Dear Mr. Rotberg,

I was just made aware of your book and of your situation and the lawsuit. I guess my first response is dread. I grew up reading and watching nearly everything I could get my hands on regarding the Holocaust (The Shoah). Then later, I discovered that my mother's side of the family is descended from Spanish Jews who fled the Inquisition to the New World and became what is known as Crypto-Jews. Then through DNA testing I found even my dad's side had Jewish ancestry despite us being raised Christian.

I remember thinking for the longest time that since The Shoah was so absolutely egregious in its treatment of the Jews that certainly it could never happen again...but here we are. We are at the beginning of what could be a world-wide disaster with Islamo-fascists cropping up everywhere.

As a child I lived in Turkey for a year because my father was working for an American Air Force Base. For the most part, it was an amazing experience seeing so many beautiful things and places and most of the people were very nice to us. However, I remember my mother warning me constantly that even if a national (child) were to mistreat me that I could not fight back or defend myself. My parents could be hauled in a jailed. Sure enough, a girl my age decided it would be fun to slap me hard in the face in front of her friends to prove this point. That was my first experience of being a "dhimmi".

I have had a few Muslim friends over the years (some Iranian/Persian, some from other countries) and they have always been extremely hospitable. But, they were not truly observant of their faith. There were more cultural in their observances and rarely went to mosque. I guess they were more American in their leanings. Because of this, it has been difficult for me to know where to draw the line in this obvious threat to our freedoms. I will be reading your blog and I hope to get your books soon so that I can keep up with developments. I certainly am not interested in putting my head in the sand.

Thank you for standing up to this behavior. I know it must be so difficult and draining at times. May G-d grant you peace and provide every thing for you to succeed.

Maya

Howard, This lawyer's confidence that pulling the fallicious race card is a sure winner in the common courts is disturbing to me. We rely on the fairness and wisdom of the common court's logical assessment of "facts" in settling genuine gievences. I would have hoped that the bench has been jaded by the voluminous misude and inappropriate use of the racist label...particularly in unsubstantiated hear-say testimony.