HATE WORDS MATTER 

By David Perlstein | May 8, 2026

A few days ago, a swastika was sprayed on the Rego Park Jewish Center, my childhood synagogue in Queens. Some people accept the old saw that “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words (or images) can never harm me.” Jews cannot. A university professor in Europe emailed about my post, “Artemis II and…

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