As a former New Yorker and contemporary of our current president, I remember visiting the homes of friends whose parents had numbers tattooed on their arms.
In the 1950s, very little was said about the cause and origins of those numbers, as I’m sure that the memories of the atrocities they were subjected to was still very fresh in their minds. Anti-Semitism was very present in those days, though often very subtle. Reading the article “Trump: Jews are disloyal if voting for Dems” (Aug. 21) is beyond cringeworthy.
As a retired U.S. Navy officer and secular Jew, I have to believe that our current president, unfortunately, is indeed the racist in chief.
Stephen Gelman, Moraga
Note from KBJ: Stop projecting your racism onto President Trump, Stephen.
