(Left to right): Rayna Matthews, Chuck Mordock and Lilly Mayfield in Ukiah Players Theater’s ‘Something Rotten!’ opening Nov. 17. The Tony Award-Winning show is a rollicking sendup on Shakespeare and musical theater. (Carole Brodsky/for The Ukiah Daily Journal)

Musical theater. You either love it or you hate it. Shakespeare. You either love him or you can’t stand him. The great thing about Ukiah Players Theater’s season opener, “Something Rotten!” is that it will please both the lovers and the haters.

“Something Rotten!” Is a musical comedy derived from a book by John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick, with music and lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick. The Shakespeare-infused sendup played 708 performances on Broadway and was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and won a Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Jenny Peterman and Maria Monti are co-directing UPT’s performance, with choreography by Maria Monti, musical direction by Hannah Peterman and Erika Brewer and costume design by Judy and Jenny Peterman. This show features live music performed by “The Rotten Band:” Hannah Peterman, Tony Melville, Keith Feigan, Erika Brewer and Treaston Shmuckley. The show is underwritten by John Chan Plumbing, Black Oak Coffee Roasters and Ukiah Natural Foods Co-op.

“Something Rotten!” is an over-the-top spoof of both Shakespeare and musicals.

“I watched the show during quarantine, and laughed and laughed and laughed,” says Peterman. “I was committed that this would be UPT’s first musical when we came out of quarantine.”

Tim Fischer plays the role of Nick Bottom – one of two brothers who are writers and contemporaries of William Shakespeare. Students of Fischer, who moonlights as an English instructor at Ukiah High, will confirm his obsession with Shakespeare in real life. So this role couldn’t have been more perfect for him.

“The comedy has a Mel Brooks-ish, Frankenstein type of humor. It’s definitely dorky, and for those who get the references and layers of all the musical and Shakespearian jokes, there will be a lot of laughing,” Fisher smiles.

However, says Peterman, the show is laugh-out-loud funny regardless of whether you have read Shakespeare or seen even one musical theater show. Peterman gives the show a PG-13 rating. “We’d like parents to accompany their 13-and-up kids. There’s a little bit of randy innuendo in the show,” she notes.

Chuck Mordock plays Nigel Bottom, Nick’s love-sick brother, whose prose comes to the attention of Shakespeare, played by someone who will not be revealed in this story!

“When I heard the opening song, I had to audition,” said Mordock. “I’ll be in anything where I get to sing, ‘We have the latest gadgets and appliances.’ The humor is utterly tongue in cheek and it’s an incredible homage to Broadway.”

The cast – many of whom perform multiple roles – are Maria Monti, Nena Saucedo, Lilly Mayfield, Rayna Matthews, Eddie Haehl, Blare Elliot, Heidi Peterman, Kyra Cash, Kayla Harrison, Traci Hunt, Grey Wolfe-Smith, Pete Winslow, Lalo Torres, Audrey Sherf, Hannah Hinrichs and Sean Powell. Rayna Matthews is an incredible new addition to the UPT family and is not to be missed.

“These are choice performers. Just a superb cast. There is so much chemistry between Tim and Chuck, who are veteran actors but have never actually acted side by side,” says Peterman.

Choreographer Maria Monti is amazed by the cast’s talent.

“There’s lots of dancing in all styles in this show. It’s really a mishmash of theater dances and includes dance styles that audiences will recognize.” Monti makes a special appearance in the show, and taught several cast members tap dancing. “Tim Fischer took my second semester tap course at Mendocino College, and he’s doing great.”

“I’m dancing a little bit better than a sack of potatoes,” smiles Fischer.

This is Hannah Peterman’s first time as a musical director.

“Working with a live band is wonderful,” Peterman notes. She reads music and is the musical director for her church. “I’ve been thrown into a group of rock musicians who don’t read music, and the theater vernacular is not familiar to me, so I’m aiming to get them to hear what I’m seeing,” she smiles.

“They are absolutely wonderful,” says Monti.

Audiences will love the surprise Shakespeare cast member, says Peterman.

“Our Shakespeare is more Prince than Jaggar. This Shakespeare is a rock star. There are quite a few ‘80’s rock references. For our show, we flipped the art direction and put some funk into Shakespeare, who has soul and a personal soundtrack. All I’ll say about our Shakespeare is that they are a new face to the theater community, but someone you might recognize.”

Despite the dozens of modern theater references, Peterman chose to keep the costumes in the 1590’s time period.

“The costumes are fabulous. My mom flew out from Oregon to help with them. We were able to create Farthingales out of dollar store materials to keep the dresses light, because there are layers and layers of skirts. We’ve had tons of costumes and fabric donated over the years, so we sorted through everything and did a housecleaning project at the same time, which made the costumes affordable and definitely reusable for another production.”

This article won’t spoil the fun, but theater nerds everywhere try to identify the scores of references to other musicals throughout the show, including Cats, The Music Man, South Pacific, Chicago, Annie, Jesus Christ Superstar and Guys and Dolls – to name just a few.

“The feedback we’re getting is that many people saw the show in Broadway or San Francisco, and can’t wait to see it again. Come and enjoy us making fun of ourselves, and laugh yourself silly,” Peterman concludes.

The next shows in the UPT season are “Harvey,” directed by Eric Ward, opening Feb. 16, and “Through the Looking Glass,” directed by Traci Hunt, opening April 12.

Auditions for “Harvey” are being held in conjunction with Mendocino College’s “12th Night the Musical” auditions on Dec. 9 at 10 a.m.. Harvey auditions will be held in the college’s Little Theatre, and 12th Night auditions will be held in the dance rooms. No roles for Harvey are precast, so Peterman encourages any interested folks to try out.

“Something Rotten!” runs from Nov. 17 through Dec. 10. A new feature for this season is the option to purchase punch cards, which will give theatergoers a 15- to 25 percent discount on ticket prices. Punch card owners may use as many punches as they want for any regular season show, and the cards never expire. For ticket reservations or information about punch cards, visit https://www.ukiahplayerstheatre.org or phone (707) 462-9226.

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San Franciscans turned out in droves both to protest and cast support behind increasing the number of controversial self-driving cars now on the city’s streets.

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Anyone on San Francisco’s streets knows its latest technical marvel: cars moving through traffic without a driver. Now, unlimited numbers of those vehicles can charge riders while operating at all hours, per the state regulator.

The California Public Utilities Commission in 2022 authorized Waymo to join Cruise LLC in participating in California’s pilot program to offer limited “driverless” vehicle passenger service. Until Thursday, those vehicles operated throughout San Francisco and parts of nearby cities, only charging fares with a driver present.

The commission voted 3-1 to permit the companies to start charging fares when operating unlimited numbers of the driverless vehicles, at all hours. That gives them unprecedented freedom, positioning themselves as leaders in the self-driving cars industry. 

The companies — which report mileage and collisions to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the California Department of Motor Vehicles — claim their vehicles create safer streets. 

However, public pushback has been swift as videos of vehicles stalling at intersections and blocking emergency vehicles spread in recent months.

The San Francisco Fire Department said in a July email that there have been more than 50 incidents where autonomous vehicles blocked emergency vehicles, ran over fire hoses or caught hoses in axles. 

An independent citizens’ group mobilized to protest. Safe Street Rebel members’ videos of placing traffic cones on the cars’ hoods to stop them, dubbed “coning,” went viral.

“Instead of allowing the expansion of AVs, we want the city to invest in public transportation and meet our Vision Zero goals for reduced traffic deaths,” a group statement said.

San Francisco resident Cyrus Hall said that as an engineer, he thinks the companies should pause service to fix glitches and prevent accidents.

“When I’m crossing the street, I want to be able to look at the drivers at the intersection and make eye contact,” he said. “You simply cannot do that with a robot.”

Hall said the companies are acting quickly because they are “hemorrhaging money.” Waymo has gone through rounds of layoffs and The Verge reported in April that Cruise lost $561 million during 2023’s first quarter. However, the latter said it will hit $1 billion in revenue by 2025.

“The AV market is on the knife’s edge, which is why they want authorization for widespread use so they can get more money from their investors,” Hall said. 

Berkeley resident Matthew Lewis said he thinks that unlimited autonomous vehicles will worsen the city’s traffic congestion. He pointed out that San Francisco already restricts how many taxis can operate to prevent congestion, and the county Transportation Authority reported in 2018 that Uber and Lyft accounted for 50% of increasing congestion between 2010-2016.

Shanin Specter, an injury attorney lecturing at UC Law San Francisco, said he thinks autonomous vehicles have not been proven as safer than human-driven cars. He thinks that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should regulate the vehicles.

“I think there needs to be a very rigorous and detailed assessment of safety that takes into account the thousands of various circumstances that could arise that test the safety of the vehicle,” he said.

In the commission’s special hearing Monday to assess the vehicles’ safety issues, Cruise employees said that the vehicles experience fewer than half as many collisions as those caused by human drivers. The company said it runs 300 vehicles during the night and 100 during the day. 

But city officials said the number of incidents of vehicles blocking emergency crews have worsened. The companies’ remote operators can only send suggestions to a stalled vehicle, rather than moving it remotely. 

Cruise and Waymo said in rare cases first responders can take control of a vehicle. San Francisco’s fire chief Jeanine Nicholson retorted: “It’s not our job to babysit their vehicles.”

Nicholson told the commission Monday neither company reports data counting all “interference” incidents. She said they don’t communicate with the city effectively and that “It’s been a one-way conversation.” 

More than 100 people spent four hours Thursday debating the issue. Some opposed permitting more vehicles, saying they want better regulation of the companies’ software. Others protested Commissioner John Reynolds voting on the matter, since he was a lawyer for Cruise in 2021.

San Francisco Paratransit Coordinating Council vice chair Jessica Felix said private companies are not exempt from the Americans with Disabilities Act, and that autonomous vehicles are not compliant.

But others supported the vehicles, calling them safer than human drivers and an option to help people living with disabilities get around safely. 

National Federation of the Blind California president Tim Elder said, “Blind people really benefit from this technology. We need to responsibly expand it. The need for these is really high.”

Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma was the only detractor. Reynolds did not recuse himself, saying enough time has passed since his employment at Cruise.

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(KRON) – According to San Francisco police, a man was arrested Monday morning at the Castro on suspicion of committing a hate crime against two men.

Person on tracks causes BART delays, coroner responded to scene at Bay Fair station

The incident began just before noon near 18th Street and Hartford Street. The two victims, a 40-year-old man and a 58-year-old man, said a suspect followed them on foot while “aggressively shouting anti-LGBTQ language,” police said. He then allegedly threw a glass object at the couple and the 40-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Officials investigating the attack found a likely cause for the arrest of 20-year-old Muhammed Abdullah, who they found in the Dolores Park area. Abdullah allegedly fled from police on foot and was arrested near 18th Street and Church Street. He was later sent to the San Francisco County Jail on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of committing a hate crime and resisting arrest.

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“Attacks of this nature are unacceptable,” said Police Commissioner William Scott. “It is of particular concern that this incident occurred as we celebrate Pride Month in San Francisco. Anyone who threatens or harms someone because of their LGBTQ community affiliation will be held accountable.”

According to the police, the investigation is not yet complete. Anyone with information about the attack is asked to contact the SFPD’s Tip Line at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411. You can choose to remain anonymous.

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Rabbi Mendel Perl trägt einen Gebetsschal im Schneerson Jewish Center in San Francisco. (Paul Kuroda/Für die Zeiten)

Die Schaufenstersynagoge von Rabbi Bentziyon Pil ist leicht zu übersehen, nur ein Eckladen mit im Schaufenster gestapelten Kisten mit Halwa.

Aber örtliche Staatsanwälte sagen, Dmitri Mishin wusste, dass es ein Sammelplatz für jüdische Emigranten war, die vor Jahrzehnten aus der Sowjetunion geflohen waren, um der religiösen Verfolgung zu entgehen. Er wohnt in der Nähe und ist selbst Russe.

Nach Einbruch der Dunkelheit am 1. Februar haben die Behörden in einer Szene, die auf einem Überwachungsvideo festgehalten wurde, einen Mann identifiziert, als Mishin die unverschlossene Tür aufstieß und den einzigen Gottesdienstraum der Synagoge betrat, wo ein Dutzend Menschen an einem langen, mit Plastik bedeckten Tisch saßen. Pil begrüßte ihn und dachte, der Mann sei gekommen, um sich ihnen anzuschließen.

Innerhalb von Sekunden zog er eine Waffe. Er mühte sich, sie zu spannen, dann begann er zu schießen, zuerst auf die Tora und dann auf die Männer – acht Schüsse, die durch das Aufflackern der Mündung gekennzeichnet waren.

Matthew Finkelstein verlässt das Schneerson Jewish Center, einen langjährigen Treffpunkt für russische Emigranten in San Francisco. (Paul Kuroda / Für die Zeiten)

Es stellte sich heraus, dass die Waffe eine Nachbildung war, die so etwas wie Platzpatronen abfeuerte. Aber das wussten die Männer im Raum nicht.

Der Angriff kam so plötzlich, so unerwartet, dass keiner der Versammelten reagierte. Niemand duckte sich, niemand schrie. Das Überwachungsvideo ging viral. Aber nicht, weil die Gewalt schockierend ist. Stattdessen schauen die Leute zu, weil es fast schon komisch ist, wie ruhig die Gemeindemitglieder wirken.

Natürlich ist an diesem Angriff nichts Humorvolles. Aber solche Vorfälle sind so häufig geworden, dass dieser außerhalb von San Francisco kaum Schlagzeilen machte. Nur ein weiteres mutmaßliches Hassverbrechen in einer wogenden Flut von ihnen, unauffällig ohne zu zählende Todesfälle.

In unserem polarisierten Land, in dem Extremismus zum Mainstream wird, werden wir gegenüber allem außer den ungeheuerlichsten Hasshandlungen desensibilisiert.

Rabbi Bentziyon Pil erhebt die Tora während des Gebets im Schneerson Jewish Center. (Paul Kuroda / Für die Zeiten)

In den letzten Wochen wurde ein Mann beschuldigt, zwei jüdische Männer vor ihren Synagogen in einem überwiegend jüdischen Viertel von Los Angeles erschossen und verletzt zu haben. Er wurde wegen Hassverbrechen des Bundes angeklagt. In New Jersey wurde ein Mann wegen Brandanschlags auf eine Synagoge angeklagt. In Redding in Nordkalifornien und Brownstown Township in Michigan fanden Einwohner antisemitische Flugblätter, die in ihren Häusern zurückgelassen wurden.

Die Geschichte geht weiter

Am 15. Februar wurde ein Mann aus Quincy, Massachusetts, auf Bundesebene angeklagt, weil er angeblich einen Asiaten mit seinem Auto angefahren hatte, nachdem er gesagt hatte: „Geh zurück nach China.“ In derselben Woche wurde in San Francisco ein Mann auf einem Video dabei erwischt, wie er Eier auf eine Asiatin in einem Muni-Bus warf, nachdem er rassistische Beleidigungen geschrien hatte.

Und am Samstag veranstalteten weiße Rassisten einen „Nationalen Tag des Hasses“, der sich an jüdische Menschen richtete und einen Aufruf zum Vandalismus in den sozialen Medien ankündigte.

Das ist alles in ein paar Wochen, und nicht jeder Hassvorfall, den ich finden konnte. Nur wenige machten Schlagzeilen außerhalb der Lokalpresse.

Jacob Hallovany, links, Junior Rabbi Alon Chanukov und Rabbi Bentziyon Pil beten im Schneerson Jewish Center. Die tägliche Anbetung wurde trotz anhaltender Besorgnis über eine kürzlich erfolgte Schießerei fortgesetzt. (Paul Kuroda / Für die Zeiten)

Pil und seine Gefolgsleute waren sich so sicher, dass es niemanden interessieren würde, was mit ihnen passiert war, dass der Schütze keine wirklichen Konsequenzen tragen würde, dass sie in dieser Nacht nicht einmal die Polizei riefen. Stattdessen hoben sie etwas auf, das wie Patronenhülsen aussah, und steckten es in eine Müllschublade.

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Unter der Krempe seines schwarzen Hutes hat Pil ein Lächeln, das seine Augen erreicht, lebhaft und freundlich.

Und müde. Seit der Schießerei wecken ihn böse Träume.

Rabbi Bentziyon Pil steht vor dem Schneerson Jewish Center. Eine kürzliche Schießerei hat die Gemeindemitglieder in Angst um ihre Sicherheit und die Zukunft der Synagoge zurückgelassen. (Paul Kuroda / Für die Zeiten)

Als Kind in Samarkand, einer alten Stadt an der Seidenstraße in Usbekistan, war Pil Teil einer unterirdischen Synagoge. Jude zu sein war nicht sicher, und an jedem Schabbat ging seine Familie in ein anderes Haus, um zu beobachten, und tat so, als wären die Versammlungen Geburtstage oder Partys.

Er erinnert sich an Geschichten von Ältesten, die wegen ihres Glaubens in sibirische Gefangenenlager geschickt wurden, und wegen der anhaltenden Angst, dass irgendwo ein KGB-Spion in ihrer Mitte sei. Als er 15 war, zog seine Familie nach Israel, später kam er zum Studieren nach New York in die jüdische Enklave Crown Heights.

Eines Tages sahen sein Schwager und der Bruder seines Schwagers ein Mädchen auf einer Hochzeit und dachten, sie würde gut zu Pil passen, weil sie nie aufhörte zu tanzen. Pil liebt es zu tanzen. Mattie war ihr Name, und sie dachte, Pil würde auch gut zusammenpassen – sie teilten Werte, sagte sie, und den Wunsch, anderen zu helfen.

Reuven Katz betet im Schneerson Jewish Center in San Francisco. (Paul Kuroda / Für die Zeiten)

Sie machten den Hof, heirateten und zogen 1983 nach San Francisco, wo es keine Synagoge für russische Juden gab, sagte Pil. Also gründeten sie eine Gemeinschaft außerhalb ihres Hauses, lebten oben und hielten unten Schabbat-Abendessen ab. Während sie Kinder bekamen – es sind 10 von ihnen –, gaben sie Bedürftigen Essen und schufen eine Verbindung für verstreute Einwanderer, die sich lange isoliert gefühlt hatten.

Manchmal lief die Schlange vor der Tür, weil es nicht genug Platz gab, um drinnen zu sitzen. Den Nachbarn hat es nicht gefallen. Vor dreizehn Jahren zogen sie nach einigen weiteren Stationen an diesen Ort.

Es ist klein, so groß wie ein Schulklassenzimmer, mit drei Kristallkronleuchtern, die besser zu einem Ballsaal passen, und einem verblichenen Blumenteppich darunter. Die Thora ist auf einer Seite; Auf der anderen Seite steht der Tisch, an dem die Männer saßen, als der Schütze kam, der nächste Stuhl nur einen Fuß von der Tür entfernt.

Der Bezirksstaatsanwalt von San Francisco hat “Null Toleranz gegenüber Hass” versprochen, als er Strafanzeige gegen einen Mann erstattete, der beschuldigt wurde, während eines kürzlichen Gottesdienstes im Schneerson Jewish Center mit Platzpatronen geschossen zu haben. (Paul Kuroda / Für die Zeiten)

Mit seiner Unordnung – Hunderte von Büchern, zwei Waschbecken aus Steinimitat, eine Kaffeestation, eine Boombox, ein Wäschekorb, gestapelte Stühle – ist es ein einladender Raum, der von einem Gemeinschaftsgefühl durchdrungen ist. Und Heiligkeit. Trotz seiner Bescheidenheit hat es die rätselhafte Heiligkeit eines Gotteshauses, ein Gefühl, dass manchmal eine Macht vorbeischaut, die größer ist als die Menschen.

Pil stellt sicher, dass jeden Tag, morgens und abends, ein Minjan – ein Quorum von 10 Männern, das für orthodoxe Juden notwendig ist, um bestimmte Gebete zu halten – anwesend ist. Es ist keine leichte Aufgabe, zweimal täglich 10 Männer zusammenzutreiben, und Pil ist bekannt für seine unerbittlichen Telefonanrufe.

Aber die Verlässlichkeit dieses Minjans macht die Gemeinde über ihre regulären Mitglieder hinaus lebenswichtig. Menschen kommen von überall her, um an gemeinsamen Gebeten teilzunehmen, wie zum Beispiel der Ehrung der Toten oder dem Birkat HaGomel, das rezitiert wird, nachdem man sich von einer Krankheit erholt oder eine gefährliche Reise hinter sich hat.

Selbst nach der Schießerei fand Pil seine 10.

Aaron Seruya, ein Gemeindemitglied aus Gibraltar, ist oft einer von ihnen. „Es liegt an uns, uns zu wehren und positiv zu denken und mehr Vertrauen in Gott zu haben“, sagte er.

Das ist die Stärke, die Mattie Pil und der Rabbi in 40 Jahren ihrer Geduld und Liebe aufgebaut haben.

Das hätte der Schütze mit seiner Spielzeugpistole brechen und hassen können.

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Nach einem kürzlichen Angriff hat das Schneerson Jewish Center staatliche Mittel beantragt, die helfen würden, einen Wachmann und andere Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu bezahlen. Aber das Gebäude mit seinen großen Glasfenstern und einem Hauptausgang bleibt verwundbar. (Paul Kuroda / Für die Zeiten)

Am Tag nach der Schießerei rief Junior-Rabbi Alon Chanukov die Polizei.

Chanukov, 35, ist jünger als der Großteil der Gemeinde. Er wuchs im Chabad of Poway nördlich von San Diego auf, wo am letzten Passahtag 2019 ein Mann mit einem AR-15 eine Frau tötete und drei weitere verletzte, darunter den Rabbiner. Chanukov kannte die getötete Frau.

Als er von der Schießerei hier hörte, war er so aufgebracht, dass er sein Morgengebet nicht verrichten konnte. Gegen Rat veröffentlichte er das Überwachungsmaterial der shul. Er wollte, dass der Schütze gefasst wird, um sicherzustellen, dass er nicht „wie ein Nichts behandelt wird“, sagte er.

Und am Freitagabend nach der Schießerei erhielt die Schul eine gute Nachricht, gerade als sie begann, den Schabbat zu feiern. Ein jüdischer Polizist kam vorbei, um ihnen mitzuteilen, dass Mischin in Gewahrsam sei. „Also könnt ihr beruhigt sein“, erinnert sich Seruya, dass er gesagt hat.

Sie taten es eine Weile, bis sie Mishins Social-Media-Feed sahen, wo er ein Bild von sich in einer Nazi-Uniform und ein Video von etwas gepostet hatte, das aussah, als hätte er einige Tage vor dem Angriff etwas außerhalb der Synagoge verbrannt. Es ließ sie keinen Zweifel daran, dass sie ins Visier genommen wurden.

San Francisco Dist. Atty. Brooke Jenkins versprach in einer Pressemitteilung zu dem Fall eine „Nulltoleranz für Hass“ und erhob Anklage wegen Hassverbrechen gegen Mishin. Er ist mit zwei Straftaten wegen Eingriffen in die Religionsausübung und sechs Vergehensfällen konfrontiert, die die Verletzung des Ziehens oder Zeigens einer nachgeahmten Schusswaffe beinhalten. Bei einer Verurteilung drohen ihm laut Staatsanwaltschaft bis zu 10 Jahre.

Mishin bekannte sich bei seiner Anklageerhebung nicht schuldig. Es gibt Fragen zu seiner psychischen Gesundheit, und eine vorläufige Anhörung ist für Freitag angesetzt. Pil und seine Gefolgsleute befürchten, dass er freigelassen wird und sich an ihnen rächen – vielleicht mit einer echten Waffe.

Die Schule hat staatliche Mittel beantragt, die nach Poway eingerichtet wurden, um einen Wachmann und andere Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu bezahlen. Aber die Wahrheit ist, dass dieses Gebäude mit seinen großen Glasfenstern und einem Hauptausgang niemals sicher sein wird. Tschanukow kann nicht mehr mit dem Rücken zur Tür sitzen und sich Sorgen machen, wer eintreten wird.

Die Gemeinde möchte umziehen und hat GoFundMe gestartet, um die 400.000 Dollar zu sammeln, die sie ihrer Meinung nach benötigt, aber Chanukov weiß nicht, ob dies geschehen wird. Die Menschen, die hier beten, haben bescheidene Mittel.

„Wir haben Mark Zuckerberg nicht als einen unserer Spender“, sagte er.

In der Zwischenzeit geht das Leben der Schul weiter. Der Minjan trifft sich, die Frauen kochen für den Schabbat. Die Männer rauchen auf dem Bürgersteig davor, die Kerzen werden am Freitagabend angezündet.

„Juden geben nicht auf“, sagte Mattie Pil.

Sie wissen nicht, ob es jemanden interessiert, was hier passiert ist, aber Mattie hofft es.

„Es geht nicht um Gott, es geht um Einheit“, sagte sie mir. „Dass wir eins sind.“

Wirklich, die Sorge sollte sich nicht nur um Mishin drehen, nicht in diesem chaotischen Moment, in dem Hass allgegenwärtig ist. Es geht darum, was die Mishins ausmacht, was es ihnen ermöglicht, unbemerkt oder unkontrolliert zu bleiben, bis die Waffe, echt oder nicht, in ihren Händen ist. Den meisten von uns ist Hass nicht gleichgültig, und wir spüren, wie er wächst. Wir analysieren es einfach in unseren eigenen Gedanken – Rassismus, Frauenfeindlichkeit, Anti-Trans, Anti-Asiat, Antisemit – und sparen unsere Empörung für das, was uns am nächsten kommt.

Aber Hass in jeglicher Form ist nicht nur eine Bedrohung für Menschenleben. Es bedroht die Demokratie, die wir alle teilen.

Und wie Rabbi Pil mir sagte, das ist das Einzige, was wir nicht tolerieren können.

Diese Geschichte erschien ursprünglich in der Los Angeles Times.

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(Ab0ve): Unidentified participants at Asian American Pacific Islander Youth Rising Rally marching from Aquatic Park to the pedestrian 80 freeway over pass. (Shutterstock/Siliconeer)

Since March 2020, the web portal Stop AAPI Hate has logged 10,370 reports of hate incidents, 16 of which have been physical violent attacks. Elderly Asian-American women have been especially vulnerable. Just in the last month two middle-aged women, one young woman and one more middle-aged women, both were killed in New York.

At an Ethnic Media Services briefing, held Feb. 25, panelists—Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum; Marita Etcubanez, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Asian Americans Advancing Justice; Michelle Kang, General Secretary of the Atlanta Korean Committee against Asian Hate; and Sasanna Yee, inspirational speaker and yoga teacher – discussed how communities have responded. A Siliconeer report.

(Above, left): Marita Etcubanez, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC); Michelle Kang, Secretary-General, Atlanta Korean American Committee Against Asian Hate; Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum; and Sasanna Yee, San Francisco-based mindful movement instructor and community wellness activist. (EMS)

Song Yeon Choimorrow provided a historic perspective as to how we got here and why women are such frequent targets of anti-Asian hate. “The rise in coverage of the murders and the violence against our community, particularly Asian American women, we must note that while the pandemic and the rhetoric of the former president blaming China and Chinese people for starting the virus and the pandemic may have dramatically increase the incidences of hate against AAPIs, it’s certainly not something new. As Asian American women, many of us felt living in the United States, long before COVID, and my personal experience – I came to the United States as an international student and there are a number of times I’ve been approached by men in social gathering spaces who sexually harassed me because of my race.”

“Objectification of Asian American women is nothing new and the pandemic has just exasperated this for many of us. Asian American women, in particular, experience increased harassment because we are targeted both for our race and our gender, as Stop AAPI Hate has reported,” said Choimorrow.

“In America, we see the rise of the demonization of Asian women as ‘dragon lady,’ as seen in a movie and on the other hand Asian women are also depicted as submissive and referred to as ‘geisha girl,’ ‘China doll’ and ‘lotus blossom.’ These are not favorable terms but rather a way to hyper-sexualize Asian women that makes American general public think that we’re easy targets for sexual and other forms of harassment.”

“In 1966, sociologist William Peterson coined the term ‘model minority’ to describe Japanese Americans for their success after World War II. Peterson in essence says Japanese Americans are successful because their cultural values ​​and good ethics. This idea of ​​Japanese Americans then applied to different Asian and Asian American ethnicities. The stereotype that Asian Americans are smart, hardworking, and will be submissive and quiet, also leads to vulnerability and bullying which many Asian American students and workers faced even before the pandemic.”

Choimorrow also talked about the deadly Atlanta Spa shooting victims, the references made on US television shows like ‘Gilmore Girls’ and ‘Lane Kim,’ amongst some of her examples.

Marita Etcubanez of Asian Americans Advancing Justice spoke next discussing strategies the community has developed to protect itself as well as Federal legislation addressing hate crimes. “While hate crimes and hate incidents are still underreported, we have seen more people reporting both hate crimes and hate incidents, some to law enforcement, but also to community organizations like Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and our Stand Against Hatred website as well as Stop AAPI Hate.

“We have seen more people joining in demanding community-oriented solutions to public safety. It has become clear to us that people are very eager to learn about what they can do as individuals to help stop Anti-Asian hate and harassment. Since launching, our joint bystander intervention trainings in the Spring of 2020, Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliates in Illinois, California and DC have reached and trained about 150,000 people.

“We are building a community of people who are trained, and ready to take action, and intervene, when they see or experience anti-Asian hate or harassment. We marked a victory with passage of the Covid 19 Hate Crimes Act, a Federal bill that passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.

“It requires the Justice department to formulate guidance for law enforcement agencies and others on creating online reporting systems for hate crimes and hate incidents, including making those systems accessible for people with limited proficiency in English.

“We were furious and frustrated over the attacks and killings of eight innocent people and six were Asian women in Georgia,” said Michelle Kang of the Atlanta Korean Committee against Asian Hate.

“Why we need to include Asian American history in K-12 curriculum? – In May 2021, to dispel the misunderstanding and lack of knowledge that Asian Americans are foreigners, there is a long history of Asian immigration into the US starting from the mid 1800s, we fight to ensure our voices as Asian, Black, Brown, Hispanic , Pacific Islanders and Native Americans are not forgotten within American history, and demand that each student have the right to see themselves in their school curriculum,” said Kang.

Sasanna Yee, inspirational speaker and yoga teacher, took to yoga to help victims who have experienced trauma, overcome their tragedy. Her grandmother was fatally attacked in a San Francisco park in 2019.

There are countless incidents, some reported but most go by unnoticed. It’s time to be American in the true spirit and embrace all communities as equal and treat them with equal dignity.

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There were eight anti-AAPI hate crimes reported to the San Francisco police in 2019 and nine in 2020. In 2021, there were 60. These numbers are considered preliminary until the California Department of Justice makes its final determination on hate-crime statistics throughout the state, police said.

San Francisco’s police chief, Bill Scott, said at a Tuesday news conference that one man was believed to be responsible for half of the incidents reported last year. Scott said the man who was not named, was arrested in August and could face enhanced hate-crime charges.

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“We will do everything we can to make those arrests, to hold perpetrators accountable,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D) said Tuesday. “I’m angry about the violence that has continued to impact many of the people who are part of our Asian community but especially our seniors,” she added.

The United States is no stranger to anti-Asian racism. As early as 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act banned Chinese immigration for 10 years. (Monica Rodman, Sarah Hashemi/The Washington Post)

Reports of anti-Asian hate crimes increased more than any other category of hate crime last year, according to the preliminary police report. The city recorded a slight decrease in reports of hate crimes against Arabs or Muslims and Latinos. Anti-Jewish hate crimes were up, from five to eight reports in 2021.

At the news conference, Scott said law enforcement would be present at public celebrations of Lunar New Year, which officially begin next week and will include the yearly parade the city is known for. “If anybody thinks that San Francisco is an easy place to come in and terrorize our Asian communities, you are sadly mistaken — and you will be held accountable,” Scott said.

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2021 saw an alarming rise in hate crimes against the API community — an increase of 567% since 2020. Over the last year, we’ve invested in senior escort programs, community patrols, and foot beats to protect all of our API residents. We need to do more.https://t.co/02oGRdcYNd

— London Breed (@LondonBreed) January 25, 2022

The jump in hate-crime reports comes against the backdrop of a rise in anti-Asian hate across the United States that some experts say is fueled in part by the coronavirus pandemic.

In a survey conducted in April 2021 by the Pew Research Center, 81 percent of Asian American adults said violence against them is increasing. Nearly half said they experienced at least one of five types of situations — ranging from feeling like someone was about to attack them to being blamed for the pandemic or being the subject of a racial slur — since the start of the pandemic. Only 32 percent reported that someone expressed support for them in that same period.

California is home to four of the five cities with the largest share of Asian Americans in the United States. In San Francisco, a spate of attacks against the elderly in the streets of Chinatown, many caught on camera, fueled fear and put pressure on city officials to do more to prevent them.

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Anti-Asian hate crimes in San Francisco spiked 567 percent in 2021 as police say a one-man crimewave was responsible for more than half the attacks.

Hate crimes targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the California city, jumped to 60 last year from just nine in 2020 and eight in 2019 – although officials believe the actual numbers are much higher because people are reluctant to report to the police.

‘That is significant, that is concerning and that is alarming,’ police chief Bill Scott said at a press conference in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Tuesday as he announced the police department would have a presence at next week’s Lunar New Year celebration while advising the community to remain vigilant.

Scott said 31 of the 60 reported attacks were committed by one man. He did not name the culprit but police later pointed to the arrest last August of 36-year-old Derik Barreto who rode around San Francisco on a scooter, vandalizing Chinese-owned businesses for five months until he was captured.

He faces 33 charges including 31 hate crime enhancements the DA’s office brought based on statements he allegedly made to police implying he targeted Asians.

Barreto is scheduled to appear in court for a hearing on January 31, according to court records.

Police believe that 36-year-old Derik Barreto (pictured), who was arrested last August, is responsible for 31 of the 60 incidents reported last year – more than half of the total number. From April to August he is alleged to have targeted Chinese-owned businesses and faces 33 charges including vandalism and burglary and 31 hate crime enhancements which the DA’s office brought based on statements he made to police

Preliminary numbers indicated hate crimes targeting Asian American and Pacific Islander in San Francisco went from nine in 2020 to 60 in 2021

In August, pFrancisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Barreto was facing 33 charges, including hate crime allegations, for 27 separate incidents of vandalism and burglary targeting 20 primarily Chinese-owned businesses, CBS San Francisco reported.

The Democratic DA, whose progressive policies have been blamed for the overall spike in crime in the city, said Barreto rode around San Francisco on a scooter and shattered the windows of 20 separate stores using a slingshot, pipe, or hammer during a string of racially motivated offenses between April and August 2021.

Barreto is charged with 27 felony counts of vandalism, four felony counts of second-degree burglary, one misdemeanor count of possession of burglary tools, and one misdemeanor count of possession of a concealed weapon.

He will face 31 enhanced hate-crime charges after comments Barreto allegedly made to police suggesting he intentionally targeted businesses he believed to be Chinese-owned and that he was motivated by the perceived race and nationality of the victims, the San Francisco Standard reported.

‘Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a deeply concerning increase in the incidence of hate and violence against the AAPI community. We will not stand for it and we will do everything in our power to stop it,’ Boudin said.

Reports of anti-Asian hate crimes in San Francisco increased more than against any other group, and even without accounting for Barreto’s crime spree would still have seen a 200 percent jump last year. There were just eight reported in 2019 in the city, where nearly 35 percent of its population of 300.00 is Asian.

Hateful attacks against the AAPI community surged nationally during the pandemic, fueled in part by then-President Donald Trump’s calling COVID-19 a derogatory nickname that insulted China.

In San Francisco, Anti-Jewish hate crimes also saw a slight increase from five to eight reports in 2021, while reports of hate crimes against Arabs or Muslims and Latinos decreased slightly, preliminary police reports indicated.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks at a news conference about crime against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in San Francisco, California, US January 25, 2022

‘That is significant, that is concerning and that is alarming,’ San Francisco’s police chief Bill Scott said at a press conference in Chinatown on Tuesday about the increase in hate crimes

Scott’s press conference came on the same day Anh Lê, an elderly Asian American man who was attacked two years ago in San Francisco and left with PTSD, announced he was suing the city’s District Attorney’s Office about allegedly mishandling his case.

Lê was walking through Chinatown when he sustained a ‘brutal’ assault by a father and son, who beat him with a baseball bat and threatened to kill him.

The 69-year-old, who is Vietnamese American, was able to escape and call 911. His attackers were arrested later that day by SFPD officers, on November 2, 2019.

The father was identified as Jimmy Tanner Sr. His teenage son had taken a baseball bat out of his mother’s bag after Lê told him to be careful while he was riding his bicycle on a busy sidewalk, and had nearly crashed into him.

Tanner Sr.’s teenage son hit Lê repeatedly with the bat, before his father held up a glass bottle and threatened to kill the elderly man. According to NextShark, Tanner Sr. was detained for battery, felony elder abuse and terrorist threats.

However, the San Francisco District Attorney refused to prosecute either Tanner Sr. or his son with a hate crime, and agreed to a lenient plea deal with the father.

In order to avoid jail time, Tanner Sr. pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge. He received a year of probation over the incident.

Lê says the Office of District Attorney Chesa Boudin never informed him of a lenient plea deal cut with his attackers or the lack of a hate crime charge until after the fact.

He is now arguing that the office of DA Boudin has systemically refused to uphold the rights of Asian Americans victimized by racial violence.

‘The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office allowed the adult male attacker to plead to a misdemeanor with one year probation, restitution to the victim and (a) criminal protective order,’ Mr Lê said during a news conference on Tuesday.

Anh Lê was walking through Chinatown when he sustained a ‘brutal’ assault by a father and son who threatened to kill him and beat him with a baseball bat. San Francisco District Attorney refused to prosecute either Tanner Sr. or his son with a hate crime, and agreed to a lenient plea deal with the father, with telling Mr Lê

‘They did this without consulting me, without any input from me at all, and in violation of my rights as a victim.’

During the conference, the man said the attack was ‘the most brutal, terrifying and humiliating experience of my life.’

The Stop AAPI Hate coalition out of San Francisco State University tracked more than 10,000 incidents of hate from March 2020 through September 2021.

In San Francisco and elsewhere, video clips of Asian Americans being attacked and robbed on public streets alarmed the community so much that frightened seniors stayed home.

Most recently, former San Francisco Bay Area resident Michelle Go died in New York City after a mentally disturbed man pushed her in front of a subway.

Officials there say there is no indication the man was motivated by racial bias, but Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are still rattled.

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said at Tuesday’s news conference they have expanded the crime tip line to include more languages ​​and are sharing safety tips for Lunar New Year celebrations.

But he also acknowledged his department is only part of a criminal justice system that includes prosecution and judges.

Statistics do not show the whole picture because not everyone reports incidents. Also, prosecutors are unable to tack on hate crime enhancements without a clear statement of bias by the alleged attacker.

This has frustrated some victims and their families, who see the charge as a sign of accountability.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco expressed despair at the increase in reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders over the past year, up a staggering 567% from the year before, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the Police Department have been released.

The Mayor of London Breed vowed to continue to support the community and said she expected the real numbers to be much higher because people were reluctant to report to the police. The first count shows 60 victims in 2021, up from nine in 2020. Half of last year’s victims were allegedly assaulted by a man.

It would have broken her heart if the grandmother who raised her had been attacked, “in the way that we see so many of our seniors in the AAPI community being attacked,” Breed said at Tuesday’s news conference. “But it didn’t come to that. Because we protected each other as a community. And we need to do that now more than ever.”

Hateful attacks against the AAPI community — Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders — surged across the country during the pandemic, fueled in part by then-President Donald Trump calling COVID-19 a derogatory moniker that offended China. San Francisco State University’s Stop AAPI Hate Coalition tracked more than 10,000 incidents of hate from March 2020 to September 2021.

In San Francisco and elsewhere, video clips of Asian Americans being assaulted and robbed on public streets alarmed the community enough to keep terrified seniors at home. Recently, former San Francisco Bay Area resident Michelle Go died in New York City after a mentally ill man pushed her in front of a subway train. Officials there say there is no indication the man was motivated by racial prejudice, but Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders remain unsettled.

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said at Tuesday’s news conference that they’ve expanded crime tips to include more languages ​​and are sharing safety tips for the Lunar New Year celebrations. However, he also acknowledged that his department is only part of a criminal justice system that includes prosecutors and judges.

Statistics don’t tell the whole picture because not everyone reports incidents. Also, prosecutors are unable to ameliorate hate crimes without the alleged attacker demonstrating a clear bias. This has frustrated some victims and their families, who see the charges as a sign of accountability.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who faces a recall election in June, has come under fire from some Asian-American victims.

On Tuesday, attorneys for Anh Lê filed a federal lawsuit against Boudin, saying his office systematically refused to uphold the rights of Asian Americans who have been victims of racial violence. Lê says the prosecutor’s office only informed him afterwards of a lenient deal with his attackers or the lack of hate crime charges.

Rachel Marshall, a spokeswoman for the DA, said in a statement that Boudin has been a “staunch advocate” for improved services and support for the AAPI community. He has added multilingual attorneys to his office and created an AAPI Elder Abuse Steering Committee, she said.

The mayor declined to comment on the lawsuit at Tuesday’s press conference.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco expressed despair at the increase in reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders over the past year, up a staggering 567% from the year before, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday by the Police Department have been released.

The Mayor of London Breed vowed to continue to support the community and said she expected the real numbers to be much higher because people were reluctant to report to the police. The first count shows 60 victims in 2021, up from nine in 2020. Half of last year’s victims were allegedly assaulted by a man.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a briefing outside City Hall in San Francisco on December 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

It would have broken her heart if the grandmother who raised her had been attacked, “in the way that we see so many of our seniors in the AAPI community being attacked,” Breed said at Tuesday’s news conference. “But it didn’t come to that. Because we protected each other as a community. And we need to do that now more than ever.”

Hateful attacks against the AAPI community — Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders — increased nationwide during the pandemic, fueled in part by then-President Donald Trump calling COVID-19 a derogatory moniker that offended China. San Francisco State University’s Stop AAPI Hate Coalition tracked more than 10,000 incidents of hate from March 2020 to September 2021.

In San Francisco and elsewhere, video clips of Asian Americans being assaulted and robbed on public streets alarmed the community enough to keep terrified seniors at home. Recently, former San Francisco Bay Area resident Michelle Go died in New York City after a mentally ill man pushed her in front of a subway train. Officials there say there is no indication the man was motivated by racial prejudice, but Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders remain unsettled.

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said at Tuesday’s news conference that they’ve expanded crime tips to include more languages ​​and are sharing safety tips for the Lunar New Year celebrations. However, he also acknowledged that his department is only part of a criminal justice system that includes prosecutors and judges.

Statistics don’t tell the whole picture because not everyone reports incidents. Also, prosecutors are unable to ameliorate hate crimes without the alleged attacker demonstrating a clear bias. This has frustrated some victims and their families, who see the charges as a sign of accountability.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who faces a recall election in June, has come under fire from some Asian-American victims.

On Tuesday, attorneys for Anh Lê filed a federal lawsuit against Boudin, saying his office systematically refused to uphold the rights of Asian Americans who have been victims of racial violence. Lê says the prosecutor’s office only informed him afterwards of a lenient deal with his attackers or the lack of hate crime charges.

Rachel Marshall, a spokeswoman for the DA, said in a statement that Boudin has been a “staunch advocate” for improved services and support for the AAPI community. He has added multilingual attorneys to his office and created an AAPI Elder Abuse Steering Committee, she said.

The mayor declined to comment on the lawsuit at Tuesday’s press conference.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco expressed despair over the increase in reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders last year, up an astonishing 567% from the previous year, according to preliminary figures released by the police department on Tuesday .

Mayor London Breed pledged continued support for the community, saying she suspects actual numbers are much higher because people are reluctant to report to the police. The initial count shows 60 victims in 2021, up from nine in 2020. Half of last year’s victims were allegedly targeted by one man.

It would have broken her heart if the grandmother who raised her had been attacked “in the way that we see so many of our seniors of the AAPI community being attacked,” Breed said at Tuesday’s press conference. “But that didn’t happen. Because as a community we protected one another. And that’s what we have to do now more than ever.”

Hateful attacks against the AAPI community — Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders — surged nationally during the pandemic, fueled in part by then-President Donald Trump’s calling COVID-19 a derogatory nickname that insulted China. The Stop AAPI Hate coalition out of San Francisco State University tracked more than 10,000 incidents of hate from March 2020 through September 2021.

In San Francisco and elsewhere, video clips of Asian Americans being attacked and robbed on public streets alarmed the community so much that frightened seniors stayed home. Most recently, former San Francisco Bay Area resident Michelle Go died in New York City after a mentally disturbed man pushed her in front of a subway. Officials there say there is no indication the man was motivated by racial bias, but Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are still rattled.

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said at Tuesday’s news conference they have expanded the crime tip line to include more languages ​​and are sharing safety tips for Lunar New Year celebrations. But he also acknowledged his department is only part of a criminal justice system that includes prosecution and judges.

Statistics do not show the whole picture because not everyone reports incidents. Also, prosecutors are unable to tack on hate crime enhancements without a clear statement of bias by the alleged attacker. This has frustrated some victims and their families, who see the charge as a sign of accountability.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who faces a recall election in June, has come under fire from some Asian American victims.

On Tuesday, lawyers for Anh Lê filed a federal lawsuit against Boudin, saying his office has systemically refused to uphold the rights of Asian Americans victimized by racial violence. Lê says the DA’s office never informed him of a lenient plea deal cut with his attackers or the lack of a hate crime charge until after the fact.

Rachel Marshall, a spokeswoman for the DA, said in a statement that Boudin has been a “steadfast advocate” for improved services and support for the AAPI community. He has added multilingual advocates to his office and launched an AAPI elder abuse steering committee, she said.

The mayor at Tuesday’s news conference declined to comment on the lawsuit.

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