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Antisemitism isn’t far from home, yesterday and today [1]

['More From Author', 'October', 'Julie Gammack']

Date: 2023-10-16

Stroking the pumpkin pie-colored coat of a 12-week-old puppy as news from Israel and Gaza is on in the background, the split screen of humanity stood in stark contrast.

As someone who writes commentary, I thought I had nothing to add to the discussion of the horrors taking place there. Why would any observation I make matter one whit?

Then my friend Barb Royal sent me copies of a letter signed by several members of the Des Moines’ Wakonda Country Club, including my father, about a vote that was about to take place to allow Jews to join the private club. It was 1961, and the letter is a reminder that history can repeat itself if not known and understood.

Her timely email underscored how such blatant antisemitism was in our community, not just thousands of miles away in a foreign land. It’s important to understand how bigotry is usually born in ignorance of those unknown, and it can surface at any time. And in any place.

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