it was insulting especially , since he never looked at my resume and as i told you the -- as i told him the next day when i confronted him in private, i said i don't think so. i think it's because i graduated the way that i did from princeton, and if you looked at my resume, i doubt that you

i'm still a brassy jewish woman. [laughter] [applause] justice sotomayor: and i wear it with pride. but a third situation had to do with being asked a series of questions during a few when i was in law school. i'm sorry. i will just keep going. bill: no doubt who is in charge. justice sotomayor: there, and interviewer -- as i sat down at a dinner table, a group of students are being hosted by the firm as perspective applicants to the firm. classmate that has spent the summer at this firm went around the table introducing us in sort of neutral terms. a puerto rican family in new york and is now at yale. if it is all the introductions around the table were over with, this man looks at me and says, did you get into the yell only because you are puerto rican and the conversation went on from there. it was insulting especially , since he never looked at my resume and as i told you the -- as i told him the next day when i confronted him in private, i said i don't think so. i think it's because i graduated the way that i did from princeton, and if you looked at my resume, i doubt that you

john: and is the jewish community being targeted here? is being described as hate-based vandalism and it is the second incident in just about two weeks. take a look -- take a look, this is the school year. sunday morning. members found the images of swastikas and male genitalia spray-painted on a banner near the entrance of the school. two weeks ago almost the identical images were discovered about 15 miles away at a different high school. in that case, the image was turned into the football field. obviously police are watching and closely monitoring the similarity is uncanny. you can see the cleaning crew there, busy at work. investigators released pictures of a suspicious, dark colored four-door sedan leaving the school. not a great photo, but it does show the driver's side headlight brighter than the other. they have been in contact with the jewish community relations are taking this seriously, offering an up to $10,000 reward for anyone with key information. john gonzales, "good morning washington." autria: thank you. just one week un

he is trying to reassure the jewish leaders at the world jewish congress.wed american support will not waiver. >> i stand here to tell you that i have no doubt, none whatsoever, that in the trump administration there will be no deminution as a consequence of this transition. even if the administration would be inclined to reduce the support, congress would never let it happen. the american people would never let it happen. >> biden said he was responding to concerns from friends in the jewish community anxious about the change of power following the most divisive campaigns in american history. >>> we have new results from the election overnight. kelly ayotte lost by a few hundred votes to the democratic challenger maggie hassan. they picked up two seats in the senate. that was not enough to take control of the senate. they did not take control of the house. republicans maintain control. kelly ayotte split from donald trump and she lost. we saw other examples of that, too, where people who split from donald trump did not enjoy the success that perhaps they t

. >> but cell phone video captured him making this comment about the jewish people. >> at first he said he didn't say we're run by jews. >> maybe they have some part of it. not all, just the ones who own it. >> regardless, trump's campaign manager admonished his antics. >> would you call him reflect or campaign or candidate. >> he wears as a badge of honor. >> are you deplorable. >> yes, and proud of it. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> proud to be deplorable. >> i want to note, they have been reports of jewish reporters being harassed but his campaign manager said it's not representing a large attend the events. >>> department of child services for the first time, there are fewer kids in foster care, kids waiting placement kept climbing for years but after topping out at 19,000 kids, we're now down to just over 18,000. the backlog of inactive cases is expected to be up today by januar may appeal the ruling denying the expansion of the 20 2. they said it will desecrate land that's sacred to the community. the judge denied the request to halt construction but the community leaders are we

famed law professor alan dershowitz, who happens to be jewish of course, is defending steve bannon.e has a very good relationship with the jewish community, the zionist organization of america put out a statement saying bannon has fought anti-semitism, stood up for israel. so do you know something that these folks don't? >> well, to correct a misconception, i think being pro-israel and pro-zionist isn't the same as not being anti-semitic. i think nationalist people and organizations sort of have leaned in the sense that every race and nationality deserves their own place. a pro-zionist leaning doesn't mean someone isn't anti-semitic. i have seen the people who come out of breitbart, the people who are its readers, and made extreme by his rhetoric, those are the people who send me threats. those are the people who tell me i don't belong in this country. >> so you've personally felt the effect of some of the breitbart stories? >> the self-identifying alt-right. the people who identify as alt-right by and large are are racist but also vile. >> you felt so strongly about some of this. a

requesting authorization to modify the grant agreement with jewish community center of san franciscoor the provision of the elderly nutrition program congregate meals during the period july 1, 2016 through june 30, 2017 in the amount in the addition amount of $14,562 plus a 10% contingency for revised total grant amount not to exceed $145,590. tiffany kearney will present a motion to discuss? >> moved and seconded. >> thank you. tiffany? the jewish community center of san francisco is the only kosher nutrition meal site in san francisco. jewish community centers first-quarter meal lovers demonstrate an ongoing demand for kosher senior meals. the additional funding for over 2100 meals will allow jcc to not only meet the demand but also provide the meals that are michael and concert of the cultural preferences of those seniors served by jcc senior meal program. pending any questions, i seek your approval for this agenda item. >> any comets or questions from the commission? any comets or questions of the public? hearing none, i call the questions it all those in favor say, aye >>[chorus

or a jewish state. therefore, the arabs at that time, some of them use that argument. what is the value of a veto? as if we are the ones that decide. we will negotiate in good faith. we will use the argument to convince the united states to be on board to legislate. in the end of the day, the united states is responsible for its actions, whether it allows the revolution to be adopted or of struck it -- obstructed. they should be held responsible by the security council. inmpose a draft revolution march and they said we cannot proceed until we have authorization from the arab ministerial committee. that committee did not meet for six months to consider the issue. then, when we made it in september over this issue, they met. they authorized us to begin the consultation. now, why are the arabs behaving this way? they are our brothers. we appreciate their help. we belong to that group. the arabs, if they are unified to a certain extent on any issue, they are unified on the issue of palestine. they exhibit t

[applause] >> i want to raise the jewish question. me and manya love of my contemporaries in the 1950's and 1960's to pre-identify with the jewish experience, and my first article ever published was, lenny bruce, the jewish humorist in babylon. right now i am working on a film inspired by your father. it is called, taking sides. it is a film about lenny bruce and two other comedians, and i'm wondering why the foundation has not considered a similar kind of film, because our young people today given the polluted political atmosphere that has come into the discourse, i think we need to reawaken andciousness of lenny bruce other comedians. ms. hefner: the foundation is in is in a filmmaker, but they have given grants to other films , so all i would say in answer to the direct question is, if you are working on a film, you should make an application for support from the foundation, and you are quite right that all three of those people had a deep connection to playboy, and in ick gregory is unbelievably generous and outspoken about how he

he just this week wrote an article talking about the pain of a jewish student who found a swastika ondoorway. this is not something that an anti-semite would talk about. he made sure to have a broadcast of netanyahu's full web cast about the problems with the iran deal. also this week he had another article on breitbart about recent violations of the iran deal. he's somebody who's been fighting for the pro israel. >> none of the other things bother you because he is so israel? >> we are also talking about anti-semitism here and a lot of other things -- it is painful to see somebody smeared who doesn't deserve it and who's a fine human being. we read through his article about the alt-right and it's a piece of reporting. it's not an endorsement of the alt-right. >> okay. >> i got to jump in. look. the leading organization fighting ancy semitism has condemned mr. bannon's appointment. mr. bannon has said that breitbart is the platform for the alt-right. it's something -- he's proud of it. the alt-right is basically rebranding white supremacy for the digital age. i don't know what mr. ban

or a jewish state. so therefore, you know, the arabs at that time some of them used that argument. others used the argument we don't want to have a veto. what is the value of a veto, as if we are the ones who decide whether a veto will be casted or not. we will negotiate in good faith. we will use all the possible arguments to convince the united states of america to be on board and to legislate, but at the end of the day, the united states is responsible for its action, whether it will allow a resolution to be adopted or obstructed. if they obstruct it, they should be held responsible for their obstructionist policy inside the security council. now then i floated a draft resolution in april -- march, and they said we cannot proceed until we get authorization from the arab ministerial committee. there is a small arab ministerial committee, and that arab ministerial committee did not meet for six months to consider the issue, and then when we made a huge stink in september over this issue, they met. they

he's just put the extra -- >> steve: jewish? >> jimmy: yeah, the extra jewish. he puts the extra jewish in everything. >> steve: everything he does. he stirs it up. >> jimmy: queer eye for the straight guy. [ unintelligible ] but anyways yeah carson kressley says -- but, yeah. he does. everything he does, you go, "ah, this one extra little thing. you go, that's the -- that's the j. j. abrams thing," that i just love him. and then we have a legend tonight, one of my all-time favorites, i mean, oh my gosh. i mean, what jams do we like? do you like -- ? i am myself and no one heard at all not even the chair ? ?? then what, it's going to be like -- ?? ? everywhere around the world ? ? they're coming to america every time that flag's unfurled they're coming to america ? ?? yeah, and then we go from there. [ cheers and applause ] then you got -- you got sneaky ones in there. you got like "heartlight" you can sneak that one in, if you're an "e.t." fan. ?? ? turn on your heart light let it shine wherever you go let it make a happy glow for all ? ?? yeah, he's got that.

jewish students asked him to cancel that. he refused.spoken at numerous council own islamic relation conferences. this group has ties to hamas, designated terrorist group. he has spoken three times for the islamic society of north america. at the conference of 2008 will, they were handing out materials, calling america a terrorist organization and calling for the destruction of israel and the united states. >> and he was speaking there? >> he was speaking that conference. that was the third time he spoke at that conference. >> keslan? is this not a problem? >> well, you know, i appreciate her insight but what i would say is that the ties are not as clear as she would suggest. you know, let's not forget that senator bernie sanders and in case counsel forgot, is in fact jewish is the one that nominated the congressman to be the possible dnc chair. secondly, dnc will decide if this is someone they want to have represent them. yes they are going to the far left just as republican party is going to the far right of what we call alt-right. wha

college professors home leaving a noteso with a threatening message, they are not identifying the jewish victim, rabbi of the shabbat an oberlinbi lasers cause were concerned but does not want the people there to feel threatenedo >> we cannot ignore it at the same time don't think that we should look over our shouldersnl over time, the best defense is to embrace our spiritual identity in the jewish . the police say that they are treating this as a hate crime. >> there are developments in th case of a clue the musician whose disappearance has baffled police work nearly a decade, the pic is also cell phone records show that someone kept willie standberry's phone a month afte revealed that the person a lot of time at his home in east cleveland, two days after the sims three world it can be traced to a junkyard. >> ablative that he was killed around his home about eight or 10:00 p.m. that night i believe that his body was put in his ca and b then taken to an industrial area of cleveland where they we is now urging east cleveland police to use his findings in their pursuit of suspects. testin

. >> -- are jewish. you would think he would take personal umbrage at some of the language used by mr. sentences spencer and that group which were virulently anti-semitic. >> jared kushner is jewish, an orthodox jew. he observes the sabbath, et cetera, et cetera. you know, he is the real deal. and yet steve bannon, who has bragged that he created the platform for the alt right with breitbart or at least his incarnation of it also has the president's ear. and they both are his top advisors. so it's hard to know which way donald trump feels about what the alt right stands for. >> yeah. you know, but trump has sort of defined his philosophy very simply, which is he's about winning. i think he feels if people help him win, if people are supportive of him then, you know, he is going to be supportive of him. i'm not suggesting the alt right people, i'm suggesting the people he has around them. i just don't think he's going to go after people who are supportive of him. >> but what i don't get is politically, ev

charleston is a jewish tradition, the first jewish american to be elected to a political appointment was a jew from charleston. in the first to die in the revolutionary war was from charleston. so they have a long historic tradition. they said we are not going to celebrate thanksgiving because you excluded us. there is quite extensive written debate about this. in the end, the governor was just completely entrenched in his viewpoint. he wrote back when the objective say no, america is a christian country. and this is only for christians. so they did not celebrated. others were excluded to such as unitarian. then then his term of office ended at the end of the year and the new governor issued a new proclamation. >> let's go back to how we got our modern thanksgiving, george washington's proclamation, how did that come about. >> it george washington is an important figure in history. his first proclamation, the first proclamation of any president was his proclamation for national thanksgiving. this was in 17891789 and believe it or not it was controversial. the congress, the first cong

the city's jewish community was also targeted earlier this week. vandals there targeted three jewish buildings... including two synagogues. religious leaders say that while the incidents are unsettling... they are not going to let it intimidate them. rev. anthony bailey, parkdale united church "i think that someone or some and show hate. but we are committed to demonstrate that the love that we have and the work of reconciliation and peace is going to triumph over that." police are still investigating if the two cases are linked. swastikas and the words "go trump" were painted in white letters at adam yauch park in brooklyn -- the park dedicated to the late beastie boys member. police discovered the graffiti hearts and flowers. the beastie boys are asking fans to join local officials for a rally at the park sunday morning. the southern poverty law center has counted more than 700 cases of hateful harassment or intimidation in the united states since election day. legitimate grievance -- or distraction? president-elect donald trump again today -- go

requesting authorization to modify the grant agreement with jewish community center of san franciscoor the provision of the elderly nutrition program congregate meals during the period july 1, 2016 through june 30, 2017 in the amount in the addition amount of $14,562 plus a 10% contingency for revised total grant amount not to exceed $145,590. tiffany kearney will present a motion to discuss? >> moved and seconded. >> thank you. tiffany? the jewish community center of san francisco is the only kosher nutrition meal site in san francisco. jewish community centers first-quarter meal lovers demonstrate an ongoing demand for kosher senior meals. the additional funding for over 2100 meals will allow jcc to not only meet the demand but also provide the meals that are michael and concert of the cultural preferences of those seniors served by jcc senior meal program. pending any questions, i seek your approval for this agenda item. >> any comets or questions from the commission? any comets or questions of the public? hearing none, i call the questions it all those in favor say, aye >>[chorus